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KoCA-Inn was realized by the temporary research group UrbanDÆ, formed by researchers, artists, urbanists, architects and social scientists based in Weimar (Germany) and Salvador (Brazil). This name is an allusion to the idea of being there and coming from. When the collaboration started, groups named themselves in order to express some intentions of their research. UrbanDA: DA, from the German expression and philosophical term: Dasein. UrbanDE: DE, in Portuguese, a preposition to indicate origin, among others. For the realization of KoCA-Inn the two groups merged, becoming UrbanDÆ: a temporary collective who had to be there, bringing all the modes of being from where they came from. UrbanDÆ is the fusion of these groups plus new members who joined in for the realization of KoCA-Inn. Articulations date back to the preparations of the event Corpocidade: debates on urban aesthetics, which took place in Salvador, Brazil in October 2008.