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June 19 at Khakaton in Ulyanovsk Dmitry Abramov will talk about city entrepreneurs
Within the framework of K-Ulsk -Hakaton of urban projects, which will be held in Ulyanovsk, Dmitry Abramov, the head of the Vector city entrepreneurs, the head of the city entrepreneurs Vector, will make a lecture “City Entrepreneurs: how private initiatives change cities”, and will also conduct a master class “How to study the city and find ideas for new projects”.
City activists, bloggers, journalists, designers, programmers - everyone can gather a team and realize their idea, make the city convenient and beautiful.
Hakaton’s mentors (including designers, copywriters, developers) will advise each team. The winner of the Khakaton will conclude an agreement for the finalization of the project in the amount of 60 thousand rubles.
Hakaton will be held in Ulyanovsk on June 19 and 20. Participation is free. You must register on the Hakaton website ulsk.te-st.org .
Dmitry Abramov is the head of the Vector city entrepreneurs, the curator of special projects of the Institute of Media, Architecture and Design Strelka , as well as Pechakucha Moscow and Creativemornings Moscove .
Lecture "City entrepreneurs: as private initiatives change cities"
Who are urban entrepreneurs, how they differ from ordinary businessmen, why do you need to develop a researcher’s skills and why everyone can become a city entrepreneur?
At the lecture of Dmitry Abramov, students learn about different types of urban entrepreneurship, get acquainted with the concept of “tactical urbanism”, talk about new examples of urban projects from Russian and world practice and discuss how private initiatives affect the formation of the urban environment.
The start of the lecture at 10:30. Hakaton program .
Master class "How to study the city and find ideas for new projects"
The online school of city entrepreneurs Vector appeared at the Institute of Media, Architecture and Design Strelka so that more people can start their own business, create a useful city project and make life in cities more interesting.
One of the basic skills of a city entrepreneur is the ability to observe and analyze. The best ideas and unoccupied niches are next to us, it remains to consider them. How to do this, how to learn to see the invisible in the city is dedicated to the first course of the school - "City paradoxes: how to explore everyday life."
At the master class, Dmitry Abramov will tell you how to come up with a new project, analyzing his own habits on how to study the city with the help of a regular smartphone and what methods of study of everyday life are taught by the first-year experts of the online school- photographer and sociologist Charlie Kolhaas , documentary director Marina Razbucina , teacher of the Strelka Institute Cuba Stopyk .
The start of the master class at 14:00. Hakaton program .