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Click here to read the foundation of CRIR in Danish (læs CRIRs formål på dansk)


The CRIR house, this and following images of the house photo by Amy Starecheski

About CRIR
Christiania Researcher in Residence (CRIR) offers residency for artists and academic researchers with a specific interest in Christiania as an important field of study.

Background
The aim of the Christiania Researcher in Residence project is to involve artists, researchers and academics in an open, critical and reflective dialogue around the free town Christiania in Copenhagen, and to feed new creative and critical thinking into the public realm. During the last year the CRIR house has hosted researchers from Denmark, Norway, England, Belgium, Lithuania, Sweden, Austria, France and The United States with a particular interest in Christiania as a research area. Christiania’s insight and experience into local organization, alternative architecture,  lifestyle, culture, sustainable environments, quality of life, democracy and innovation is unique in the world and could generate important knowledge that may inspire new urban thinking.

Researchers are invited to live in Christiania for short periods, depending on the nature and needs of their proposed projects. They are asked to consider their project’s expected visibility and how it may contribute to public debate – whether in the form of an academic text, a public lecture, an event, an artwork, a conference or an exhibition. Applicants will also be asked to consider how their project can be communicated internally in Christiania. Residents will have access to support and guidance as well as a historical archive from a network of Christiania residents. Various venues and public spaces may be available for events, exhibitions and public presentations.



The CRIR apartment
The CRIR apartment is on the first floor of a house with noone living below. It has 2 small rooms and an alcove for sleeping and a large covered balcony in front. There is Internet and communal facilities. The CRIR house is financed by the Free Town Christiania. CRIR does currently not provide research grants, so researchers are expected to finance their own stay in Christiania.


Organization
The Christiania Researcher in Residence project is managed by a group of christianites, ex-christianites and non-christianites from Denmark and abroad, involved in architecture, urban planning, language, art and culture. The CRIR steering committee currently consists of:

Emmerik Warburg, producer and recording engineer, living in Christiania     
www.home.christiania.org/~emmerik

Lise Autogena, artist and curator living in London, former christianite.
www.autogena.org

Jens Brandt, architect and founder of Urbanites.org

Åsa Sonjasdotter, artist.
www.potatoperspective.org

Nis Rømer, artist
www.free-soil.org
www.publik.dk

Anders Lund Hansen,  researcher and teacher at the Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University.
http://www.keg.lu.se/html/person.aspx?ID=3


Rasmus Blædel, Student and organizer,
living in Christiania  

Rosa Maria Kokkonen, Bachelor of education, living in Christiania

The CRIR homepage
Homepage is designed and
maintained by Nis Rømer.

Project partners
Christianias Kulturforening
www.christianiaskulturforening.dk

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Christiania Researcher in Residence formål

CRIR tilbyder bolig for forskere og kunstnere fra hele verden med specifik interesse i Christiania som studieobjekt.

CRIR har til formål at få kunstnere, forskere og akademikere i åben og kritisk dialog om fristaden Christiania, og vil formidle kreative og kritiske tanker i det offentlige rum.
Siden 2004 har CRIR inviteret forskere og kunstnere fra Danmark, Norge, England, Belgien, Lithauen, Sverige, Østrig, Frankrig og USA med specifik interesse i Christiania.
Christianias kendskab og viden om lokal organisering, alternativ arkitektur, livsstil, kultur , bæredygtighed, livskvalitet, demokrati og fornyelse er enestående og kan måske skabe vigtig kendskab til ny e bymæssige samlivsformer .
 
Forskere og kunstnere inviteres til at bo på Christiania i en kortere periode, typisk under eller op til 1 måned. De bliver bedt om at beskrive hvordan deres projekt forventes publiceret og hvordan det forventes at fremstå i den offentlige debat – hvad enten det er i form af en akademisk tekst, et offentligt seminar eller foredrag, en event, kunst, en konference eller udstilling. Ansøgerne bedes også beskrive hvordan deres projekt kan vises/fremføres internt på Christiania.

CRIR-Gæsten vil få adgang til hjælp og vejledning, og adgang til en historisk  viden gennem et netværk af christianitter. Diverse lokaler og offentlige rum står til rådighed for gæsternes events, udstillinger eller præsentationer. Opholdet er gratis, men der ydes ikke økonomisk hjælp til underhold, varme mm.

Se videre: http://www.crir.net/about.html