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• 30 avr 2012

  Hong Kong

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Foodways and Heritage

  International Conference organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Department of Anthropology). In collaboration with the UNESCO Chair "Safeguarding and Promotion of Cultural Food Heritages" (University François-Rabelais of Tours, France).This conference aims to :1. look at the politics of foodways and heritage, 2. investigate how different kinds of food are produced, sustained and inherited, 3. investigate how they are preserved as intangible heritage for various reasons.

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• 20 avr 2012

  Istanbul

  Study days - Urban studies

  Metropolitan energy policies: the case of the Turkish cities

  Call for paper for a Seminar at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA), co-organized by Eric Verdeil (Jean Moulin University in Lyon - UMR Environment City Corporation) and Jean-François Pérouse (Galatasaray University and IFEA). The report Energy and Urban Innovation (2010) by the World Energy Council underlines the fundamental role of cities in the energy transition and the interlocking of several series of actions, related to technology, economy and policy. It appears that the political and social practices are a major issue and justify an increased contribution of social sciences to the analysis of the implementation of these new policies. The seminar intends to address these issues in the case of large Turkish cities.

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• 10 avr 2012

  Guimarães

  Conference, symposium - Modern

  Structures of the XXth Century: architectural heritage and patrimonialization

  The evolution of the architectural languages of the XX century, from modernist to post-modernist, has often stressed the importance of structures in expressing and fostering innovation. However, in the patrimonialization processes identities, memories and languages, prevail on structures and materials, due to new uses, new norms and standards adaptation.

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• 16 avr 2012

  17 avr 2012

  Champs-sur-Marne

  Conference, symposium - Urban studies

  Building the urban future and Transit Oriented Development

  Rail and other modes connecting with urban and regional development

  « Building the urban future and Transit Oriented Development (BUFTOD). Rail and other modes, connecting with urban and regional development », an international scientific and operational conference on TOD. The BUFTOD conference is a dedicated arena for the debate on TOD, allowing the crossing of scientific disciplines and the associated approaches, exchanging on cases studies at the international level (in Europe, Americas, Asia ...). The BUFTOD 2012 conference will explore the role of rail and other transport modes in transit oriented development and the connection with spatial development at the urban and regional scales.

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• 05 mar 2012

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  The Outer City

  Call for paper for Boundaries, quarterly international magazine on contemporary architecture

  Boundaries – international architecture magazine – introduces a call for papers for the fourth issue of the magazine on « The Outer City ». We encourage authors to explore any aspect of this topic, on which we wish to open a wide interdisciplinary debate. The deadline for submission of abstract in English or Italian is March 5, 2012. For further information and guidelines, see : http://www.boundaries.it

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• 02 fév 2012

  03 fév 2012

  Créteil

  Study days - Urban studies

  Urban renewal projects in Europe

  The colloquium will try to highlight two issues about urban renewal projects, shared by all European countries. Who’s benefiting from urban projects? How is it possible to renew in a context of crisis? The first day will inquire both the place left to or/and taken by the citizens in urban projects, the targets of these projects and their social impacts. The second day will assess both the financial crisis impacts on governance, especially on the place of private and public sectors, and the environmental constraints to be taken into account in urban renewal.

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• 13 jan 2012

  Montreal

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Geography

  PhD Position in Human Geography, University of Montreal

  Poste de doctorant en géographie humaine sur le thème : gouvernance, services municipaux, approvisionnement en eau. Ce poste présente une excellente occasion de s’impliquer dans un projet axé sur les nouvelles tendances en matière de gouvernance de l'eau à l'échelle municipale avec des implications pour relever les défis persistant de l'approvisionnement en eau dans les zones à faible revenu. Le doctorant se concentrera sur l’exécution de l’approvisionnement en eau par les sociétés municipales en vertu de différents régimes de gouvernance et de réglementation. Le candidat retenu sera supervisé par le Dr Kathryn Furlong, professeure adjointe au Département de géographie (www.kathrynfurlong.com).

