After successful completion of the course, students are able to...
- conduct international research in a professional context
- create and conduct quantitative surveys
- systematically evaluate, categorize, and describe results
- conduct public presentations of developed results
- summarize results in a publishable document

Focus WS 2021:
Gender? Inclusion? Feminism? Intersectionality?
No topics in the study of architecture?

The collective Claiming*Spaces at the Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning of the Vienna University of Technology has been campaigning for inclusion and against discrimination in the educational and academic context since 2019.
A variety of courses have already been held for this purpose. The results achieved always form the basis for further deepening.

This semester, the current teaching in the architecture program at the TU Vienna will be reflected from different perspectives.
The focus will be on the following questions:
WHO teaches - Do the teachers reflect social diversity?
WHAT is taught - Does the knowledge taught reflect the actual or necessary diversity of the built environment as well as responsible planning theorists and practitioners from history and the present?
HOW is teaching done - How sensible and respectful is the interaction of faculty with students as well as students with each other?

The existing situation at the faculty is analyzed. This also draws on existing surveys.
The preparation of successful best-practice examples from other universities of architecture supports the understanding of already existing strategies, processes and Improvements.
In addition, developed surveys should collect the thematic awareness and wishes of students.
From the subsequent presentations and discussions, proposals for gender-inclusive-feminist-intersectional course formats will be developed.
In an interim presentation, they will be presented at the Claiming*Spaces #2 conference in mid-December at the Architekturzentrum Wien.
Results are to be formulated in a manual to be developed for appropriate architectural teaching.

Teachers span the context of the content of the work topic.
Students acquire knowledge through research and discuss and reflect on these in groups to be formed on selected topics.
Short presentations serve the thematic reflection of all participants.
In the course of the semester, further independent group work takes place.

Attendance and participation
Group and individual work
Researching and preparing articles
Co-creation and implementation of surveys
Presentation of interim results at the Claiming*Spaces #2 conference in mid-December
Co-creation of a manual for gender-inclusive-feminist-intersectional architecture teaching

Suitable for higher semester Bachelor's and Master's students in architecture and spatial planning.

Desired is:
- Interest in dealing with / already dealt with the framework conditions of the professional field of architecture and specifically the problems for women and their professional careers
- Experience with research in a theoretical context, systematic work and writing of texts
- Experience with editorial and public relations work, in the online sector in content management and programming of websites
- Group work

In the absence of this, the willingness to develop the relevant skills and competences is required for a positive completion of the course.