{"id":337,"date":"2012-01-19T12:47:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T10:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban-studies.eu\/?p=337"},"modified":"2012-01-19T12:47:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T10:47:34","slug":"cfp-international-journal-of-islamic-architecture-ijia-streets-of-protest-the-politics-of-public-space-deadline-15-03-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban-studies.eu\/?p=337","title":{"rendered":"CFP: International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) Streets of Protest: The Politics of Public Space Deadline: 15.03.12"},"content":{"rendered":"

From: Aysenur Ipek T\u00fcreli <\/p>\n

_International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)_<\/p>\n

Thematic volume planned for January 2013
\nStreets of Protest: The Politics of Public Space
\nDeadline for submissions: 15 March 2012
\nhttp:\/\/www.intellectbooks.co.uk\/journals\/view-Journal,id=204\/<\/p>\n

The diverse ways individuals and groups contest and remake public space is
\nof interest to the field of architecture, especially at this moment of
\neconomic recession. From \u201cguerrilla,\u201d \u201ctactical,\u201d to \u201cDIY\u201d urbanisms, all
\ncelebrate the agency of the individual or small groups to make modest
\nchanges by claiming public spaces without the need for extensive
\ninvestments or infrastructure. Such calls are conveniently in line with the
\nemphasis on the neo-liberal subject\u2019s individual agency and capability.
\nWhat happens when ordinary people demand not so modest but copious and
\nradical changes?<\/p>\n

From Cairo to New York City, political protests through the past year have
\nprovided inspiring images of revolutionaries who have come together
\nvoluntarily and demanded change from their governments. Dismayed by
\ntop-down governance structures, auto-censorship of mass media, and at times
\nthe inefficiency of representational politics, ordinary people have claimed
\ntheir rights as citizens. They have activated the streets and squares
\nturning them into political \u201cspaces of public appearance.\u201d But the uneven
\ngeopolitics of privilege have inevitably shaped the perception and
\nportrayal of political protest events in different regional, religious and
\ncultural contexts. For instance, police and municipal authorities have
\nevicted Occupy movements from the squares of various US cities alluding to
\nhygiene and safety. In contrast, political protests in non-Western
\ncountries are portrayed as synonymous with the emergence of more democratic
\nsocieties. Celebrating Western media and technology, most Western leaders
\nand analysts have treated the movements and protests in the Middle East as
\na novelty playing down earlier histories of popular protest. Such
\ncelebration of democracy parallels warnings of the lurking Islamist threat
\nin the aftermath of the Arab Spring.<\/p>\n

These recent events have much potential to contribute to our understanding
\nof the relationship between the politics, poetics, and spaces of the
\nstreets, particularly in the context of the Islamic world. Practical
\noccupation appropriates public space temporally and transforms its image,
\nand hence use, permanently. So far, commentaries and research on the topic
\nhave predominantly emphasized the use of social media while the question of
\nhow public space provides opportunities for participation and appropriation
\nhas been understudied. The use of public spaces goes hand in hand with the
\nvaried uses of media. Technology acts not only as \u201cextensions of man\u201d but
\nalso of public space; at the same time, it generates new forms of
\nrepression that reshapes the use of public spaces.<\/p>\n

This special issue invites papers that draw upon contemporary and
\nhistorical examples to critically analyze the spatiality of political
\nprotests with reference to the Islamic world: How do protests challenge and
\ntransform the publicness of urban spaces? How do urban streets and squares
\nallow, encourage, enable, or limit and hinder individuals to transform into
\ninsurgent collectivities? What are the embodied sensorial experiences that
\nmove individuals to take part in protests? Also welcome are papers that
\ndiscuss the role that design and design professionals have taken on to
\nsupport and sustain or prevent collective action. Papers that employ a
\nrange of methodologies and approaches from various disciplinary and
\ninterdisciplinary positions are encouraged.<\/p>\n

Essays that focus on historical and theoretical analysis should be a
\nminimum of 5,000 words but no more than 8,000 words; and essays on design
\ncan range from 2,000 to 3,000 words.<\/p>\n

Please send a 400-word abstract with title to the guest editor, Dr. Ipek
\nTureli (ipek.tureli@mcgill.ca), by 15 March
\n2012. Those whose proposals are accepted will be requested to submit full
\npapers to the journal via its online system by 25 May 2012. All papers will
\nundergo full peer review.<\/p>\n

For author instructions, please consult: www.intellectbooks.com\/ijia<\/p>\n

Ipek T\u00fcreli
\nAssistant Professor
\nSchool of Architecture
\nMcGill University
\nhttp:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/architecture\/faculty\/tureli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From: Aysenur Ipek T\u00fcreli _International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA)_ Thematic volume planned for January 2013 Streets of Protest: The Politics of Public Space Deadline for submissions: 15 March 2012 http:\/\/www.intellectbooks.co.uk\/journals\/view-Journal,id=204\/ The diverse ways individuals and groups contest and remake public space is of interest to the field of architecture, especially at this moment of … <\/p>\n

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