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• 15 jan 2012

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Quality life migration in non-metropolitan areas

  Chamada de trabalhos para a sessão 49 do congresso de sociologia rural (World Congress of Rural Sociology), sob o tema Migração e qualidade de vida em áreas não-metropolitanas (Quality life migration in non-metropolitan areas). O congresso terá lugar de 29 de julho a 4 de agosto de 2012, em Lisboa (Portugal).

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• 14 oct 2011

  Luxembourg City

  Call for papers - Geography

  Geography of finance and real estate

  Appel à articles. Géographie de la finance et de l'immobilier. Articulo - Journal of Urban Research 9/2012.

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• 15 sep 2011

  New York

  Call for papers - Geography

  Governance and economic integration in urban border regions

  Paper session: "Governance and economic integration in urban border regions", Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2012, New York City, USA, 24-28 February 2012.

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• 01 oct 2011

  Prague

  Call for papers - History

  What's in a name? How we label peripheral places

  Le mouvement d’urbanisation qui a touché l’ensemble des continents au vingtième siècle s’est accompagné de l’apparition de nombreux mots, dans diverses langues, pour désigner les espaces urbains périphériques. Cette session au onzième colloque international d’histoire urbaine prétend les explorer.

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• 01 oct 2011

  Prague

  Call for papers - History

  Postwar Planning in Transnational Perspective

  European Association for Urban History - 2012 Prague

  For this Main Session at the EAUH 11th International Conference (Prague, August 29 - September 1, 2012), we invite papers that bring a transnational or comparative methodology to bear on planning postwar cities in Europe and North America. We are interested in how ideas about planning were exchanged across national borders and how planning in turn shaped trans-Atlantic shifts in political ideologies. Paper topics can range from specific urban interventions, such as the provision of housing, to the way cities fit into broader programs of social reform, Keynesianism, or market-oriented competition. We encourage contributions from all disciplines.

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• 27 aoû 2011

  26 aoû 2011

  25 aoû 2011

  Almaty

  Conference, symposium - Modern

  The Caucasus and Central Asia, twenty years after independences: Questioning the notion of “South countries”

  Ce colloque clôture un projet ANR mené au Centre d'études des mondes russe, caucasien et centre européen (CERCEC, CNRS/EHESS), intitulé « Caucase et Asie Centrale : un autre Sud ? ». Il rassemblera à Almaty, outre les membres de l'équipe du projet, une cinquantaine de participants venus d'Asie Centrale, du Caucase, de Russie, d'Europe des Etats Unis et du Japon. Pluridisciplianire, ce colloque a pour ambition d’interroger la pertinence des outils heuristiques élaborés à partir de terrains situés au « Sud », mais aussi de la notion même de « Sud(s) » pour appréhender les périphéries méridionales de l’espace post-soviétique. Il entend réunir des chercheurs de toutes les disciplines des sciences sociales (sociologie, histoire, sciences politiques, géographie, anthropologie, démographie, économie). Colloque organisé avec le soutien de l'Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (programme ANR « Les Suds »). Final English version attached below / Русская версия в аттачменте ниже.

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• 10 jui 2011

  Palermo

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  Tourist Spaces

  Between Practices and Theories

  In our conference we intend to question the modalities according to which tourist spaces are lived, analyzed and interpreted. The interventions not only of anthropologists, semioticians and geographers, but also of other specialists, are particularly welcome to examine different tourist phenomena starting from the perspective of space. The fundamental principle upon which we wish to base our interrogation is founded on a precise anthropological conception of space. Besides being an abstract concept, in our perspective space constitutes an active element of cultural modeling: space is not a neutral container within which human actions are accomplished independently from its cultural shaping, but a real and true meaningful feature contributing to structure human actions and give them sense inside a society. If we follow this hypothesis, the reflection on tourist spaces takes on a particularly decisive role for many disciplines and for the definition of culture(s) in a more and more globalized world.

