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Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood, Sarıyer, Istanbul16-22 April 2011Website: workhopsariyer.wordpress.com.ALL THE TEXTS AND VIDEOS OF THE VARIOUS PANELS ARE HERE (click on this line).This seminar and workshop entitled “Promoting Urban Rehabilitation with the Neighbourhood: From Various Experiences to Common Solutions” will take place in Istanbul between 16 and 22 April 2011. It will bring together students, academicians and professionals from various countries (France, Egypt, Turkey), universities and disciplines (urban planning, architecture, sociology, political science, photography…) for a pilot experience of participatory design with the inhabitants of Kazım Karabekir, a neighbourhood located in the district of Sarıyer. It also intends to foster the participation of a large part of the local dwellers by favouring small working groups made of different groups of the population (children, youngsters, elderlies…).PARTICIPANTSUNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS:Paris-la Villette National School of Architecture (ENSA), resp. Mrs Agnès DEBOULET &#38; Mrs Merril SINEUS (organization)Modern School for Arts and Sciences (MSA), Cairo, resp. Mrs Dina SHEHAYEB (organization)Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSU), Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, resp. Mr Murat Cemal YALÇINTAN (organization and host institution)Galatasaray University (GU), Departement of Sociology, Istanbul, resp. Mrs Didem DANISBoğaziçi University (BU), Department of Sociology, Istanbul, resp. Mr. Tuna KUYUCUFrench Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA), İstanbul, resp., Mr Jean-François PÉROUSELOCAL PARTNERS (ISTANBUL):Dayanışmacı Atölye (DA) (Solidarity Studio), resp. Kumru ÇILGIN (organization)Kazım Karabekir Paşa Neighbourhood Association, Sarıyer (host institution)Sarıyer MunicipalityLOCAL COORDINATION:Clémence PETIT, University of Strasbourg / IFEA, Istanbul ( laclemencita@gmail.com)ABOUT THE SEMİNAR-WORKSHOPWhy a participatory workshop?Participation is usually discussed in the political sphere. However, it is crucial that it also takes its role in the training process of young professionals and researchers. Working on popular and vulnerable sites is another vital dimension of architecture, urbanism and sociology particularly in fast growing metropolitan areas. When these works are carried on together with the people of those sites, they are more valuable. Thus, participatory processes in popular and vulnerable areas are required to become a more common practice.This seminar-workshop challenges these issues in bringing together an interdisciplinary group of students, researchers, artists, young professionals and academicians from Egypt, France and Turkey. More important is the participation of the people of the selected neighbourhood at Sarıyer to all stages of the event –from developing the issues to organisation- actively.The event is organized on three main stages: visits and conferences bringing together various specialists of Istanbul urbanization, regeneration and right to the city issues; on-site intensive analysis; studio work and public discussion in the neighbourhood.Why Kazım Karabekir, Sarıyer?Different traditions for participation -from institutionalized to bottom-up- are going to be experienced during the workshop on the site chosen (neighbourhood: Kazım Karabekir) because of its organisational capacity to fulfil the need for collective and multi-disciplinary work and their open local demand to cooperate with specialised people to fulfil their urgent needs.It is one of many popular neighbourhoods in Istanbul where regeneration is expected to take place soon. The neighbourhood had developed as a “gecekondu” area since 1960s and experiencing most of the characteristics of vulnerable areas. There is a developing neighbourhood association of local dwellers and this studio is also expected to assist this development. Some past work on urban and regeneration issues was carried on by the organisation together with Dayanışmacı Atölye (DA), a popular civil initiative, a university based movement focusing mainly on increasing organisational capacity of neighbourhoods and on advocacy planning, constituted of students, academics, professionals, artists and etc. since 2004.Sarıyer is located along the Bosphorus. It is a rapidly growing district with the neighbouring projects at the new CBD at Levent and Maslak. This rapid growth puts high pressure on the gecekondu neighbourhoods that almost half of the district is constituted of. Local elections in 2009 presented that popular neighbourhoods of the district oppose the idea of regeneration without their consent and changed their local government. Since then there is a developing partnership between the neighbourhood organisations and and the municipality for on-site rehabilitation and fulfilling local demands. The most material manifestation of this partnership is the “neighbourhood house” built last year to host the neighbourhood organisation’s activities including this event.Aims, objectives and outcomesThere are two aims of the workshop that are linked to each other:The workshop will attempt to read the neighbourhood from the experiences and observations of the community groups and develop on site solutions together with them. The community groups will be selected –by the neighbourhood organisation- among the different groups of the community such as women, men, youngsters, children, elders and etc in order to present their differences in their living practices.The neighbourhood organisations in İstanbul are generally represented by middle aged men and it is a need to include the