Call for papers
Women, identity and employability
One-day conference
University of Teesside, 7th February 2008
Keynote Speaker: Professor Sue Yeandle, University of Leeds
Although there is a wealth of literature on women within employment,
less focuses on women who are on the margins of the UK labour market and
issues of employability. For many women, achieving satisfying and well
rewarded employment is more complicated than simply eradicating external
or structural barriers, and for some women particular life experiences
and resulting conceptions of self can impact heavily on their
employability. Previous research findings have tended to document the
experiences of women who are already employed, or who are equipped with
the necessary skills and qualifications to feel confident enough to
approach the employment market, i.e. they have higher levels of personal
capital. This conference starts from recognition of the need for
critical attention to both the concept of employability and what it
means for diverse and also socially excluded groups of women within the
UK. For example, how do different women perceive their own
employability? In what ways does identity impact upon employability?
What personal development strategies are required to enter into and
sustain employment? Are expectations about people's employability
gendered? How might employability issues vary for different socially
excluded groups?
This event, hosted by the ADVANCE project
(http://www.tees.ac.uk/depts/socialfutures/research26.cfm) and the
Centre for Social and Policy Research's Gender Research Forum
(http://www.tees.ac.uk/depts/socialfutures/CSPRprofile.cfm), both based
at the University of Teesside, invites papers on the broad theme of
women, identity and employability. We welcome papers with a critical
focus on gender in, for example but not exclusively, the following
areas:
* Nature and meaning of employability for women
* Identity, diversity and employability
* Meanings of personal development for women
* Unemployment and 'spoiled' identities
* Innovative employability research methodologies
* Representations of the employable feminine body
Abstracts should be 250 words in length and can be theoretical or
empirical. Please send abstracts to Joan Heggie J.Heggie@tees.ac.uk by
the 7th December 2007.
Conference organisers:
Professor Eileen Green (University of Teesside)
Dr Joan Heggie (University of Teesside)
Ms Barbara Neil (University of Teesside)
Ms Carrie Singleton (University of Teesside)
Ms Gemma Quinn (University of Teesside)
Thursday 22 November 2007
vacancy/Executive Director, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, Geneva
The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) is seeking a new
Executive Director to lead its efforts in promoting housing rights and
opposing forced evictions worldwide. The new Executive Director will
work from COHRE’s International Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. On
behalf of the Board, s/he will have responsibility for directing the
organization, overseeing COHRE’s global work, coordinating COHRE’s
fundraising efforts, and acting as the COHRE spokesperson.
For more details about the position please go to one of the following
web links:
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/329881/executive-director
http://www.economist.com/classifieds/view_classified.cfm?sitd=6440&key=&sitd_type=R
http://www.cohre.org/view_page.php?page_id=175
COHRE welcomes applications from suitably qualified people, and would
also appreciate if you could distribute this announcement as widely as
possible among your own networks.
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
83 Rue de Montbrillant
1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel No: +41-22-7341028
www.cohre.org
Executive Director to lead its efforts in promoting housing rights and
opposing forced evictions worldwide. The new Executive Director will
work from COHRE’s International Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. On
behalf of the Board, s/he will have responsibility for directing the
organization, overseeing COHRE’s global work, coordinating COHRE’s
fundraising efforts, and acting as the COHRE spokesperson.
For more details about the position please go to one of the following
web links:
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/329881/executive-director
http://www.economist.com/classifieds/view_classified.cfm?sitd=6440&key=&sitd_type=R
http://www.cohre.org/view_page.php?page_id=175
COHRE welcomes applications from suitably qualified people, and would
also appreciate if you could distribute this announcement as widely as
possible among your own networks.
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
83 Rue de Montbrillant
1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel No: +41-22-7341028
www.cohre.org
British Academy announces new scheme for conference support
British Academy announces new scheme for conference support
The Academy wishes to promote the dissemination of advanced research.
Conference convenors may apply for any combination of the following: (a)
financial assistance, whether for bringing key speakers to the UK (or other
location if the event is to be held abroad), or for a wider range of expenses;
(b) use of the British Academy as a venue; (c) organisational assistance from
the Academy’s conference team; (d) subsequent publication of proceedings by the
Academy. (Please note that applications will not be entertained for (d) alone.)
This scheme also provides an opportunity for a conference to be adopted into
the Academy’s own Events diary. The Academy welcomes applications for
conferences held in collaboration with other organisations. Applications will
not be considered for less than £1,000. The maximum award is £20,000.
Conferences attracting the higher levels of support should be at least partly
aimed at disseminating the results of research to a broader public, and the
Academy particularly welcomes applications that show how public interest might
be engaged in the topics discussed. Applicants should be aware that while the
Academy expects to make awards across the full spectrum of the eligible cost
range, it is likely that relatively few awards will be made at the upper end.
This scheme amalgamates the separate streams of support previously available
under the British Conference Grants scheme, the Worldwide Congress Grants
scheme, and the Academy’s Academic Meetings programme.
Further details and application form available from:
www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/confs.html
The Academy wishes to promote the dissemination of advanced research.
Conference convenors may apply for any combination of the following: (a)
financial assistance, whether for bringing key speakers to the UK (or other
location if the event is to be held abroad), or for a wider range of expenses;
(b) use of the British Academy as a venue; (c) organisational assistance from
the Academy’s conference team; (d) subsequent publication of proceedings by the
Academy. (Please note that applications will not be entertained for (d) alone.)
