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Where is everyone? EXC TC members share the views from their windows around the world: a gallery
Roberto Simanowski, Associated Member
"Overseeing the ocean from my wife's apartment in Rio. The view recedes into the distance here, which can be quite conducive to writing" (October 2021)
Miltos Pechlivanos, Member, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities"
"Zakynthos Public Library: return to archival research. In the foreground, the statue of the poet Dionysios Solomos as the Dante of Greece." (September 2021)
Juan Carlos Mantilla, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", April – September 2021
"View from the window of the car in rainy Valladolid" (June 2021)
Prashant Keshavmurthy, Fellow in Research Area 5, May – August 2021
"An early morning back alley in Montreal from my living room sofa where I mostly work."
May 2021
Omid Mashhadi Abdolrahman, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", January – June 2021
"Every day I contemplate the geometry and sculpturality of this tree and think about the statement of Joseph Beuys: 'The tree is an element of regeneration, which in itself is a concept of time.'" (February 2021)
Erum Naqvi, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", January – June 2021
"Prenzlauerberg, Berlin, on an unusually sunny day!"
March 2021
Katherine Bode, Fellow in Research Area 5: "Building Digital Communities", October – December 2019
A rainy Brisbane morning in the suburbs
(March 2021)
Miguel Rivas Venegas, Fellow in Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", May – December 2019
A rainy day in Bilbao
(March 2021)
Thom Sliwowski, Fellow in Research Area 3: "Future Perfect", April – September 2021
"View from my kitchen window, where I do most of my writing." (April 2021)
Keith Budner, Fellow in Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", September 2019 – July 2020
"Willis (aka Sears) Tower from UIC campus in Chicago's West Loop" (March 2021)
Sergius Kodera, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", October – December 2019
Vienna: Foggy morning in early Spring
(March 2021)
Rebecca Hardie, Managing Editor, Living Handbook of Temporal Communities (LHTC)
"Wilmersdorf Berlin in the early hours. When your computer screen wakes up before the sun does."
(February 2021)
Senad Halilbašić, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", February – September 2021
"Working in my home office in Berlin/Mitte, right next to the Berlin Wall memorial, reminding myself everyday that humanity has endured and overcome even the toughest of challenges."
(February 2021)
Eugene Ostashevsky, Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", October 2019 – September 2020
A rainy day in Shanghai
(February 2021)
Amund Ulvestad, Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence, Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", April – March 2021
Oslo, Norway
(February 2021)
Katja Heinrich, Managing Director
"Enjoying Neukölln by night."
(February 2021)
Anita Traninger, Cluster Director
"Waiting for spring in Berlin"
(February 2021)
Image Credits
"Overseeing the ocean from my wife's apartment in Rio. The view recedes into the distance here, which can be quite conducive to writing" (October 2021)
Image Credit: Private
Zakynthos Public Library: return to archival research. In the foreground, the statue of the poet Dionysios Solomos as the Dante of Greece.
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1 / 15 "View from the window of the car in rainy Valladolid" (Juan Carlos Mantilla)
Image Credit: Juan Carlos Mantilla
"An early morning back alley in Montreal from my living room sofa where I mostly work." (Prashant Keshavmurthy, Fellow in Research Area 5, May – August 2021)
Image Credit: Prashant Keshavmurthy
"Joseph Beuys: 'The tree is an element of regeneration, which in itself is a concept of time.'" (Omid Mashhadi Abdolrahman, Fellow in Research Area 2, January – June 2021)
Image Credit: Omid Mashhadi Abdolrahman
"Prenzlauerberg, Berlin, on an unusually sunny day!" (Erum Naqvi, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", January - June 2021)
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"A rainy Brisbane morning in the suburbs", Katherine Bode (Fellow in Research Area 5, October – December 2019)
Image Credit: Katherine Bode
"A rainy day in Bilbao", Miguel Rivas Venegas (Fellow in Research Area 1, May – December 2019)
Image Credit: Miguel Rivas Venegas
Thom Sliwowski: "View from my kitchen window, where I do most of my writing."
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Keith Budner: "“Willis (aka Sears) Tower from UIC campus in Chicago's West Loop (March 2021)"
Image Credit: Keith Budner
"Vienna: Foggy morning in early Spring", Sergius Kodera (Fellow in Research Area 2, October – December 2019)
Image Credit: Sergius Kodera
Wilmersdorf Berlin in the early hours. When your computer screen wakes up before the sun does.
Image Credit: Rebecca Hardie
"Working in my home office in Berlin/Mitte, right next to the Berlin Wall memorial, reminding myself everyday that humanity has endured and overcome even the toughest of challenges." (Senad Halilbašić)
Image Credit: Senad Halilbašić
View from Eugene Ostashevsky's window in Shanghai
Image Credit: Eugene Ostashevsky
Amund Ulvestad
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View from Katja Heinrich's window in Berlin
Image Credit: Katja Heinrich
Anita Traninger's desk, Berlin
Image Credit: Anita Traninger
