In the 19th century, the physician and politician Rudolf Virchow recognized the connection between diseases and poor hygiene. His findings helped to lay the foundations for Berlin's water supply in the 1870s.
Human vessels and urban pipe systems are similar not only in terms of their structure, but also in terms of damage - caused by fat or limescale, for example - and their treatment, such as the insertion of stents. Blood samples can provide information about a person's state of health - wastewater samples provide information about the course of disease or drug consumption in an urban population.
Experts such as Timothy Moss (expert on urban energy and water systems from a historical and social science perspective), Stephan Natz (Berliner Wasserbetriebe) and Prof. Andreas Greiner (Head of Vascular Surgery at Charité) will shed light on these parallels from their respective perspectives. Journalist Friederike Walch-Nasseri will moderate the event.
Keynote speeches and panel discussion by and with:
- Timothy Moss, urban historian and author, Humboldt University of Berlin
- Andreas Greiner, Director of the Clinic for Vascular Surgery and Head of the Vascular Center at Charité
- Stephan Natz, press spokesman for Berliner Wasserbetriebe
- Moderation: Friederike Walch-Nasseri, journalist
Introduction: Igor Sauer, Head of Experimental Surgery at Charité and co-curator of the exhibition "Vessels. Infrastructures of Life"
Followed by a reception and tour of the exhibition.
(IN GERMAN)
Dates
October 2025
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