This scheme also provides an opportunity for a conference to be adopted into
the Academy’s own Events diary. The Academy welcomes applications for
conferences held in collaboration with other organisations. Applications will
not be considered for less than £1,000. The maximum award is £20,000.
Conferences attracting the higher levels of support should be at least partly
aimed at disseminating the results of research to a broader public, and the
Academy particularly welcomes applications that show how public interest might
be engaged in the topics discussed. Applicants should be aware that while the
Academy expects to make awards across the full spectrum of the eligible cost
range, it is likely that relatively few awards will be made at the upper end.
This scheme amalgamates the separate streams of support previously available
under the British Conference Grants scheme, the Worldwide Congress Grants
scheme, and the Academy’s Academic Meetings programme.
Further details and application form available from:
www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/confs.html
CFP: RGS/IBG 2008 - The geography of suburban space
Call for papers for a session on the geography of suburban space
RGS-IBG ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2008
Geographies that Matter
London, 27-29 August 2008
Session Conveners:
Dr Mordechai (Muki) Haklay, UCL Department of Geomatic Engineering –
m.haklay@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Laura Vaughan, UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies – l.vaughan@ucl.ac.uk
The widespread perception of suburbia as synonymous with social and
architectural homogeneity belies its spatial, social, ethnic and economic
diversity. With the increasing pressure to build large numbers of new homes
there is a real danger that such a perception becomes self-fulfilling.
Avoiding such an outcome is not simply a challenge for recently planned
settlements. The critical question concerns the extent to which existing
suburbs can adapt for future growth.
There is an urgent need for scholars and planners to recognise how suburbia
contains a great variety of distinctive places for living and working. Such
an improved understanding of suburban settlements must be grounded in
historically informed research into the process through which the suburbs
became absorbed into urban networks and their emerging position within
increasingly complex, multi-scaled urban regions.
Until suburban settlement forms are approached as a distinctive genus in
their own right the planning debate will continue to revolve around the pros
and cons of brownfield intensification and the absence of adequate transport
and public service infrastructures. Such debates, although important in
their own right, tend, in the absence of an appropriate research framework,
to recycle the politically charged questions of the ‘urbanisation of the
suburbs’ and the perennial problem of under-investment in urban infrastructure.
This session intends to move the debate forward by proposing that historical
suburban settlements raise fundamental socio-spatial issues that require
sustained collaboration between a range of disciplinary fields, including
geography, history, architecture, urban design and planning, before they can
be properly understood and addressed. The session will create a forum for
discussing these issues as part of the emerging field of suburban studies.
The session organisers invite proposals for papers that present theoretical
and empirical contributions into the subject of suburban environments,
ideally with a focus on the UK. We welcome proposals that explore:
- the relationship between shifting patterns of economic, social and
cultural consumption and the way in which people move around suburban
environments;
- the effect in practice of the intensification of areas of low density housing;
- the adaptability of suburban morphologies
- the role of suburban centres as places of production as well as
consumption and the implications of these questions for the traditional high
street and the practice of urban design.
Proposals for papers with a 200 word abstract for this session should be
sent to either of (or both) the addresses below by Monday 7th January at the
latest.
Addresses
Dr. Muki Haklay: Senior Lecturer in GIS
Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
University College London (UCL)
Gower St. London WC1E 6BT
T: +44 20 7679 2745
E: m.haklay@ucl.ac.uk
W: http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/~mhaklay/
Dr Laura Vaughan: Senior Lecturer in Urban and Suburban Settlement Patterns
UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
University College London (UCL)
Gower St. London WC1E 6BT
T: +44 20 7679 1981
E: l.vaughan@ucl.ac.uk
W: http://www.space.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/people/laura/
Succsseful Suburban Town Centres - http://www.sstc.ucl.ac.uk/
RGS-IBG ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2008
Geographies that Matter
London, 27-29 August 2008
Session Conveners:
Dr Mordechai (Muki) Haklay, UCL Department of Geomatic Engineering –
m.haklay@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Laura Vaughan, UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies – l.vaughan@ucl.ac.uk
The widespread perception of suburbia as synonymous with social and
architectural homogeneity belies its spatial, social, ethnic and economic
diversity. With the increasing pressure to build large numbers of new homes
there is a real danger that such a perception becomes self-fulfilling.
Avoiding such an outcome is not simply a challenge for recently planned
settlements. The critical question concerns the extent to which existing
suburbs can adapt for future growth.
There is an urgent need for scholars and planners to recognise how suburbia
contains a great variety of distinctive places for living and working. Such
an improved understanding of suburban settlements must be grounded in
historically informed research into the process through which the suburbs
became absorbed into urban networks and their emerging position within
increasingly complex, multi-scaled urban regions.
Until suburban settlement forms are approached as a distinctive genus in
their own right the planning debate will continue to revolve around the pros
and cons of brownfield intensification and the absence of adequate transport
and public service infrastructures. Such debates, although important in
their own right, tend, in the absence of an appropriate research framework,
to recycle the politically charged questions of the ‘urbanisation of the
suburbs’ and the perennial problem of under-investment in urban infrastructure.