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• 25 avr 2011

  Johannesburg

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Memory and City Conference

  Please send via email a 500-1000 word abstract in any language to Mr. Thibault Hatton (comm.research@ifas.org.za), mentioning your name and affiliation, and specifying in the subject of the email “Memory and City proposal_YOUR NAME” before April 25th. The language of the conference will be English, but we might organize sessions in French provided we have enough proposals in this language.

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• 31 mar 2011

  Johannesburg

  Call for papers - Geography

  Memory and City

  The event will consist of a two day colloquium, organized at the University of Witwaterstrand (Wits) and University of Johannesburg (UJ); one day of site visits to some of emblematic neighbourhoods of Johannesburg as far as the subject of urban memory in South Africa is concerned. It is anticipated that the academic fields represented will range from urban history, geography, anthropology, heritage studies and urban sociology. The intention is to go beyond the frame of "African studies" and to connect experiments and reflections from all corners of what is now a global issue.

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• 04 fév 2011

  Paris

  Miscellaneous information - Urban studies

  Urban Plots, Organizing Cities

  Book presentation

  Discussion autour de l'ouvrage "Urban Plots, Organizing Cities" (Ashgate), en présence des coordinateurs et de quatre de ses auteurs

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• 15 mar 2011

  Saint-Étienne | Lyon

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Populating: the elusive category of urban policies?

  Le peuplement, entendu comme action, plus ou moins délibérée et formalisée, consistant à intervenir sur la répartition spatiale des groupes sociaux, fait figure d’enjeu saillant autant qu’insaisissable des politiques urbaines actuelles ou plus anciennes. L’objectif de ce colloque est de faire le bilan des connaissances internationales sur le sujet et d’identifier les chantiers de recherche en cours et à venir afin d’analyser la façon dont le peuplement est construit comme objectif et enjeu des politiques urbaines, dans des contextes sociaux, historiques et politiques distincts. Autrement dit, il s’agit d’appréhender le peuplement à la fois comme politique(s) et comme catégorie(s) d’action publique, en confrontant à travers ce prisme des travaux qui ne le sont pas habituellement, soit parce qu’ils portent sur des terrains et des époques éloignés, soit parce qu’ils sont issus de disciplines différentes (géographie, science politique, sociologie, urbanisme, histoire, etc.).

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• 27 sep 2010

  Clermont-Ferrand

  Study days - Geography

  Governing Rural–Urban Relationships and Periurban Areas in France and Australia

  Different Land Use Cultures, Same Issues?

  The governance of rural–urban relationships has become a very challenging issue in many countries around the world over the two last decades. Many competing interests are embedded in it: agriculture, metropolitan development, biodiversity conservation, water resources use, etc. Many conflicts take place in periurban areas, for instance. These conflicts are signs of a more general evolution of rural – urban relationships in a context of global change – eg. global warming, loss of biodiversity, the global food challenge, the petrol crisis. This seminar aims to compare how these challenges are tackled in France and in Australia. Considering the differences between the political and institutional contexts of various countries, it will be a great opportunity to think about the role of land use culture in different governance systems. This seminar is organised in partnership with AgroParisTech Clermont-Ferrand, INRA-SAD and UMR METAFORT.

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• 18 oct 2010

  Geneva

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Gated Communities - Between Innovation and Urban Fortifications

  Appel à contribution pour le colloque « Les communautés fermées entre innovation et fortification urbaines » organisé conjointement par Fondation Braillard Architectes, Genève, l'Institut de géographie de l'université de Lausanne et la chaire « Urbanisme et gouvernance » de l'Institut des sciences de l’environnement de l'université de Genève. Le colloque se déroulera le 8 avril 2011 à Genève. Les propositions de contributions sont attendues d'ici au 18 octobre 2010.

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