Obesity is a public health problem emerging in cities throughout the world. Biological factors which are causing obesity are depending on menu and appetite. These are not just individual choices. Consumers are depending on the supply of healthy food by food producers and shops. Could a supermarket chain take responsibility by educating its younger staff members to become lifestyle coaches for their peers?
http://www.rotterdamclimateinitiative.nl/uk
https://3d.bk.tudelft.nl/
Many people think that ‘the next economy’ is only about economy and technology; it is so much more! This introduction will focus on the ‘other’ side of ‘the next economy’. It will focus on the human side of economic development in an urban environment.
It is time to have a fundamental discussion about a new social contract. With a Social Contract we mean a set of (ethic) rights, obligations and rules of engagement between:
What are the rights and obligations of all these actors? What can we; what may we expect from each other?
Professor Bermudez will present findings from her research on how history education fosters or hinders a critical understanding of political violence. She will focus on an analysis of history education resources from Spain, Colombia and the U.S. regarding nine different episodes of their violent past. A comparative analysis identified ten “narrative keys” that describe how historical narratives represent political violence, and whether they normalize violence or foster a critical perspective on it.
From a scientific background the importance of healthy nutrition from the earliest beginning of life with impact on health of current and future generations, in particular in BIG cities, will be addressed. To improve preconception and pregnancy care and to empower young couples, (future) parents and health care professionals the mhealth platforms Smarter pregnancy and Smarter eating with your child are developed, tested and implemented in patient care. The challenges and opportunities of the valorization process of these mHealth platforms will be discussed and future strategies to make them success will be elaborated on.
RESEARCH WORKSHOP
During this workshop, attendees will explore how city bombings during World War II are commemorated today, by looking at family memories in contemporary Germany, and online eyewitness testimonies about the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940. The speakers will do this by presenting examples and engaging with the audience through discussion.
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Attendees could prepare this session by browsing one or more relevant online interview collections:
The small interview collection about the Rotterdam bombing (in Dutch): http://navigator.brandgrens.nl/navigator/interviews.php. Here you find a portal to 10 video interviews with eye witnesses of the German bombardment on Rotterdam in May 1940.
An example with English subtitles is https://zwangsarbeit-archiv.de/archiv/interviews/za570?locale=en. This is an interview with Judith Altman, a forced labourer who was stationed in a camp in Gelsenkirchen while it was bombed. The interview stems from an German online interview collection – Archiv Zwangsarbeit 1939-1945 – containing about 600 interviews with former forced laborers from 26 countries. This collection is accessible to anyone, but registration is required.
Another relevant and freely accessible collection with English subtitles is http://www.bosnianmemories.org/?page_id=18, a portal to 99 interviews with eye witnesses of the Balkan war in Bosnia.
All three collections are keyword searchable.
The session Beyond Gentrification explores a new development logic that fits the Next Economy that respects the needs of the real estate developer, both old and new residents, and entrepreneurs. A context where new collectives of individuals and small players, DIY builders and real estate developers, can exist side by side.
The session takes place in the middle of the exhibition of IABR-2016-THE NEXT ECONOMY and is organized by Heijmans, AIR and the IABR.
During this session, attendees will learn more about simulation, and how aspects of (urban) warfare play a role in video games and military exercises in physical environments. They will do so by playing the World War II-themed game Brothers in Arms, and by discussing actual military exercises recently carried out by the Dutch military.
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The InnovationLAB De Gelukkige Stad, initiated by urban designer Robbert Jan van der Veen (1981) and architecture student Stella Groenewoud, brings professors, Ph.D researchers and Honours Program students from different fields of study together to think about this and design all sorts of urban interventions. Four student projects focusing on Rotterdam will be presented along with a general and inspiring talk on the Happy City by Robbert Jan.
During this workshop, attendees will learn more about tourist engagements with war-related heritage in (urban) landscapes. They will do so by looking at the Liberation Route, an international memorial route that follows the path of the Allied Forces during the end-phase of World War II, and thanatourism, or tourist activities related to death and human tragedy. The speakers will present examples and engage with the audience through discussion.
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To enable a more lively discussion during the session, the speakers would like the attendees to visit the following website
Explore this website and try to think what your opinion is about the organisation Liberation Route Europe, especially about the way they connect commercial tours with history education about the Second World War and commemorations of this war.
Many people think that ‘the next economy’ is only about economy and technology; it is so much more! This IAB expert-panel / workshop will focus on the ‘other’ side of ‘the next economy’. It will focus on the human side of economic development in an urban environment.
It is time to have a fundamental discussion about a new social contract. With a Social Contract we mean a set of (ethic) rights, obligations and rules of engagement between:
What are the rights and obligations of all these actors? What can we; what may we expect from each other?
LECTURE FOLLOWED BY Q&A
“Heritage” is a version of the past that belongs to us. But a changing “us” also changes the nature of popular representations and uses of the past. As contemporary cities in Europe and North America undergo radical demographic change, how do urbanites’ memories of wars negotiate the boundary between nationalism and cosmopolitanism and what are the implications for history education?
The Medical Faculty of the Erasmus University is the largest source of employment in the city of Rotterdam. Currently, the campus is being completely renovated, and after more than ten years of renovation it will be officially opened in 2018. The spatial model of a campus can be of interest to Rotterdam, which is looking for new forms of economy and development.. What are the advantages of a campus model EUR and what lessons can be used for the Rotterdam city center ? Landscape architect Cor Geluk is involved in the development of the Erasmus MC campus Hoboken and the EUR campus Woudenstein. Together with participants, he explores in a workshop the advantages and disadvantages of Campus Downtown Rotterdam.
From the history of food and feeding the city one can learn about how to feed the city in the future and to make the city more healthy again. The last 20 years lifestyle has been changed markedly leading to an increase of obesity already in young children and an increase of chronic diseases in the elderly. These chronic diseases can be prevented with a change in another style of living and food consumption. Food intake of children and adults nowadays is totally unbalanced and the consumption of vegetables and healthy food almost nothing compared to unhealthy sugar containing foods is almost. We can learn from the past and we have to look rapidly for changes in the future starting with the youngest children in the community. We have to change current lifestyle and creating more awareness and education is mandatory. The unique collaboration of Erasmus University Medical Center, the city of Rotterdam and the producers of vegetables enables us to make a real change in the health of the city.
http://futurict.blogspot.nl/2016/01/nervousnet-towards-open-and.html
http://www.nature.com/news/society-build-digital-democracy-1.18690
http://nervousnet.info/
The Postwar Cities conference closes with a debate amongst four international speakers: dr. Berber Bevernage (Ghent University), prof. dr. Mario Carretero (AU Madrid), prof. dr. Maria Grever (EUR) and prof. dr. Kaat Wils (KU Leuven). Under guidance of Paul van der Laar (EUR/Museum Rotterdam) they will reflect on the topics brought upon during the different sessions and relate them to current developments in popular representations and uses of modern war heritage.
