Dr. Mark Vacher

Biography

Mark Vacher is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in urbanity and urban conditions. His approach to cities has evolved across different scales, from overarching urban planning involving transformations associated with the deindustrialization of modern metropolises to close ethnographic analyses of home creation and domestication in various types of housing projects. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Central and Southern Europe, North Africa, and Denmark, as well as fieldwork on ferries in the Mediterranean, studying movement and mobility. His current research focuses on the transformations of urban spaces, particularly industrial complexes, drawing on phenomenological sources of inspiration and the work of philosopher Gilles Deleuze. His primary research areas include Urbanity, Homeliness, Materiality, Spatiality, Mobility, and Urban Planning, with an ongoing interest in post-industrial urban transformations.

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