If anyone is intersted in going to South Africa to a conference, can be
interesting for someone (hope)!
Greetings,
Ruben
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>Urban Futures 2000 - Johannesburg 10 - 14 July 2000
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>The URBAN FUTURES 2000 conference has accepted 220 papers
>thus far from all parts of the globe. Accepted contributions have
>come in from Brazil, Denmark, Kenya, Botswana, France, United
>Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, India, Pakistan, Malaysia,
>Germany, U.S.A., Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Swaziland,
>Japan, Egypt, Israel, Netherlands, Canada, Nigeria, Finland,
>Norway, Cote D'Iviore, and off- course South Africa.
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>Urban Futures 2000 is a conference that looks at Johannesburg
>and other developing cities of the world. Johannesburg is typical of
>a city whose built environment constitutes of even and uneven
>development in which diverse peoples and cultures conduct their
>lives. The social, racial, spatial and administrative patterns of
>apartheid are being overlaid by the urban dynamics characteristic
>of global economic development
>
>The University of Witwatersrand (which has been closely linked to
>the city's development, through scholarship and political and civic
>activism) is hosting the conference together with the Greater
>Johannesburg Metropolitan Council (GJMC). As major players in
>the city's governance, the University and the Metropolitan Council
>are concerned to secure the city's prosperity and to find solutions
>to the social, cultural, technological, and political problems arising
>from life in an African metropolis in particular.
>
>The conference seeks to bring together academics, politicians,
>decision-makers, practioners, social activists, artists, etc..
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>Contributions should address themselves to the following themes:
>Urban - theory and policy
> - communities and social movements
> - cultures and narratives
> - governance and management
> - finance and economics
> - habitats and physical environments
> - services and infrastructure
> - universities
>
>The last deadline for contributions is 15 March 2000:
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>Please also refer to our website for more information:
><http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/urbanfutures>. Please also note that the
>15 March 2000 deadline has not been updated on the website.
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