Cité de l’Architecture, Paris
CfA BOOK: Walking in the City: Quotidian Mobility and Ethnographic Method
Walking in the City: Quotidian Mobility and Ethnographic Method
Edited by Timothy Shortell, Ph.D., and Evrick Brown, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology, Brooklyn College CUNY
Deadline: 1 April, 2012
Local politicians, protesters, busy commuters, tourists, flaneurs, urban ethnographers. These social actors and many more work the city streets as an essential part of their quotidian routines. Everyday mobility on the streets and public spaces of urban neighborhoods is such an ubiquitous part of urban life and culture that it is often overlooked. Though sociologists have long noted that dynamism is an essential part of the urban way of life, walking as a significant social activity and crucial research method has not received the scholarly attention it deserves. This volume will consider walking in the city from a variety of perspectives, in a variety of places, with a variety of methods. Contributors will address the nature of quotidian mobility in contemporary global cities, how it relates to other significant social institutions and practices, as well as a method for studying urban life.
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Sixth Biennial Urban History Association (UHA) Conference “THE COSMOPOLITAN METROPOLIS”, Columbia University, New York 26.-28.10.12
Sixth Biennial Urban History Association (UHA) Conference
Columbia University, New York City
October 26 – 28, 2012
http://uha.udayton.edu/conf.html
“THE COSMOPOLITAN METROPOLIS”
Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2012
The Program Committee seeks submissions for panels, roundtable discussions, and individual papers on all aspects of urban, suburban, and metropolitan history for the Sixth Biennial Urban History Conference in New York City on October 26-28, 2012. The UHA Program is pleased to announce that Columbia University will serve as the local host for this year’s conference.
In particular, we encourage papers that explore the theme of the “Cosmopolitan Metropolis.” This encompasses issues of ethnic and social diversity and economic and cultural globalism in the richly varied metropolises of the United States and the world. We seek contributions that pertain to all types of metropolitan history not only in North America but in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Sessions on ancient and pre-modern as well as modern periods are welcome. Graduate student submissions are encouraged.
We prefer complete panels but individual papers are also welcome. Please designate a single person to serve as a contact for all complete panels. For traditional panels, include a brief explanation of the overall theme, a one-page abstract of each paper, and a one or two page c.v. for each participant. Roundtable proposals should also designate a contact person and submit a one-page theme synopsis and a one or two page c.v. for each presenter. All those submitting individual papers should include a one-page abstract and a one or two page c.v.
E-mail submissions by March 15, 2012 to Janet R. Bednarek: Janet.Bednarek@notes.udayton.edu
PANEL SEARCH: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM AND THE INNER CITY, Urban History Association (UHA) New York 26.-28.10.12. Deadline: 17.02.12
GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM AND THE INNER CITY
Urban History Association (UHA)
New York City, NY
26-28 October, 2012
http://uha.udayton.edu/conf.html
Deadline: 20 February, 2012
I am looking to form a panel for the Urban History Association
Conference in October on the history of how grassroots activism changed in
the inner city in the 1980s. Broadly speaking, the papers on this panel
examine how and by what methods ordinary citizens have sought to address
urban issues.
My own work examines the relationships and the obstacles that emerged
between inner city and suburban Catholics from the “Sharing” program in
the Archdiocese of Chicago in the 1980s. If you are interested, please
e-mail me off-list (kdryan@buffalo.edu) with a description of your topic
by Monday, February 20th.
Kevin Ryan
PhD Candidate
Department of History
University of Buffalo
PANEL SEARCH: CITY POLITICS, INTEREST GROUPS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Urban History Association (UHA) New York 26.-28.10.12. Deadline: 17.02.12
CITY POLITICS, INTEREST GROUPS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Urban History Association (UHA)
New York City, NY
26-28 October, 2012
http://uha.udayton.edu/conf.html
Deadline: 17 February, 2012
I am seeking contributors to a panel on urban politics in the twentieth
century. My paper will examine how business groups came to represent the
public interest in twentieth century Los Angeles, and how that affected
federal as well as local policies. I can this panel incorporating
additional studies of “special interests” — as in who is seen as
representing the general public as opposed to a special interest — or
studies of federal – local interactions.
If interested, please send a message and paper proposal to Sarah Elkind < selkind@mail.sdsu.edu> by 17 February, 2012.