other groups of the community. This workshop will attempt to facilitate the inclusion of these groups that are either excluded or disinterested by involving them directly with the issues of their neighbourhood.Expected outcomes are then:Neighbourhood maps of different views on various issues.Specific solutions on the prioritised problems of the community.Involvement of different groups to the activities of the neighbourhood organisation.Stepping forward towards the construction of the political discourse of the neighbourhood based on the popular “say” and assisted with academic and professional knowledge.GENERAL PROGRAM (SEMINAR &#38; WORKSHOP)Note:Public events are indicated in bold italic and green. Among these events, only the excursion on Sunday requires registration (in order to organize transportation).If you are interesting in participating to the workshop, please send an e-mail to Murat Yalçıntan ( m.c.yalcintan@gmail.com) and Clémence Petit ( laclemencita@gmail.com).&#160;SATURDAY 16.0413:30: Welcome Lunch (Karaköy)17:00-23:00: Public meeting organized by the platform of the neighbourhood associations of Sarıyer (Mustafa Kemal Cultural Center,Karanfilköy/Beşiktaş)SUNDAY 17.049.30-15.30: Excursion around the city in transformation: Başakşehir, Kayabaşı, Maslak and Sarıyer. This visit will be guided by Jean-François Pérouse (Galatasaray University), Tuna Kuyucu (Bosphorus University) and Cihan Baysal (Habitat-AGFE local expert). Limited number of participants – registration: laclemencita@gmail.com. Meeting point: Mimar Sinan University at 9.15.16.00-20.00: Visit of the neighbourhood and meeting with the local dwellers and the neighbourhood organization (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house)20.30: Screening of the documentary film ‘Ecumenopolis. A City without Limits’ (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house) (TO BE CONFIRMED)MONDAY 18.0410-12am: Meeting with the Municipality of Sarıyer13.00-15.30: Preparation of the workshop (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house)17.30-21.00: Conference: “A glimpse on Istanbul”. Mimar Sinan University (video-conference room). The conference language will be English. See the program below or donwload it: http://workshopsariyer.wordpress.com/resources/ TUESDAY 19.049.30-12.30: Seminar: “Searching for common grounds: Participatory Planning Practices from France, Brazil, Egypt and Turkey”. Mimar Sinan University (video-conference room). The conference language will be English. See the program below or donwload it: http://workshopsariyer.wordpress.com/resources/ From 14.00: FIELDWORK (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house)WEDNESDAY 20.04 From 10.00: FIELDWORK / STUDIO WORK (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house)THURSDAY 21.04 From 10.00: FIELDWORK (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house)FRIDAY 22.04 9.30-11.00 Visit of Tarlabaşı with Erbatur Çavuşoğlu (Mimar Sinan University). Meeting point: Taksim Square at 9.15. (TO BE CONFIRMED) 13.00-18.30: STUDIO WORK (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house) From 19.00: Presentation of the preliminary results (Kazım Karabekir neighbourhood house)Program of the conference - Monday 18.04, 17:30-21:0017.30-18.00 – IntroductionThe Logic of Spatial (Re-)Production in IstanbulErbatur Çavuşoğlu, Mimar Sinan University 18.00-19.30 – 1st session: From Informal Settlements to Urban TransformationA Sociopolitical History of Istanbul’s Informal SettlementsHakan Yücel, Galatasaray UniversitySocio-spatial Segregation and Gated Communities in IstanbulDidem Danış, Galatasaray University&#160;TOKİ and Urban Transformation Projects as Mechanisms of Property TransferTuna Kuyucu, Bosphorus University19.30-21.00 – 2nd session: Local Mobilizations and Urban Movements against Urban Transformation ProjectsMobilizations, Negotiations and Participation in the Urban Policy-Making ProcessKorhan Gümüş, Istanbul 2010 / Human Settlements AssociationFrom Global Urban Peripheries to Istanbul's gecekondus: Building the Right to the CityCihan Baysal, Istanbul Habitat-AGFE local expertSome Basic Notes on Neighbourhood OrganisationsMurat Cemal Yalçıntan, Mimar Sinan UniversityProgram of the seminar - Tuesday 19.04, 9:30-12:309.30-10.30 – 1st session: Sharing Decisions in Development Issues&#160;Researching Urban Issues with Inhabitants: From Analysis to Alternative Project. Experiences in Paris suburbs and JerichoAgnès Deboulet, Paris-La Villette National School of ArchitectureTools and supports for a cooperative planning: from information to co-production Khedidja Mamou, Paris-La Villette NSAUrban Renewal and Empowerment in a Brazilian Favela: Candeal, Salvador de Bahia Merril Sineus, Paris-La Villette NSA 10.30-11.30 – 2nd session: Planning by InformalityAn overview of Informal Areas in EgyptDina Shehayeb, Modern School for Arts and Sciences, CairoIdentity Dynamics of People and Place in Informal AreasAhmad Al-Helo, MSA, CairoFinding a Voice: Informal Areas post-25th January RevolutionSalma Belal, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, CairoParallels with Tahrir Square: Self-Governance ModelAhmad Borham, MSA, CairoParticipatory Planning: Externalized and Internalized PracticesDina Shehayeb, MSA, Cairo 11.30-12.30 – 3rd session: Neighbourhood Organizations: From Advocacy to Self-OrganizationA Self-Organisation Experience through Planning: Gülensu Neighbourhood Murat Yalçıntan, Mimar Sinan UniversityNeither Bottom-up Mobilization nor Top-down Recognition: Participation in Sulukule?Yaşar Adanalı, University of Stuttgart / IstanbulThe Movement against Urban Transformation in Kazım Karabekir neigbourhoodGizem Aksumer, Istanbul Technical University&#160;