This session intends to move the debate forward by proposing that historical
suburban settlements raise fundamental socio-spatial issues that require
sustained collaboration between a range of disciplinary fields, including
geography, history, architecture, urban design and planning, before they can
be properly understood and addressed. The session will create a forum for
discussing these issues as part of the emerging field of suburban studies.
The session organisers invite proposals for papers that present theoretical
and empirical contributions into the subject of suburban environments,
ideally with a focus on the UK. We welcome proposals that explore:
- the relationship between shifting patterns of economic, social and
cultural consumption and the way in which people move around suburban
environments;
- the effect in practice of the intensification of areas of low density housing;
- the adaptability of suburban morphologies
- the role of suburban centres as places of production as well as
consumption and the implications of these questions for the traditional high
street and the practice of urban design.
Proposals for papers with a 200 word abstract for this session should be
sent to either of (or both) the addresses below by Monday 7th January at the
latest.
Addresses
Dr. Muki Haklay: Senior Lecturer in GIS
Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
University College London (UCL)
Gower St. London WC1E 6BT
T: +44 20 7679 2745
E: m.haklay@ucl.ac.uk
W: http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/~mhaklay/
Dr Laura Vaughan: Senior Lecturer in Urban and Suburban Settlement Patterns
UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
University College London (UCL)
Gower St. London WC1E 6BT
T: +44 20 7679 1981
E: l.vaughan@ucl.ac.uk
W: http://www.space.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/people/laura/
Succsseful Suburban Town Centres - http://www.sstc.ucl.ac.uk/
Wednesday 21 November 2007
JRF Findings: Street policing of problem drug users
Just published on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website:
* Street policing of problem drug users
This study considers the nature and outcomes of problem drug
users' routine interactions with police.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2161.asp
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* Street policing of problem drug users
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Tuesday 20 November 2007
Fit City
Fit City Competition
How are urban environments affecting our health?
WIN ONE OF 5 TRIPS TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA!
The Fit City competition, sponsored by the Oxford Health Alliance, is an
international competition for young people designed to provoke thought
and discussion about the impact that urban environments have on our
health.
We are looking for young people, aged 18-27, to submit their ideas or
examples that demonstrate aspects of healthy urban environments or
healthy urban design. Submissions may include photos, videos, songs,
sounds, drawings, art, designs, writing, or anything else that can be
submitted electronically. Examples that demonstrate aspects of
unhealthy urban environments or design will also be accepted.
All entries can be submitted online at www.fit-city.org
<http://www.fit-city.org/>;
After the competition closes on 11 December 2007, the top 5 entries will
be selected and the winners will be awarded a trip to Sydney, Australia,
in February 2008, where they will be given the opportunity to showcase
their submissions, and the submissions of their peers, at the annual
global summit of the Oxford Health Alliance.
The Fit City competition is now open to submissions!
To find out more or to submit an entry, visit us at:
www.fit-city.org <http://www.fit-city.org/>;
How are urban environments affecting our health?
WIN ONE OF 5 TRIPS TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA!
The Fit City competition, sponsored by the Oxford Health Alliance, is an
international competition for young people designed to provoke thought
and discussion about the impact that urban environments have on our
health.
We are looking for young people, aged 18-27, to submit their ideas or
examples that demonstrate aspects of healthy urban environments or
healthy urban design. Submissions may include photos, videos, songs,
sounds, drawings, art, designs, writing, or anything else that can be
submitted electronically. Examples that demonstrate aspects of
unhealthy urban environments or design will also be accepted.
All entries can be submitted online at www.fit-city.org
<http://www.fit-city.org/>;
After the competition closes on 11 December 2007, the top 5 entries will
be selected and the winners will be awarded a trip to Sydney, Australia,
in February 2008, where they will be given the opportunity to showcase
their submissions, and the submissions of their peers, at the annual
global summit of the Oxford Health Alliance.
The Fit City competition is now open to submissions!
To find out more or to submit an entry, visit us at:
www.fit-city.org <http://www.fit-city.org/>;
JRF Newsletter
JRF newsletter - November 2007 (view on website)
* News and latest research
- People of North Wales asked to share their rural housing concerns with independent Commission
- Current governance systems are failing to meet the needs of people living in disadvantaged areas
- New report highlights impact of heavy cannabis use on vulnerable young people
- Using 'Talking Mats' to help people with dementia to communicate
- Attachment to place, social networks, mobility and prospects of young people
- Political devolution, regional governance and tackling deprivation
- Providing Gypsy and Traveller sites: contentious spaces
- Comparing models of housing with care for later life
- The use and impact of dispersal orders
- Rewarding young people for pro-social behaviour
- Youth poverty in Europe
* Fran Abrams awarded JRF Journalist Fellowship
Author and journalist, Fran Abrams, has been awarded our Journalist Fellowship. She will explore why many young people in Britain fall outside of education, employment and training systems.
Abrams will go behind the headline figures to analyse the underlying causes and potential solutions. Despite rising staying-on-at-school rates, university expansion and a large injection of cash over the past ten years, the number of young people who remain out of school remains a concern. There are over 1.25 million 16- to 24-year-olds in England alone who are out of education or training and without a job.
Fran Abrams has been reporting on social policy for more than 20 years. Her most recent book, Seven Kings, featured a year in the life of a successful urban comprehensive school and seven of its pupils. She says:
"I saw it as a picture of how children succeed. This book will present the other side of this coin – looking at how our education system and society are failing so many young people. The book will also give a voice to ordinary parents and youngsters to capture what they think would transform young people’s struggles to find work, education or training into success stories."