Sarah S. Elkind
Associate Professor
Department of History
San Diego State University
PANEL, CfP: CITY PLANNING EXHIBITS 26.-28.10.12 New York, USA. Deadline: 24.02.12
CITY PLANNING EXHIBITS
Urban History Association (UHA)
New York City, NY
26-28 October, 2012
http://uha.udayton.edu/conf.html
Deadline: Friday, February 24
We are hoping to complete a panel on “City Planning Exhibits” for the Urban
History Association conference in October. Generally, we are interested in
the ways in which urban reformers and planners have conceived of the city
as a system that could be rationalized and contained with proper planning,
as well as the ways these ideas were exhibited in public forums like
museums and cultural institutions. Strikingly, city plans — at least in
the first half of the 20th century — were often considered to be partly
scientific and partly artistic. This may contribute to the fact that
planning exhibits were shared in a range of cultural venues and drew broad
audiences.
The two papers we currently have are on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City
and Pittsburgh plans, which were exhibited in Pittsburgh at the request of
some of the advocates of the “Pittsburgh Renaissance,” and the 1908
“Congestion Exhibit” held in New York at the American Museum of Natural
History, which helped strengthen the argument in New York City for a master
city plan. We welcome topics that draw from interdisciplinary sources to
add depth to our panel.
Please submit a brief abstract of your topic to us off-list
(ramato@gc.cuny.edu and misaacson@gc.cuny.edu, kdryan@buffalo.edu) by
Friday, February 24.
Rebecca Amato and Mariel Isaacson
PhD candidates, History
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
CfP: Intl. Conference SURVEYS ON VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE 17.-19.05.12 Porto, Portugal. Deadline: 24.02.12
Call for Papers
International Conference SURVEYS ON VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Their significance in 20th century architectural culture
May 17-19, 2012
CEAA | Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP),
Porto, Portugal
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Security, CONF: Democracy and Cities – The Future of prevention – Saint-Denis, France. 12.12.2012
Democracy and Cities – The Future of prevention – Saint-Denis, France. 12.12.2012
Since its creation, 25 years ago, the Forum has organised every six years an international conference, allowing to build a common doctrine formalised in our Manifestos. Throughout the years, these manifestos have become a reference and circulate around the world, including in the United Nations. These Manifestos represent a synthesis of Efus and Efus’members current work in order to define common policies in the field of prevention.
The European Forum organised previous conferences in Montreal, Paris, Naples and Saragossa, which each gathered some 1,000 people -elected officials, local authorities, magistrates, security professionals, voluntary workers, social workers, researchers, and civil society actors.
The 2012 conference will be hosted by the cities of Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis (located in the Seine-Saint-Denis department near Paris), who presented a common candidacy. The conference is entitled “The future of prevention” and is organised around four major themes: risks, technologies and prevention; governance and citizenship; cities and sustainable development; a Europe open to the world.
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CfP: The Dubai International Award (DIA) for Best Practices to improve the living environment, Deadline: 31.03.12
Call for proposals – The Dubai International Award (DIA) for Best Practices to improve the living environment
UN-Habitat and Dubai Municipality offer you an opportunity for global recognition through the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.
Criteria for best practices
The 9th cycle of the Dubai International Award (DIA) for Best Practices has been launched by UN-HABITAT, its partners and Dubai municipality. DIA is looking for urban programmes and potential best practices, that have made an impact on people’s living environment. Best practices are outstanding contributions to improve the living environment. They are defined by the United Nations and the International Community at large as successful initiatives which:
Have a demonstrable and tangible impact on improving people’s quality of life;
Are the result of effective partnerships between the public, private and civic sectors of society;
Are socially, culturally, economically and environmentally sustainable.
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Call for Articles: Special Issue of Iranian Studies Journal: Revisiting the Historiography: New Approaches to the Study of Persian Architecture, Deadline: 30.03.12
Special Issue of Iranian Studies Journal
Revisiting the Historiography: New Approaches to the Study of Persian
Architecture
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00210862.asp
Guest-editor: Dr. Mohammad Gharipour
Deadline: March 30, 2012
Initiated in the nineteenth century, the study of Persian architecture
was advanced by such twentieth-century archeologists and Iranologists
as Arthur Upham Pope, Ernst Herzfeld, Andre Godard, Roman Ghirshman,
and Erich Schmidt. These studies, accompanied by archaeological
discoveries, the establishment of archives, and the activities of the
British and German Institutes in Tehran, resulted in numerous
publications, including chronological surveys of Persian art and
architecture. These surveys covered the cultural boundaries of the
Persianate world, including but not limited to modern day Iran,
Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and subcontinent India.
Despite their limitations, including an Orientalist bent, these works
challenged the Eurocentric views of the architectural history of the
Near East, and evolved historical understandings of the region that
were less projections of pre-conceived European mentality and more
based on facts emerging from the locale. This research approach based
its theories on archeological findings, field investigations, and
analysis of buildings and artifacts, a trend that has defined, and
somewhat dominated historiography of Persian architecture to date.
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