URBAN EXPLORATION - AUBER URBEX

Saturday, september 25th from 2pm to 5pm

Organization : Cécile Faliès (PRODIG - Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne), Morgana Herrera (FRAMESPA - Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès), Marion Magnan (Institut des Amériques) and Guillermo Vargas (Institut des Amériques) 

The Institut des Amériques proposes a convivial moment to discover the territory of Aubervilliers during an urban experience with the participation of different actors, the portraits of the participants and the possibility of applying new skills during a workshop. Our three objectives :

- The valorization of our partners

- The discovery of the urban space and its transformations 

- Observation of the links with the Americas, the question of sports and the Olympic Games, (breakdance - new discipline included in the Olympic Games of 2024)

The program :

• Construction of an athletic campus in Aubervilliers in the context of  « Olympic Game Heritage 2024 », by Elise Curioni (Sport dans la ville)

• Le point Fort d’Aubervilliers : Transitory urbanism project and co-construction of a cultural program project with the territorial actors by Kamel Dafri (Villes des Musiques du monde) 

• We build Social Mix Here: le chantier du Fort d’Aubervilliers au prisme de la mobilisation d’acteurs publics en charge de la construction de logement social, by Magda Maaoui(Université Paris Nanterre et Columbia University) 

• Vigilance Committee Olympic games 2024 by Cécile Gintrac

• Graffiti in Aubervilliers with L’Ecluse, école d’art urbain 

• Breakdance : political and artistic dimensions of hip hop by Thony Maskot

• Participant portraits : photography and short videos by Jules Régnier 

• Breakdance workshop (registration required) by École de danse Kim Kan

With the support of : Le Point Fort, Villes des Musiques du Monde, L’écluse, Sport dans la ville and the Dance school Kim Kan