Paper short abstract:

The presentation is focused on the research topic of urban "wilderness" and negotiate its possible definitions, research potentials and transdisciplinarity. Case studies arise from an academic-artistic project in Zagreb.

Paper long abstract:

The poster theme arises from collaboration of an ethnologist (Valentina Gulin Zrnic) and an artist (Tonka Malekovic) in search for urban "wilderness" topics in Zagreb. The re/search has opened up new visions on the city by looking through the magnifier on the very street level, looking over the construction fences or up in the air. It ranges from the perception of "wild" plants in the city to various "wild" (illegal) urban practices and leads us to discuss the term itself as well as spaces and activities that illustrate the complexity of "wilderness" from everyday life, discursive, social and cultural, political and legislative perspectives.

The poster presentation will be an opportunity to present the research topic on urban "wilderness", to discuss the term as well as to negotiate its possible definitions and research potentials. Moreover, it will question transdisciplinarity using topics that connect urban issues and nature. It will also question advantages of academic-artistic projects in terms of fostering academic imagination and finding new ways for presenting scientific results.