Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Fahim Amir

The Unknown We.
On the Philosophy and Aesthetics of Cohabitation

Every design decision makes an assumption about who or what belongs to the world. Aesthetics are thus always also orders of belonging: they help shape what is considered livable, habitable, and visible. 
In this sense, the lecture focuses on a "we” that cannot be taken for granted, but rather emerges in encounters between humans, animals, plants, objects, and environments. How can regimes of perception be expanded and other modes of being incorporated in order to approach the question of cohabitation: How do we live together?