Given every two years, our £50,000 bursaries enable experienced journalists to take time out from their schedules to write a book about challenging areas of social policy. Read more on our website.
* Forthcoming publications (November):
- Street policing of problem drug users (20 November)
- The impact of poverty on young children's experience of school (21 November)
- Ward councillors and community leadership: a future perspective (23 November)
- The housing pathways of new immigrants (26 November)
- Drinking places: social geographies of consumption (28 November)
Please note: publication dates are subject to change.
Seminar series - Researching Governance & Sustainability (London)
You may be interested in a forthcoming seminar series at the Centre for the Study of Democracy (London) on governance and sustainability research:
*Dr. Ian Bache - 'Thinking Through Governance & Sustainability: Exploring Governance Theory' - 24th January 2008
*Prof. Yvonne Rydin - 'Discourses of Sustainability: An Approach to Governance Research' - 12th March 2008
*Joe Ravetz - 'The Case Study Method in Research on Governance & Sustainability' - 7th May 2008
*Prof. Judith Petts - 'Governing for Sustainability - Producing Policy Relevant Research' - 4th June 2008
Further details can be found at http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/page-2861
Monday 19 November 2007
Critical Planning: Edward W. Soja Prize for Critical Thinking in Urban and Regional Research
Announcing: The Edward W. Soja Prize for Critical Thinking in Urban and
Regional Research
Note: deadline for Critical Planning submissions extended to *Dec. 31st,
2007*
Critical Planning, the UCLA Journal of Urban Planning, proudly announces
the Edward W. Soja Prize for Critical Thinking in Urban and Regional
Research. For the inaugural year, a cash prize of $1,000 will be given
to the best article published in volume 15 of summer 2008. The prize is
named after Edward W. Soja. It celebrates the lifetime achievements of
this critical thinker whose work continues to open insightful new
research directions for the theoretical and practical understanding of
contemporary cities and regions. The awarded article will exemplify the
seminal contribution that such visions make to scholarly research. For
the prize we will consider all articles selected through the Critical
Planning double-blind peer review — the journal's managing editor will
chair a juried selection process. We welcome submissions related to
urban and regional planning and all cognate disciplines from persons
residing in any country. Preference will be given to authors speaking to
critical issues outside the research agendas of traditional funding
agencies and institutional donors. All other standards for publication
in the Critical Planning journal apply. For additional details, please
refer to the call for submissions to vol. 15 below. Please note: the
deadline for submissions has been extended to December 31, 2007.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Volume 15, Summer 2008
Critical Planning
UCLA Journal of Urban Planning
In honor of our 15th anniversary, this year's volume of Critical
Planning is devoted to identifying and highlighting the most current
critical approaches to urban theory, research and practice. We seek
submissions that 1) address the challenges confronting the present and
future of cities and regions in the U.S. and around the world and, 2)
display an original and critical perspective on recent theoretical
developments, policies and practices. We invite submissions from all
disciplines as well as the use of various methodologies. We encourage
cross-disciplinary, multi-scalar and mixed-method approaches.
Critical Planning is a double-blind peer-reviewed publication. Feature
articles are generally between 5,000 and 7,000 words, while shorter
articles are between 1,000 and 3,000. All submissions should be written
according to the standards of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.
Footnotes should be placed at the end of the document. Please
double-space all parts of the manuscript and leave one-inch margins on
all sides. Tables and images should be separated from the text. Images
should be provided in .tif format, not exceeding a width of five inches
and a resolution of 600 dpi (a width of 3000 pixels). Include a cover
sheet with the article's title; the author's name, phone number, email
address; and a two-sentence biographical statement. Please do not put
identifying information (name or affiliation) anywhere but the cover
sheet. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis. Feel free to
contact us by email to discuss your ideas.
Manuscripts should be submitted by 5pm on December 31, 2007 as .doc
attachments via email to: critplan@ucla.edu and two hardcopies
(postmarked by Dec. 31) should be mailed to:
Critical Planning
C/O Ava Bromberg, Managing Editor
UCLA Department of Urban Planning
School of Public Affairs
3250 Public Policy Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
Email: critplan@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.spa.ucla.edu/critplan/
For pdf version of call please see our website.
Regional Research
Note: deadline for Critical Planning submissions extended to *Dec. 31st,
2007*
Critical Planning, the UCLA Journal of Urban Planning, proudly announces
the Edward W. Soja Prize for Critical Thinking in Urban and Regional
Research. For the inaugural year, a cash prize of $1,000 will be given
to the best article published in volume 15 of summer 2008. The prize is
named after Edward W. Soja. It celebrates the lifetime achievements of
this critical thinker whose work continues to open insightful new
research directions for the theoretical and practical understanding of
contemporary cities and regions. The awarded article will exemplify the
seminal contribution that such visions make to scholarly research. For
the prize we will consider all articles selected through the Critical
Planning double-blind peer review — the journal's managing editor will
chair a juried selection process. We welcome submissions related to
urban and regional planning and all cognate disciplines from persons
residing in any country. Preference will be given to authors speaking to
critical issues outside the research agendas of traditional funding
agencies and institutional donors. All other standards for publication
in the Critical Planning journal apply. For additional details, please
refer to the call for submissions to vol. 15 below. Please note: the
deadline for submissions has been extended to December 31, 2007.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Volume 15, Summer 2008
Critical Planning
UCLA Journal of Urban Planning
In honor of our 15th anniversary, this year's volume of Critical
Planning is devoted to identifying and highlighting the most current
critical approaches to urban theory, research and practice. We seek
submissions that 1) address the challenges confronting the present and
future of cities and regions in the U.S. and around the world and, 2)
display an original and critical perspective on recent theoretical
developments, policies and practices. We invite submissions from all
disciplines as well as the use of various methodologies. We encourage
cross-disciplinary, multi-scalar and mixed-method approaches.
