{"title": "Symposium “Mediating the Rural: From Ethnography to Design Knowledge” – Symposium program", "start": "2026-11-09T12:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture", "society/rural-life"], "description": "An interdisciplinary symposium titled 'Mediating the Rural: From Ethnography to Design Knowledge' at ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg. It was convened by Radu Remus Macovei, a doctoral fellow in the Department of Architecture, together with Maarten Delbeke (Chair for the History and Theory of Architecture), Laurent Stalder (Chair for the Theory of Architecture) and Noelle Paulson, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Department of Architecture. It asks what counts as 'the rural' and how knowledge of it has been produced and used in design. It examines how rural environments have been made legible through images, texts, objects and institutions, and how these media inform spatial intervention.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/symposium-mediating-the-rural-from-ethnography-to-design-kno-87463/", "official_url": "https://ausstellungen.arch.ethz.ch/en/exhibitions/translating-the-rural-symposium", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d0f5edf15ce00a0afc337796db148bf0a8e3eb7cb15bf11f44827c3667bb29f1-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T12:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-10T09:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Translating the Rural", "start": "2026-09-24T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-12-04T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg", "address": "8093 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/architecture", "history"], "description": "'Translating the Rural' is an exhibition about wooden churches, open-air museums and modern architecture in interwar East-Central Europe. It is curated by Radu Remus Macovei and gta exhibitions at ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg. It presents material from Macovei's ongoing doctoral research at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), titled 'Moving Churches, Making Nations'. It also includes the design research project 'Ligneous Worlds', which he developed through the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Julia Amory Appleton Traveling Fellowship in Architecture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/translating-the-rural-68876/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a28ef09b557f73f867ec192295f70bbfb5100bdb584f187a017f2688e80a7e8e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Translating the Rural", "start": "2026-09-24T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-12-04T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/architecture", "history"], "description": "Translating the Rural is an exhibition on wooden churches, open-air museums and modern architecture in interwar East-Central Europe. It is curated by Radu Remus Macovei and gta Ausstellungen at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich. The show presents findings from Macovei's doctoral thesis „Moving Churches, Making Nations“ and the design research project „Ligneous Worlds“. At its core are three wooden churches moved from mountain villages to Prague, Bucharest and Lviv, together with three 1:5 scale wooden models exploring how the buildings might have evolved.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/translating-the-rural-8307/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d064c4d5e86899ee5641c7ddafb3cf677666fcf0736aafbdea40c5a215d0d5e5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Translating the Rural. Wooden Churches, Open-Air Museums and Modern Architecture in Interwar East-Central Europe", "start": "2026-09-24T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-12-04T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history"], "description": "An exhibition at ETH Zurich presents the role of wooden churches, open-air museums and modern architecture in interwar East-Central Europe. It is organised by gta Ausstellungen. It suits people interested in architectural and cultural history. It shows how rural building forms were transferred into new national and urban contexts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/translating-the-rural-wooden-churches-open-air-museums-and-m-122760/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7f552e5db6cf8da59deee2da175bed76a8cc049af7fbd77ef91ce8f41966700d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Translating the Rural: Wooden Churches, Open-Air Museums and Modern Architecture in Interwar East Central Europe", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "The exhibition \"Translating the Rural. Wooden Churches, Open-Air Museums and Modern Architecture in Interwar East-Central Europe\" is on show at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich. It is the work of Radu Remus Macovei, a doctoral researcher at the gta. It traces how three wooden churches from mountain villages were moved during the interwar period to Prague, Bucharest and Lviv as part of Czechoslovak, Romanian and Ukrainian national projects. It presents findings from his doctoral thesis \"Moving Churches, Making Nations\" and from the design research project \"Ligneous Worlds\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/translating-the-rural-wooden-churches-open-air-museums-and-m-59595/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/171c49c3e3ebc6f74222724e443a8e2385156e8304fa92f2bb960b7938cd5e46-2000.webp"}, {"title": "SYMPOSIUM BIOVISION", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volkshaus", "address": "Stauffacherstrasse 60, 8004 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["food-drink/sustainable-food", "society/agriculture"], "description": "At its symposium, Biovision invites people to the Volkshaus Zürich to discuss, under the title «Gut, besser, gemeinsam: Zusammen die Zukunft der Ernährung gestalten», how cooperation can contribute to healthy soils, fair incomes and sustainable nutrition. The organisation Biovision is behind the event, and the afternoon is moderated by its managing director Anders Gautschi. Together with guests from Tanzania and Switzerland, successful projects, political processes and innovative approaches along the food value chain will be presented, such as a dairy in Tanzania and a lupin mill in Switzerland. The symposium takes place in German and English with simultaneous interpretation and ends with tastings and information stands for exchange.