PLACING EAST ASIA
A GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON URBANISM AND THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE
University of California, Berkeley
March 2-3, 2012
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/urbanism
This two-day interdisciplinary conference brings together graduate students working on urban studies in the East Asian region. Although the wide range of urban forms and historical experiences in East Asia preclude any generalization of an “East Asian city,” examining the region from different disciplinary perspectives can bring new insights on urban processes. Conference participants will present papers in seven thematic sessions, focusing on the interconnections between the local and global environs, human agencies and institutional structures, as well as the diverse array of discourses that shape the transformation of cities and everyday life.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2 (370 Dwinelle Hall)
9:00 am — 9:15 am
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
9:15 am – 10:45 am
Paper Session 1: Spaces of Erasure and Remembrance
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Paper Session 2: Cultural Industries and Cities
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Paper Session 3: Spaces of the Grassroots
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Paper Session 4: Urban Political Ecology
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Keynote Session 1:
“Listening to Sound, Space and Sociality on the Streets of Osaka, Japan”
Marié Abe (Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Boston University)
Daniel O’Neill (Department of East Languages and Cultures, UC Berkeley), Moderator
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 (Institute of East Asian Studies, 6th Floor, 2223 Fulton Street)
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Paper Session 5: Contact Zones and Liminal Spaces
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Paper Session 6: Spatializing Urban Knowledge
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Paper Session 7: Shaping Urban Production: Networks and Stakeholders
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Keynote Session 2:
“Walter Benjamin Doesn’t Live Here Anymore: The City as a Sign”
Yomi Braester (Department of Comparative Literature, University of Washington)
Michael Raine (Department of East Languages and Cultures, UC Berkeley), Moderator
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
For questions about the conference, email placingeastasia@gmail.com. For full conference program, paper abstracts and addition information, visit http://ieas.berkeley.edu/urbanism .
This conference is sponsored by the Institute of East Asian Studies, Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of Geography and the Center for Global Metropolitan Studies. Support is provided by the Walter and Elise Haas Chair Endowment at the Institute of East Asian Studies.
Cecilia Chu
Fellow of the Haas Junior Scholars Program
Institute of East Asian Studies
University of California, Berkeley