Critical Planning is a double-blind peer-reviewed publication. Feature
articles are generally between 5,000 and 7,000 words, while shorter
articles are between 1,000 and 3,000. All submissions should be written
according to the standards of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition.
Footnotes should be placed at the end of the document. Please
double-space all parts of the manuscript and leave one-inch margins on
all sides. Tables and images should be separated from the text. Images
should be provided in .tif format, not exceeding a width of five inches
and a resolution of 600 dpi (a width of 3000 pixels). Include a cover
sheet with the article's title; the author's name, phone number, email
address; and a two-sentence biographical statement. Please do not put
identifying information (name or affiliation) anywhere but the cover
sheet. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis. Feel free to
contact us by email to discuss your ideas.
Manuscripts should be submitted by 5pm on December 31, 2007 as .doc
attachments via email to: critplan@ucla.edu and two hardcopies
(postmarked by Dec. 31) should be mailed to:
Critical Planning
C/O Ava Bromberg, Managing Editor
UCLA Department of Urban Planning
School of Public Affairs
3250 Public Policy Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
Email: critplan@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.spa.ucla.edu/critplan/
For pdf version of call please see our website.
Final Call for Papers 2008 AAG: Urban Youth: cultures, identities and spatialities
Urban Youth: cultures, identities and spatialities
Organised paper session
2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers 15-19th
April Boston, Massachusetts
Organisers
Lorraine van Blerk (University of Reading) Gareth Jones (London School
of Economics)
Background
Recent international media interest has heightened awareness of, and
'criminalised', the identities of youth 'gangs' on inner city estates,
streets and neighbourhoods in the West. Similar youth cultures present
in many cities in the South has become part of everyday life for large
numbers of young people growing up in poverty. These representations of
urban youth have implications for the way young people are able to
participate in peer culture, express particular identities and display
connectedness to specific localities. This session aims to bring
together these important strands by addressing some key questions
including:
What does the general criminalisation of urban youth cultures mean for
young people's negotiation of public space? How do young people
construct their identities as urban youth in light of these negative
associations?
How are youth cultures and identities impacted by processes of
globalisation and global interconnectedness?
Themes
We welcome abstracts for papers related to any aspect of this topic.
Possible themes may include (but are by no means limited to):
*Urban youth cultures: gangs, violence and street identities *Youth
offending: criminal identities, prison cultures and surveillance
*Transient geographies: young people's social and spatial (im)obilities
in the city *Global interconnectedness and youth cultures
Abstracts
Please send abstracts (250 words maximum) by 26th November, to: Lorraine
van Blerk (l.c.vanblerk@reading.ac.uk) or Gareth
Jones(g.a.jones@lse.ac.uk)
Final online registration of abstracts with the AAG is now 30th
November.
International Planning History Society, 2008 Conference Call for Papers
Note below that if you are planning to attend ACSP-AESOP Congress, July
2008 in Chicago, the IPHS conference begins the evening before the
Congress closes, IN SAME HOTEL, and with overlapping session. Consider
participating in both. Chris Silver
CALL FOR PAPERS!!!!
13th INTERNATIONAL PLANNING HISTORY SOCIETY CONFERENCE
10-13 JULY 2008, CHICAGO, USA - Chicago Marriott Downtown
Magnificent Mile
Immediately Following ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress - Same
Hotel/Same Rate
Discounts fee for joint registration/Published Refereed
Proceedings
"Public versus private planning: themes, trends, and tensions"
The 2008 IPHS conference coincides with commemoration of the 100th
anniversary of the creation of the Burnham and Bennett Plan of Chicago,
a major landmark in modern planning history. This was a privately
produced plan ultimately adopted as public policy. The interplay between
the private interests of business, individuals and non-governmental
organisations versus the more public interests of the state evident in
the Plan of Chicago has been an enduring theme in the history of
planning.
The relationship has changed dramatically over time. In the pre-modern
era, public planning affected only a fraction of the built environment.
The 20th century saw a vast expansion in the practice of public planning
in almost all democratic societies. There has latterly been a major
reaction against purely public planning and a rehabilitation of the idea
of more private planning, often in the form of privatization, expanded
use of market mechanisms, and public-private partnerships. The 2008
IPHS conference seeks to shed light this creative tension within
planning history. As always, IPHS welcomes papers on all facets of
planning, urban and community history.
Single paper proposals, roundtables, and other modes of presentation are
invited. Pre-planned sessions with multiple participants on a topic are
welcome (each presenter must be fully covered in the submission).
Proposals should include an abstract of not more than two pages and an
abbreviated bibliography. A curriculum vitae of not more than two
pages, including contact information (email, phone and fax) is also
required.
