Der gsg_info letter widmet sich diesmal unterschiedlichen Formen der Stadtuntersuchung. Die Publikationen zeigen verschiedene Annäherungsweisen und eine methodische Varianz auf, die allerdings keineswegs beanspruchen, das Spektrum der Möglichkeiten von Stadtuntersuchungen ausfüllen. Das Buch Zone Heimat von Gerhard Vinken (2010) setzt sich mit der Altstadt als einer gedanklichen und baulichen Konstruktion auseinander. Dabei wird die These …
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43rd Newsletter of the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies (Berlin)
Georg Simmel and Current Urban Research: Georg Simmel was the initiator of socio-cultural urban studies with his essays on The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903). He is one of the founding fathers of urban sociology and an academic “godfather” of the Chicago School. In November 2008 the Georg-Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies held a conference …
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Panel Search: Urban Network Histories of Capitalism Social Science History Association (SSHA) Vancouver, Canada 01.-04.11.12 Deadline: 1 March, 2012
URBAN NETWORK PANEL SEARCH Social Science History Association (SSHA) Vancouver, BC 1-4 November, 2012 Deadline: 1 March, 2012 We invite you to take part in the Urban Network panels of the 37th annual meeting of the Social Science History Association, November 1-4, 2012, in Vancouver. The members of the Social Science History Association share a …
Panel search: RACE/ETHNICITY SECTION Histories of Capitalism Social Science History Association (SSHA) Vancouver, Canada 01.-04.11.12 Deadline: 1 March, 2012
RACE/ETHNICITY SECTION PANEL SEARCH Histories of Capitalism Social Science History Association (SSHA) Vancouver, Canada 1-4 November, 2012 http://www.ssha.org/ Deadline: 1 March, 2012 The race/ethnicity section of the SSHA is hoping to put together a number of sessions related to the conference site that were discussed at the planning meeting: – Indigenous Communities, Land Rights and …
Study Program: Sustainable Urban Management Malmö University, Sweden
http://wpmu.mah.se/sum http://www.edu.mah.se/SASUM/ The city of Malmö, Sweden is a city that has successfully rebranded itself as a Sustainable Urban Centre. As such, the city has identified the Sustainable Urban Management (SUM) program as a tool to help educate a group of cultural diverse, talented and extremely dedicated students. The SUM program at the University of …
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32nd Newsletter of the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies (Berlin)
The Future of the European City: Hardly any other term in urban development sounds quite as positive as the “European city“ and hardly any other notion in current urban planning discussions is used to such an inflationary degree. As the lowest common denominator this concept shows up wherever socially balanced, sustainable models for potential urban …
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CIEE Summer 2012 International Faculty Development Seminar in Turkey “Consuming Istanbul: Space, Spectacle and the Politics of Popular Culture” 11.-22.06.12 Istanbul
CIEE Summer 2012 International Faculty Development Seminar in Turkey “Consuming Istanbul: Space, Spectacle and the Politics of Popular Culture” http://www.ciee.org/ifds/seminars/turkey/index.aspx June 11 – 22, 2012 Program Description: Since the 1980’s, Turkey, in particular Istanbul, has seen unprecedented transformations with the influences of rapid urbanization, the emergence of consumerism and the “opening” up to new configurations …
Conf: The City. Analyzing Contemporary Transformations and Structures 09.-10.03.12 Uni Bielefeld
The City. Analyzing Contemporary Transformations and Structures – Bielefeld 03/12 09.03.2012-10.03.2012, Bielefeld, IBZ, Universität Bielefeld, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany Deadline: 01.10.2011 Today, we focus on different aspects of urbanity when we talk about characteristics of and challenges for contemporary societies and their built environment. Depending on the respective point of view, demographic changes, the anticipated climate …
Conf: 7. Treffen des Nachwuchsnetzwerks “Stadt Raum Architektur” – “Mythos Methodologie. Empirische Forschung zu Stadt, Raum, Architektur” 30.-31.03.12 Weimar (dt)
Stephan Barthel, Eva-Christina Edinger, Hermann Köhler, Ralph Richter, Achim Schröer, René Seyfarth 30.03.2012-31.03.2012, Weimar Deadline: 15.01.2012 7. Treffen des Nachwuchsnetzwerks “Stadt Raum Architektur” “Als Gregor schon zur Hälfte aus dem Bette ragte – die neue Methode war mehr ein Spiel als eine Anstrengung, er brauchte immer nur ruckweise zu schaukeln -, fiel ihm ein, wie …
Conf: Hier und dort: Ressourcen und Verwundbarkeiten in der multilokalen Lebenswelt / Ici et là : Ressources et vulnérabilités de la vie multilocale – Uni Basel 17.-19.05.12 (dt / fr)
Cédric Duchêne-Lacroix, Institut für Soziologie, Universität Basel; Pascal Maeder, Historisches Seminar, Universität Basel 17.05.2012-19.05.2012, Basel, Universität Basel Deadline: 22.12.2011 – texte français ci-dessous – Multilokale Lebensformen gewinnen zusehends an Bedeutung: transnationale MigrantInnen, WochenaufenthalterInnen, Scheidungskinder, die über zwei Heime verfügen, ZweitwohnbesitzerInnen oder auch getrennt lebende Lebensgemeinschaften, sie alle leben und/oder arbeiten über kurz oder lang an …