Sinking Cities: Cultural Heritage as a transformational resource

2024 – 2025

The research project examines how cultural heritage is currently mobilised as a resource in adaptation processes, what effects this mobilisation has and where unused potential lies. This transdisciplinary two-year art-science-collaboration builds on the works of local artists in the coastal metropolises Jakarta (IDN), Alexandria (EGY) and Bremen (GER). In each city exhibitions, concerts and participatory events were produced and presented between autumn 2024 and spring 2025 by our partners.

A project by City Science Lab. Scientific lead: Hilke Beger. In cooperation with Research Institute for Sustainability Potsdam and B’sarya for Arts Alexandria, Schwankhalle Bremen and Rujak Center for Urban Research Jakarta. Funded by Volkswagen Stiftung.