Submit by December 1, 2007 to iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu (or by fax or mail to
address below). For more information about the conference themes and
submission process, visit the conference website at
http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/IPHS2008/participate.html. Further inquires
should be addressed to:
Dr. Christopher Silver
College of Design Construction and Planning
University of Florida, 331 Architecture Building
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Email: iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu or silver2@dcp.ufl.edu
Fax 352-392-7266
Ph: 352-392-4836
2008 in Chicago, the IPHS conference begins the evening before the
Congress closes, IN SAME HOTEL, and with overlapping session. Consider
participating in both. Chris Silver
CALL FOR PAPERS!!!!
13th INTERNATIONAL PLANNING HISTORY SOCIETY CONFERENCE
10-13 JULY 2008, CHICAGO, USA - Chicago Marriott Downtown
Magnificent Mile
Immediately Following ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress - Same
Hotel/Same Rate
Discounts fee for joint registration/Published Refereed
Proceedings
"Public versus private planning: themes, trends, and tensions"
The 2008 IPHS conference coincides with commemoration of the 100th
anniversary of the creation of the Burnham and Bennett Plan of Chicago,
a major landmark in modern planning history. This was a privately
produced plan ultimately adopted as public policy. The interplay between
the private interests of business, individuals and non-governmental
organisations versus the more public interests of the state evident in
the Plan of Chicago has been an enduring theme in the history of
planning.
The relationship has changed dramatically over time. In the pre-modern
era, public planning affected only a fraction of the built environment.
The 20th century saw a vast expansion in the practice of public planning
in almost all democratic societies. There has latterly been a major
reaction against purely public planning and a rehabilitation of the idea
of more private planning, often in the form of privatization, expanded
use of market mechanisms, and public-private partnerships. The 2008
IPHS conference seeks to shed light this creative tension within
planning history. As always, IPHS welcomes papers on all facets of
planning, urban and community history.
Single paper proposals, roundtables, and other modes of presentation are
invited. Pre-planned sessions with multiple participants on a topic are
welcome (each presenter must be fully covered in the submission).
Proposals should include an abstract of not more than two pages and an
abbreviated bibliography. A curriculum vitae of not more than two
pages, including contact information (email, phone and fax) is also
required.
Submit by December 1, 2007 to iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu (or by fax or mail to
address below). For more information about the conference themes and
submission process, visit the conference website at
http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/IPHS2008/participate.html. Further inquires
should be addressed to:
Dr. Christopher Silver
College of Design Construction and Planning
University of Florida, 331 Architecture Building
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Email: iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu or silver2@dcp.ufl.edu
Fax 352-392-7266
Ph: 352-392-4836
2nd call for papers: Workshop on Globalisation, World Cities and History
++ 2nd call for papers and participation ++
2nd GaWC Student Workshop
GLOBALISATION,
In conjunction with:
10th GaWC Annual Lecture:
THE STUDY OF CITIES: HISTORICAL AND STRUCTURAL APPROACHES
by Professor PIET SAEY, Professor-Emeritus in Social Geography and Planning at Ghent University (Belgium), and member of the Globalisation and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC).
MONDAY 14 JANUARY 2008
Hosted by the Department of Geography,
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
In conjunction with the 10th GaWC Annual Lecture by Prof. Dr. Piet Saey (Ghent University, Belgium) the Globalisation and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC) organises its second student workshop, this year focusing on Globalisation, World Cities and History.
Recently, GaWC has extended its interests beyond contemporary globalisation, and started to investigate the external relations of cities in the past. Transnational city networks are not limited to our present-day society, but cities and towns have been connected with each other since their early origins. Related to this, one can ask whether or not globalisation and/or the “network society” are really as new as often conceived in the scientific literature. Since globalisation is often interpreted as a strengthening of the role of cities at the expense of states, attention is paid as well to the complex relation between cities and states throughout historical times.
The 2nd GaWC Student Workshop provides an opportunity for students (PhD, Postgraduate, Undergraduate) to discuss issues on Globalisation,
We would like to invite you to participate in this event and to present and discuss your research interests / projects with other students. Possible themes for papers include:
1) Globalisation in history
2) Historical city networks / urban networks
3) Cities versus states in history
4) (World) cities in the past
5) Urbanisation and history
6) Transnationalism, long-distance trade and migration between cities / towns in the past
7) Historical financial centres
Because this workshop is intended for students, there will be no registration fee for this event (including the participation at the GaWC Annual Lecture). Refreshments will be provided thanks to the generous sponsorship by the Geography Department of Loughborough University. However, travel, lunch and accommodation will have to be financed by the participants themselves. After the workshop, we intend to go for dinner in town (cost per person will be less than 10 £).
Students who would like to present a paper should send a short abstract (ca. 250 words) by Friday 30 November 2007 to Raf Verbruggen (R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk).
Other participants also will have the opportunity to be actively involved in the workshop through discussion sessions (in small groups as well as a round table discussion). All participants should register by Friday 21 December 2007 by sending an e-mail with full name, position, institution, contact information (address + e-mail), research interests / thesis topic (in a couple of sentences), and whether or not attending the conference dinner (+ dietary requirements) to R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk.
If you have any questions regarding the workshop, travel, accommodation,… please do not hesitate to contact us.
