Crossmopollinate Handbook for Urban Transformation

This book originated from the Glossary Workshops conducted by Crossmopollinate Research Lab during the DAAD Placemaking and Urban Transformation excursion in Heidelberg in July 2023. The workshops aimed to create a rhizomatic glossary of trans-regional urban phenomena - together with students from Delhi Kathmandu and Heidelberg bringing together the disciplines of Transcultural Studies Art History Fine Art Architecture Urban Planning Anthropology and Geography. This ultimately encouraged us to view cities as interconnected nodes within global and local networks and urban phenomena. It explores urban transformation across multiple cities: Heidelberg Delhi Mumbai Seoul Kathmandu Karachi Kirtipur Bhaktapur and Atlanta. These cities serve as points through which we visually map urban conceptual networks.