SHAPING

SHARING
CITIES symposium
5-6 March 2018 Sharing Cities
Politecnico di Milano Shaping Cities
Sharing economy and collaborative consumption
are attracting much interest for their business,
legal and civic implications. Underexplored are
instead the consequences of the spreading of
sharing-based practices in the urban environment
and daily dynamics.
The ‘Sharing Cities - Shaping Cities’ symposium
aims at addressing if and how is sharing shaping
(#shapring) cities, the way spaces are designed
and lived if social interactions are escalated, the
way habits and routines take place in the
post-individualist society.

Main fields/ Key topics and questions/

Urban studies, urban planning and design,
service design, sociology, geography,
anthropology, innovation studies, and related.
Submission/
Extended abstract
Up to 1,500 words, plus references
via email at sharingcities@polimi.it
Book of contributions under consideration
Attending/
Free
Important dates/
Nov. 24 / Submission of extended abstracts
Jan. 12 / Notification of acceptance
Mar. 5-6 / Symposium in Milan
More info at
www.sharingcities-shapingcities.polimi.it
sharingcities@polimi.it
#shapringcities
/Urban fabric/ How is ‘sharing’ shaping cities? Is
it a paradigm shift with tangible and physical
reverberation on urban form? How are shared
mobility, work, inhabiting, energy and food
provision reconfiguring urban and social fabric?
/Social practices/ Are new sharing-based
lifestyles changing the use and design of spaces,
to foster collaboration and local economy? To
what extent sharing is triggering a production
and consumption paradigm shift to be reflected in
urban arrangements and infrastructures?
/Sustainability/ Does sharing increase the
intensity of use of space and assets or rather
increases the demand of resources to meet
expectations of convenience for urban lifestyles?
To what extent are these phenomena fostering
more economically, socially and environmentally
sustainable practices and cities?
/Policy/ How can policy makers and municipalities
interact with these bottom-up phenomena and
grassroots innovation to create more sustainable
cities and collaborative society?

Organized by/ Initiative of the H2020 project/ Funded by/