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Obtain founded and wide-spread knowledge of scientific, curatorial und publicist adaptation and communication of architecture with a special weight on technology, enabling conceptional and communicating tasks; preparation for jobs, that reflect via architecture: Architectural theorist, architectural historian, architectural journalists, jobs in museums, cultural institutions etc. architectural journalists, jobs in museums, cultural institutions etc.

Convivial Tools
Architecture and Viticulture as Cultural Techniques

Wine fosters conviviality and functions as a social binding agent. Already in the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean, the enjoyment of wine was associated with ritual and cultic practices. In ancient Egypt, wine formed part of burial offerings and was considered the drink of the pharaohs in the afterlife. In Greece and the Roman Empire, wine was consecrated to the gods Dionysus and Bacchus, respectively, and was a central element of the banquet (Symposium/Convivium). Finally, the drinking of wine also plays a central role in Judaism and Christianity, namely in the celebration of the Passover meal and in the Eucharist or the Lord’s Supper. Despite differing connotations, a common thread can always be identified: wine is a cultural technique of conviviality.

The seminar is dedicated to the theme of “conviviality.” In his 1973 book Tools for Conviviality, Ivan Illich defines conviviality in conscious contrast to the technocratic modern age and develops it as a foundation for a free and solidaristic society. For Illich, conviviality is a way of life in which people use their tools—as well as their social and spatial structures—autonomously, collectively, and in moderation. Building on Illich and other authors, conviviality will be considered in an interdisciplinary manner and discussed in terms of the practice of cooperative spaces.

The practice-oriented component of the seminar addresses conviviality from a historical and cultural-theoretical perspective and examines this aspect in the context of viticulture in South Tyrol—a field in which traditional forms of communal action, local resource use, and moderate application of technology are evident. Particular attention will be paid to architecture as a tool of communal life (courtyard/parlor/cooperative) and to the question of how spaces can both enable and hinder conviviality.

Course examination according to § 6, statute section on "study-law regulations".

Andreas Gottlieb Hempel, WeinBau: Wein und Architektur in Südtirol (Folio Verlag, 2016).

Bruno Latour, Das terrestrische Manifest (Suhrkamp, 2020).

Bruno Latour, Wir sind nie modern gewesen (Suhrkamp, 1995).

Donna J. Haraway, Unruhig bleiben: Die Verwandschaft der Arten im Cthuluzän (Campus Verlag, 2018).

Franco „Bifo“ Berardi, And: Phenomenology of the End – Sensibility and Connective Mutation.(Semiotexte/Foreign Agents, 2016).

Franco „Bifo“ Berardi, Futurabilità: La politica del tempo (Nero Editions, 2017).

Giorgio Agamben, Die kommende Gemeinschaft (Merve, 2003).

Heinz Gert Woschek (Hrsg.), Architektur & Wein: ausgezeichnete Weinarchitektur in Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz und Südtirol (Callwey, 2010).

Helen Hester, Xenofeminism (Merve, 2019).

Helen Hester/Nick Srnicek, After Work: A History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time (Verso, Juli 2023).

Ivan Illich, In den Flüssen nördlich der Zukunft: Letzte Gespräche über Religion und Gesellschaft mit David Caley (C. H. Beck, 2020).

Ivan Illich, Selbstbegrenzung: Eine politische Kritik der Technik (C. H. Beck, 2014).

Jacques Rancierè, Der unwissende Lehrmeister: Fünf Lektionen über intellektuelle Emanzipation (Turia+Kant, 2007).

Laboria Chuboniks, Xenofeminismus: Eine Politik für die Entfremdung (Merve, 2015).

Leo Andergassen (Hg.), Wein in Südtirol: Geschichte und Gegenwart eines besonderen Weinlandes(Athesia, 2025).