We hope to hear from you soon,
Julia Grosspietsch, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography,
Raf Verbruggen, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography,
Globalisation and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC)
Visit us at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:
09.00-09.30: Registration and Tea/Coffee
09.30-09.45: Welcome by Head of Department (Prof. Dr. Ian Reid)
09.45-10.45: Presentations I
10.45-11.30: Small group discussions (themes will be attuned to the interests of the participants)
11.30-11.45: Break
11.45-12.30: “Generic concepts linking social science and history: Braudel, Wallerstein, GaWC”: Seminar by Prof Dr. Peter Taylor (
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.45: Presentations II
15.00-16.15: GaWC Annual Lecture: “The study of cities: historical and structural approaches, by Prof. Dr. Piet Saey (
16.30-17.30: Roundtable discussion and reflections from the workshop
17.30-18.00: Post-workshop drinks
18.30 - …: Conference dinner
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WORKSHOP VENUE, TRAVEL, AND ACCOMMODATION:
To have a look at (downloadable) maps of Loughborough University Campus and the surrounding area please refer to www.lboro.ac.uk/about/map/ or read on for some further travel tips:
Workshop venue:
The 2nd GaWC Student Workshop will take place in the
By ROAD: Loughborough is just off the M1 (Junction 23). Leave the M1 at Junction 23, and follow the A512 that takes you directly to the campus.
To get to the Student Workshop venue,
By RAIL: Loughborough is part of the Midland Mainline route network. London St. Pancras can be reached in 90 min,
Check timetables and ticket fares at www.thetrainline.co.uk, or www.midlandmainline.com.
From 14 November 2007 Eurostar-train services (www.eurostar.com) will be launched from London St. Pancras to mainland
Some tips for students not familiar with English trains and fares:
- Book as far as possible in advance and you can get really cheap deals.
- Trains from and to
- Book a return ticket, they are usually much cheaper than two single journeys.
- If you are booking special offer tickets (e.g. from and to
- There are no special student prices (to get a student price you would need to purchase a student rail card, but that does not pay off if you only use it for one journey).
- Loughborough station has a short platform, hence it might be possible that you cannot alight from your coach and need to move to a different coach. It is best to ask the ticket inspector from which coaches you can alight at Loughborough.
- Keep your ticket until you have left the train station, you will have to use it to leave the train station through electronic barriers.
If you want to get the cheapest fares you need to play around a bit on the booking-website.
From Loughborough train station there is a bus (Kinchbus, Number 7, www.kinchbus.co.uk/7kinchbus.html) that takes you directly to the campus, during term time the bus leaves every 10 min. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to arrive on campus.
To get to the Workshop venue (
By AIR: Loughborough is about 8 miles from
Low cost airlines flying to EMA are:
- BMI Baby (www.bmibaby.com)
- Easyjet (www.easyjet.com)
- Ryanair (www.ryanair.com)
From the airport, there is a bus to Loughborough (www.kinchbus.co.uk/airline.html) every 30 minutes (ca. £ 2). It takes ca. 25 minutes to arrive at Loughborough town centre or train station from where you could again take Kinchbus No. 7, or walk to the campus from town centre (ca. 20-25 min).
By taxi, it takes ca. 15 minutes to go from the airport to the university (approx. £ 15-20).
From
Accommodation in Loughborough:
For details about hotels, guesthouses and B&B’s in Loughborough please refer to:
http://accommodation.lboro.ac.uk/visit/hotels.php
www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk/propertysearch.asp?townCity=Loughborough
www.touristnetuk.com/EM/LEICESTERSHIRE/accommodation/ac-serviced/loughborough.htm
Raf Verbruggen
PhD-Candidate
Department of Geography
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
E-mail: R.Verbruggen@lboro.ac.uk
Conference announcement: Doing Race (January 10th, 2008)
Doing Race:
an event exploring contemporary thinking around race and racisms
January 10th 2008
Department of Geography, Durham University
(Sponsored by the Social/Spatial Theory Research Cluster)
This one-day event aims to explore and develop innovative thinking on race and racisms. The
primary goal of the event is to produce a forum for conversation and engagement, and the day will
be organised around a series of conceptual, methodological and empirical interventions designed
to provoke and inform discussion. Themes to be addressed include:
- contemporary modalities of racism
- phenomenologies of race
- racisms of phenotype
- materiality and materialisations of race
- race and ethnography
- race and affect
- ethical engagements with/in/through difference
Confirmed speakers include:
- Claire Alexander
- Ash Amin
- Les Back
- Jason Lim
- Dan Swanton
Invitation to participate:
Places are limited so if you are interested in attending then please contact me for a registration
form or more details as soon as possible, and no later than Friday 7th December 2007. There is a
registration fee of £10 that includes lunch/tea/coffee.
