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Washington

Towards a political ecology of ambiances/atmospheres

American Association of Geographers meeting, Washington, DC

This session aims at questioning the possibility of reconciling descriptive approaches of mundane social life (attentive to its sensitive, emotional and atmospheric/ambient dimension), with critical approaches? In other words, how can the sensory, affective, atmospheric research convey issues of social and political criticism?

Montreal

Study days - Political studies

Development policies, space and violence in Latin America: an interdisciplinary discussion

The main objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers working from different disciplines (anthropology, sociology, political science, geography) on the spatial impact of development policies applied under authoritarian regimes in Latin America. Although the “spatial turn” is already well-established in the Social and Human Sciences, the appropriation and adaptation of this theoretical frame remains scarcely explored to reflect on State(s) violence(s). Moreover, the analysis of the spatial impact of development policies carried out in a "forced" manner in the period of dictatorships in Latin America remains also barely analysed.

Montreal

Summer School - Science studies

Planetary Futures

In the face of the current ecological crisis, how shall we rethink concepts and practices of environment, ecology, difference, and technology to envision and create a more just, sustainable, and diverse planet? The combined histories of colonialism, extraction industries, energy, as well as innovation in design, architecture, literature and technology offer a lens by which to examine how contemporary techno-scientific societies envision planetary futures. Site visits exploring resource extraction, colonialism in urban policy and planning, and speculative architectural design will be accompanied by an analysis of science fiction, science technology, speculative design and ethnography, as well as life and earth sciences.

Montreal

Call for papers - Political studies

Do responsiveness and accountability matter at the municipal level

The objective of this colloquium is to explore the mechanisms of responsiveness and accountability at the municipal level. An edited book is planned following the colloquium. The following topics will be addressed: The criteria that influence the decisions of local elected officials; The influence of citizens or other stakeholders on municipal decisions; The determinants of municipal election results; The process of municipal election campaigns; The performance of municipal governments.

Chicago

Conference, symposium - Modern

Tourism and Gentrification in the Metropolis

A wide literature analyzes the changes that affect contemporary metropolises trough the concept of gentrification, i.e. Urban regeneration policies, the New Build gentrification, the Return to the city movement, the Displacement patterns analysis. Although bibliography analyzes the extent of gentrification in tourist cities little attention has been paid to tourism and tourist traffic as main factors of gentrification in metropolitan areas, or to tourism as the central strategic focus of the regeneration policies. Tourism gentrification is difficult to analyze, as it is affected by the changing patterns of tourism flow; it is however a critical shaping force of socio-economic and contemporary urban landscapes.

Montreal

Call for papers - Urban studies

Ambiances in action

The second International Congress on Ambiances is an international gathering for researchers, artists and players engaged in analyzing the ambiance-related dimensions of the built environment and in the sensory construction of the contemporary world. Many approaches are at work in the field of architectural and urban ambiance, and these multiple contributions nurture its rich diversity. The Congress aims to give voice to this activity, feeding on work exploring new forms of exchange between what is designed and what is experienced, between the measured and the qualified, the projected and the tested, the material and the immaterial. The Congress will be held for four days at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), in Montreal, from 19 to 22 September 2012. It will seek to express advances in learning and new hypotheses proposed by the various disciplines and fields of activity which address the question of ambiances.

Montreal

Call for papers - Urban studies

Taking ownership of the city: “Becoming together” from urban heritage to cultural landscape

Une ville peut-elle encore être plus scandinave, plus française, plus espagnole? Ou plus montréalaise, plus londonienne, plus parisienne ? Ce colloque international, [S’]Approprier la ville. Du patrimoine urbain aux paysages culturels, invite à discuter des instruments de la planification urbaine, des outils de la patrimonialisation et des autres moyens mis en œuvre afin de, par delà les faiseurs d’image, penser comment s’aménage le vivre et le devenir-ensemble dans un milieu de vie suffisamment intégrateur et représentatif pour susciter l’attachement et l’appropriation de ses citoyens d’aujourd’hui et de demain. Il s’agit, en d’autres mots, de réfléchir de concert au devenir-ensemble et à l’avenir du génie du lieu. On invite les chercheurs, les décideurs et les praticiens à soumettre une proposition de communication avant le 20 octobre 2011 à : colloqueville@uqam.ca.

Miami

Call for papers - Thought

Spaces of Relation

9th Annual Graduate Conference - university of Miami

En sociologie comme en linguistique, la différence est génératrice de sens. C'est pourquoi cette conférence interdisciplinaire se propose de découvrir et de discuter les différents espaces (physique, historique, virtuel, fictif, théorique, etc.) dans lesquels le concept de relation peut être envisage.

Montreal

Conference, symposium - America

Canadians in the United States: American Dreamers in their Social and Economic Context

Les organisateurs invitent chercheurs, auteurs et étudiants de toutes les disciplines à un colloque sur le thème de l'expérience étatsunienne des Canadiens - et à soumettre des textes pour publication. Le colloque aura lieu à l’Université de Montréal les 12 et 13 mai 2010, dans le cadre du 78e congrès annuel de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS).Le colloque sera suivi de la publication d'un dossier spécial dans la Revue internationale d'études canadiennes.

Washington

Call for papers - Geography

Social Geography of Risk: Which Approaches?

Special session Annual Association of American Geographers Meeting

In this session we want to focus on the definition of risk, the way this category is constructed, through which relations and which spatialities is forged. Building on real case studies, we are interested in understanding the role of geographers and social scientists when investigating the “societies at risk” and the “vulnerable” groups. Emerging issues in this area of work are related to the need to integrate environmental and social information and the fact that we have to face the implementation of complex investigations including among others: environmental measures, descriptive epidemiology, analytical studies, social surveys and GIS modeling.

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