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/symposium-biovision-30851/", "official_url": "https://www.biovision.ch/veranstaltung/symposium2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5248ef9f7722ef48025de776a2ce8a8adb6a0fcf7376719f403d95d16fd344ac-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Symposium 2026 – «Gut, besser, gemeinsam: Zusammen die Zukunft der Ernährung gestalten»", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Volkshaus", "address": "Stauffacherstrasse 60, 8004 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["food-drink/sustainable-food", "society/agriculture"], "description": "A symposium with stories, discussions and tastings about the future of our food. It is organised by the Biovision Foundation and puts people from Switzerland and Tanzania at the centre, showing how cooperation can lead to healthy soils, fair incomes and sustainable nutrition. The programme covers experiences from Tanzania, ways to advance agroecology, and a look at sustainable crops such as the lupine. It takes place in German and English with simultaneous translation, and admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/symposium-2026-gut-besser-gemeinsam-zusammen-die-zukunft-der-25592/", "official_url": "https://www.biovision.ch/veranstaltung/symposium2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8204a6c69130d3e67d1fb3e4143d226a86e545bbf9781d0580f3bb0ad6803329-1200.webp"}, {"title": "LECTURE SERIES DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE: NEW ARCHITECTURAL GENERATION SWITZERLAND", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg", "address": "8093 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A lecture in the lecture series «ASSEMBLAGES – NEW ARCHITECTURE IN / FROM SWITZERLAND» by the Institute for Design and Architecture (IEA) at ETH Zürich. Under the title «Craft/Industry», Elli Mosayebi presents her projects Arena Crab Gries and Privet Drive. The series is devoted to new architecture in and from Switzerland. It takes place at ETH Hönggerberg.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/lecture-series-design-and-architecture-new-architectural-gen-69119/", "official_url": "https://iea.arch.ethz.ch/ringvorlesungen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c8c9457affd956c2b3cbf379ccae2f50464f08da6f9eff34d05172bccae6102f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Knowledge Transfer in the Age of AI", "start": "2026-11-09T17:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-09T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Student Project House Zentrum", "address": "Clausiusstrasse", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/education"], "description": "An evening of workshop and panel about how AI is reshaping knowledge transfer – from professors to students, and from research into startups, industry and companies. It is organised by the student association Prometheus together with the ETH Student Project House, Young AI Leaders Zurich and the UZH.ai Student Board. Participants first choose one of three tracks, share practical insights in small groups and craft questions that leaders from academia and industry then answer live on the panel. Speakers include Effy Vayena of ETH Zurich as well as representatives of Artefact and KPMG, followed by networking drinks.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/knowledge-transfer-in-the-age-of-ai-25639/", "official_url": "https://luma.com/rgqvxcff", "image": "https://noky.io/images/da200012a04a00b74785d883efd006677b2405c443687ca0abdfaefb25cfeddd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Übersehene Akteure der Vorfabrikation", "start": "2026-11-13T11:45:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T13:30:00+01:00", "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A guest lecture by Adrian Pöllinger on the actual assembly processes of prefabricated buildings and the actors often overlooked in them. It is hosted by the Chair of Construction Heritage and Preservation at ETH Zurich, as part of the lecture series «Future Monuments». Using Jean Prouvé's ateliers in Maxéville and a rural school from the 1950s as examples, the talk shows what formative role site erectors could play on the construction site. It also examines the conflicts between industrial building methods and local craftsmanship in the context of prefabrication.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/ubersehene-akteure-der-vorfabrikation-136839/", "official_url": "https://www.langenberg.arch.ethz.ch/diskurs/uebersehene-akteure-der-vorfabrikation/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dd93c3e13dcd76d6812b2cc3ed465e2b2eaae0174ef47b2a853918315a9bd2a7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Informationsveranstaltung für Lehrpersonen", "start": "2026-11-11T15:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Smaragd, Werner-Abegg-Saal (2. 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Led by Franziska Aeschbach and Christiane Ruzek; meeting point is Smaragd/museum entrance, duration approx. one hour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/informationsveranstaltung-fur-lehrpersonen-97589/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/10e71dd5a3d206c50a3bf6156e2b97472e09240d6217fd12410eb3bc7bda9b5d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Digitalization as Ideology", "start": "2026-11-10T14:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Affolternstrasse 56, 8050 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/digitalization"], "description": "A public talk titled \"Digitalization as Ideology\" within the series \"How Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing Our Society\". The series is organized by the Media Change & Innovation Division at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), co-hosted by the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL) and the Digital Society Initiative (DSI); it explores the connection between media change and social change with a focus on digitalization and AI.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/digitalization-as-ideology-135038/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e815e6c7013ebfa488b6cb3000fd348c2aedd8fb3b80c65182067bea1e30b9cc-2000.webp"}]}