I have been studying at the Hamburg Institute of Geography since 2020 and have been working in the KGGU working group since Spring 2023. In my geography studies, I am interested in different areas of human geography, but particularly in urban and economic geography. In the first area, I deal with urban mobility and the transition of systems of transport. I am particularly interested in how the transition to an ecologically sustainable and socially just transportation system can be designed and implemented. In economic geography, I deal with Marxist theory, especially the social relationship to nature under capitalism. Here, too, I am interested in what a break with capitalism could look like and who would carry it out and by what means. The synthesis of both topics will be formed in my Bachelor’s thesis in summer 2024.
In the kollektiv kartattack, a student mapping collective, I work with critical cartography. A number of events and workshops have arisen from this context, in which we use maps in various forms to criticize existing conditions. Mapping can be an educational and empowering process that is accessible to everyone.
2024
- Introduction to Critical Cartography – A Method for Urban Planning? Workshop by Niels Kapeller & Rieke Lenz (kollektiv kartattack) as part of the introductory lecture on urban planning in the winter semester 2023/24 (HCU). Hamburg, 23.01.2024.
- (De)colonial Hamburg – A Critical Mapping Attempt. Workshop by Niels Kapeller, Max Jordan & Rieke Lenz in the framework of Koloniale Spuren – Dekoloniale Praktiken (W3_). Hamburg, 20.01.2024.
2023
- Methods of Spatial (Re)production: Introduction to Critical Cartography. Workshop by Niels Kapeller & Rieke Lenz in the context of SHIFTING SPACES SHIFTING THE MUSEUM (STADT_RAUM MKK). Dortmund, Oct. 15, 2023.
- Yuki-you goes JKG: Film and workshop on critical mapping – What is a Map? Workshop by Carlotta Haufe Elices, Jana Hanisch, Niels Kapeller & Rieke Lenz as part of the JKG 2023. Frankfurt am Main, 21.09.2023.
- When Maps Learn to Flow – Collective Water Mapping. Workshop by Niels Kapeller & Rieke Lenz (kollektiv kartattack) as part of the festival Klimaströme – das Fest der Elbe. Hamburg, July 18, 2023.
- Critical Creative Methods of Spatial (Re)production: An Introduction to Critical Cartography. Workshop by Niels Kapeller & Rieke Lenz (kollektiv kartattack) as part of the HCU Day. Hamburg, June 15, 2023.
- Mapping Workshop with Kids – Counter Maps from the Underground. Workshop by the kartattack collective as part of the Asphaltsprenger Festival. Hamburg, 06.05.2023.