Contact:
Dr Dan Swanton
ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Geography
Durham University
Science Site
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE
d.j.swanton@durham.ac.uk
www.dur.ac.uk/geography
an event exploring contemporary thinking around race and racisms
January 10th 2008
Department of Geography, Durham University
(Sponsored by the Social/Spatial Theory Research Cluster)
This one-day event aims to explore and develop innovative thinking on race and racisms. The
primary goal of the event is to produce a forum for conversation and engagement, and the day will
be organised around a series of conceptual, methodological and empirical interventions designed
to provoke and inform discussion. Themes to be addressed include:
- contemporary modalities of racism
- phenomenologies of race
- racisms of phenotype
- materiality and materialisations of race
- race and ethnography
- race and affect
- ethical engagements with/in/through difference
Confirmed speakers include:
- Claire Alexander
- Ash Amin
- Les Back
- Jason Lim
- Dan Swanton
Invitation to participate:
Places are limited so if you are interested in attending then please contact me for a registration
form or more details as soon as possible, and no later than Friday 7th December 2007. There is a
registration fee of £10 that includes lunch/tea/coffee.
Contact:
Dr Dan Swanton
ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Geography
Durham University
Science Site
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE
d.j.swanton@durham.ac.uk
www.dur.ac.uk/geography
International Planning History Society, 2008 Conference Call for Papers
Note below that if you are planning to attend ACSP-AESOP Congress, July
2008 in Chicago, the IPHS conference begins the evening before the
Congress closes, IN SAME HOTEL, and with overlapping session. Consider
participating in both. Chris Silver
CALL FOR PAPERS!!!!
13th INTERNATIONAL PLANNING HISTORY SOCIETY CONFERENCE
10-13 JULY 2008, CHICAGO, USA - Chicago Marriott Downtown
Magnificent Mile
Immediately Following ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress - Same
Hotel/Same Rate
Discounts fee for joint registration/Published Refereed
Proceedings
"Public versus private planning: themes, trends, and tensions"
The 2008 IPHS conference coincides with commemoration of the 100th
anniversary of the creation of the Burnham and Bennett Plan of Chicago,
a major landmark in modern planning history. This was a privately
produced plan ultimately adopted as public policy. The interplay between
the private interests of business, individuals and non-governmental
organisations versus the more public interests of the state evident in
the Plan of Chicago has been an enduring theme in the history of
planning.
The relationship has changed dramatically over time. In the pre-modern
era, public planning affected only a fraction of the built environment.
The 20th century saw a vast expansion in the practice of public planning
in almost all democratic societies. There has latterly been a major
reaction against purely public planning and a rehabilitation of the idea
of more private planning, often in the form of privatization, expanded
use of market mechanisms, and public-private partnerships. The 2008
IPHS conference seeks to shed light this creative tension within
planning history. As always, IPHS welcomes papers on all facets of
planning, urban and community history.
Single paper proposals, roundtables, and other modes of presentation are
invited. Pre-planned sessions with multiple participants on a topic are
welcome (each presenter must be fully covered in the submission).
Proposals should include an abstract of not more than two pages and an
abbreviated bibliography. A curriculum vitae of not more than two
pages, including contact information (email, phone and fax) is also
required.
Submit by December 1, 2007 to iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu (or by fax or mail to
address below). For more information about the conference themes and
submission process, visit the conference website at
http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/IPHS2008/participate.html. Further inquires
should be addressed to:
Dr. Christopher Silver
College of Design Construction and Planning
University of Florida, 331 Architecture Building
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Email: iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu or silver2@dcp.ufl.edu
Fax 352-392-7266
Ph: 352-392-4836
2008 in Chicago, the IPHS conference begins the evening before the
Congress closes, IN SAME HOTEL, and with overlapping session. Consider
participating in both. Chris Silver
CALL FOR PAPERS!!!!
13th INTERNATIONAL PLANNING HISTORY SOCIETY CONFERENCE
10-13 JULY 2008, CHICAGO, USA - Chicago Marriott Downtown
Magnificent Mile
Immediately Following ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress - Same
Hotel/Same Rate
Discounts fee for joint registration/Published Refereed
Proceedings
"Public versus private planning: themes, trends, and tensions"
The 2008 IPHS conference coincides with commemoration of the 100th
anniversary of the creation of the Burnham and Bennett Plan of Chicago,
a major landmark in modern planning history. This was a privately
produced plan ultimately adopted as public policy. The interplay between
the private interests of business, individuals and non-governmental
organisations versus the more public interests of the state evident in
the Plan of Chicago has been an enduring theme in the history of
planning.
The relationship has changed dramatically over time. In the pre-modern
era, public planning affected only a fraction of the built environment.
The 20th century saw a vast expansion in the practice of public planning
in almost all democratic societies. There has latterly been a major
reaction against purely public planning and a rehabilitation of the idea
of more private planning, often in the form of privatization, expanded
use of market mechanisms, and public-private partnerships. The 2008
IPHS conference seeks to shed light this creative tension within
planning history. As always, IPHS welcomes papers on all facets of
planning, urban and community history.
Single paper proposals, roundtables, and other modes of presentation are
invited. Pre-planned sessions with multiple participants on a topic are
welcome (each presenter must be fully covered in the submission).
Proposals should include an abstract of not more than two pages and an
abbreviated bibliography. A curriculum vitae of not more than two
pages, including contact information (email, phone and fax) is also
required.
Submit by December 1, 2007 to iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu (or by fax or mail to
address below). For more information about the conference themes and
submission process, visit the conference website at
http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/IPHS2008/participate.html. Further inquires
should be addressed to:
Dr. Christopher Silver
College of Design Construction and Planning
University of Florida, 331 Architecture Building
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
Email: iphs2008@dcp.ufl.edu or silver2@dcp.ufl.edu
Fax 352-392-7266
Ph: 352-392-4836
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