The Next Renaissance (EN, essay)
The Next Renaissance (EN, essay)

We are a European crew made of artists, academics, entrepreneurs! More than 60 European contributors, from all generations and from 15 countries, came together to give reasons for action and build a common place for culture, creativity, and innovation in Europe. In these times of multiplicities of changes—despite or because—a novel type of change is taking shape. It is a transition that empowers a real movement, leaving behind hustling from one state to another: thinking more slowly, more deeply, more from a 360° perspective, and more caring beyond quick fixes. It is a compelling story mixing art, tech, and innovation. Together it is all transformative.

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articleMilota Sidorovawriting, cities, humanism
Urban Talks with Lesie Kern: Feminist City (online discussion, EN)
Urban Talks with Lesie Kern: Feminist City (online discussion, EN)

Do cities work the same way for everyone? And what -everyone- means? These questions will be addressed by a Canadian urban geographer, professor and writer Leslie Kern. In 2019, she published the book Feminist City, in which she describes how difficult it is for women to live comfortably in cities planned by men. How important is to include the feminist view to urbanism? Discussion will be moderated by Milota Sidorová.

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moderationMilota Sidorovaurban planning, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, feminism, cities
Bratislava more resilient to a pandemic than other capitals (article)
Bratislava more resilient to a pandemic than other capitals (article)

Landscape architect MILOTA SIDOROVÁ, whose work is about fairer urban planning, explains what could replace trees in cities, as well as how to create a park without having to take up new land, or how housing and shopping in cities and airports changes in a pandemic.

"When we go back to flying again, will we want thousands of people to move around the airport, shopping for hours, or will we try to speed up the flow of those people? These are logistical and hygiene issues, but they also affect capitalism," she says.

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articleMilota Sidorovacities, urbanizmus, urban planning
Bratislava erfindet sich neu (article, DE)
Bratislava erfindet sich neu (article, DE)

More bicycles, buses and trams should shape the cityscape in the future. But the mobility patterns of women and men differ. Transport policy is the construction of roads - for decades the politicians in Bratislava concentrated on car traffic as if there were no local transport and bicycles. Setting up new bus lanes was almost breaking a taboo. Politicians admitted to cycling, but it suffered from implementation. This has had consequences to this day: Less than two percent of all trips are made on bicycles.

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articleMilota Sidorovamobility, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, urban planning
Mapping of Visual Pollution, Rožňava (workshop)
Mapping of Visual Pollution, Rožňava (workshop)

It is so omnipresent to the point of ignorance. Mostly we try to ignore it, or we try to fight it - in any case, it is here, it gets under our skin and affects us in a fundamental way. Kultural Centre launches workshop on how to look at visual pollution and fight it in professional way. Urbanist and chief editor of the first manual of outdoor advertising in Slovakia, Milota Sidorova will hold workshop in which she outlines lessons learnt from Bratislava and propose ways how to deal with visual pollution in other cities. The event is part of the project Public Spaces Live (VPN), in which we focus on the public space of the city from different perspectives (architectural, sociological, ecological, urban, economic ...) . The project is financed from public sources of the EU Effective Public Administration program administered by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.

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prednaskyMilota Sidorovacities, policies
Creative Mornings Prague: Justice in Cities (lecture)
Creative Mornings Prague: Justice in Cities (lecture)

Creative Mornings Prague will focus on gender perspective of architecture and urbanism. The Creative mornings story began in 2008 in New York. The concept was simple: breakfast and a short lecture on Friday morning once a month. In summer edition Milota Sidorova, urban development specialist will cover architecture and urban planning from a gender perspective. She will present practical examples of gender sensitive design that can contribute to improving the quality of Czech and Slovak urban planning.

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lecturesMilota Sidorovacities, lecture, gender mainstreaming, climate change, gender equality
Unusual summer of Milota Sidorova (podcast_SK)
Unusual summer of Milota Sidorova (podcast_SK)

Urban planner Milota Sidorova has had an unusual summer - in 22 days she covered 6,718 km across 20 European capitals and cities. Zuzana Golianová from Radio DEVÍN will ask about her journey, how does the urban planner see / experience cultural differences of European countries? What is her personal reflection and perhaps direct recommendations for us, travelers and Bratislava?

