About urbanize festival:
dérive – Society for
Urban Research was established in Vienna as an independent and interdisciplinary network focusing on critical urban research.
The NGO aims to collect and spread knowledge on urban issues and foster debate about urban developments from a sociopolitical
point of view. Since 2000 dérive publishes the international magazine ‘dérive - Magazin for Urban Research’ and since 2011
also produces a monthly radio show, which is broadcasted by various non-profit radio-stations in german speaking areas.
Among its other activities like exhibitions, lectures, discussion panels, workshops and writings ‘dérive
- Society for Urban Research’ organizes the annually festival urbanize! Int. Festival for Urban Explorations since 2010, which
aims to foster interdisciplinary knowledge transfer, exchange of ideas, multi-perspective thinking and collective debate on
current urban issues between urban researchers of all disciplines, artists and urban activists. ‘dérive - Society for Urban
Research’ is member of ‘INURA - International Network of Urban Research and Action’, ‘IG Kultur Österreich’, partner of ‘Eurozine
- European Network of Cultural Magazines’ and ‘Right to the City’ (Vienna).
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