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discussionsMilota Sidorovaeurope, cities
N2025 Workshop | D̶o̶ it y̶̶o̶̶u̶̶r̶̶se̶̶l̶̶f -Doing it together, Nurnberg
N2025 Workshop | D̶o̶ it y̶̶o̶̶u̶̶r̶̶se̶̶l̶̶f -Doing it together, Nurnberg

“Evolving Community – Building Togetherness” is a main topic of Nürnberg’s bid for becoming European Capital of Culture 2025. Who defines togetherness in a city und who makes the city? Which cities are good examples for co-creating a city and what can we learn in Nürnberg to build more togetherness in the development of our city? In a workshop led by the Brazilian urbanist Laura Sobral co-creators from civil society groups and city administration in Nürnberg will develop approaches for cooperative urban development.

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networking, discussionsMilota Sidorovacities, urban planning
TEDx Bratislava: Common Denominator
TEDx Bratislava: Common Denominator

Even people with totally different opinions must find a value intersection to be able to listen and talk together. Therefore, on July 5, we will be looking for a common denominator in the New Building of the Slovak National Theater. Come and experience 16 unique performances, a number of original surprises and one inspiring day that will change your perspective for the rest of the year. It will be festive.

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Milota Sidorovalecture, cities, bratislava, urban planning, future
It Has Resonated (Interview_CZ)
It Has Resonated (Interview_CZ)

Once you realize it, it makes a profound sense: men and women use the public space differently. Transport, playground, but also cemeteries. But city planners often do not think about the different needs of people. Milota Sidorová is in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in order to change it. A graduated landscape architect has combined urban planning with sociology and other humanities, and offers another recipe to change it - to help female architects stand out.

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articleMilota Sidorovagender equality, urban planning, architecture, feminism
Fair Urban Planning, Liptovský Mikuláš (lecture_SK)
Fair Urban Planning, Liptovský Mikuláš (lecture_SK)

The lecture focused on exploring architecture and urban planning through gender optics that allows us to uncover many inequalities and neglected urban development. In the lecture brought practical demonstrations of gender sensitive design and planning, mobility of care from different foreign cities. In the latter part conclusion were made for possible solutions and stimuli for increasing the quality of planning of Slovak cities.

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lecturesMilota Sidorovagender equality, gender mainstreaming, urban planning, cities
Missing Pillar: Communities (article_SK)
Missing Pillar: Communities (article_SK)

If you follow events in Central Europe and Slovakia, you will realize how important this time is to us. There are many exciting and fundamental things affecting our lives, political arrangements, deciding on our course, the future of democracy. How to grab all this and connect it meaningfully on the city level? I live by interdisciplinarity and one of the greatest experiences in life I consider knowledge. At the same time, I like to get to know patterns of human behavior. Therefore, in this paper, I would like to summarize moments from my practice as a planner, presenter, facilitator and woman who connects. I will talk about cities, self-government and the role of professors in a time of threatened democracy.

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articleMilota Sidorovaurban planning, cities, democracy
Kunsthalle Bratislava - Good Neighborhood: More Than a Logo (debate_SK)
Kunsthalle Bratislava - Good Neighborhood: More Than a Logo (debate_SK)

The two most significant industries in Bratislava are construction development and PR and marketing. We got used to development projects that create their own name, brand, story, visualization. They appear not only on billboards, but also in social media, publish their magazines, invest a lot in PR and promotion. However, in the historically unprecedented intensity of construction and sales of the capital's flats, it is good to take a step aside and think critically about what really defines a neighborhood with a good life and what qualities we recognize in the information overload? What constitutes neighborhood identity - how does marketing change and where are its boundaries?

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discussionsMilota Sidorovaurban planning, image, branding, cities, development