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Technology, Cities and Conflict | One-day seminar
Monday 19th May 2003
Global Urban Research Unit
University of Newcastle, UK.
(with the Cities as Strategic Sites Network)
Following on from the highly successful 'Cities as Strategic Sites' Conference in Manchester last year, this multidisciplinary seminar promises to be a stimulating and timely examination of the city as a site of conflict in an age of rapidly changing technologies and military tactics.
To generate active and productive discussion, places will be limited to a maximum of 50. Reserve yours now!
Cost: only £15 / £10 (concessions), not including lunch. Cheques payable to 'University of Newcastle' (address below).
Timetable:
10.00 - 11.00 Registration & Coffee
11.00 - 11.10 Welcome to GURU and Introduction
11.10 - 12.55 Session 1: Military Operations in the City, Chair: David Campbell, Politics, University of Newcastle.
Alice Hills, DSD, Kings College London: "Algiers to Jenin: Urban Operations as Premodern Conflict."
Stephen Graham, GURU: "'Clean Territory': Urbicide on the West Bank."
Simon Marvin, University of Salford: "Taking 'Fortress' Baghdad: The Conditioning of a Targeted City."
12.55 - 1.55 Lunch
1.55 - 3.40 Session 2: Technologies and Urban Conflict, Chair: David Wood, GURU.
Steve Wright, Omega Foundation / Leeds Metropolitan University: "New Sub-Lethal, Incapacitating & Paralysing Technologies."
Rhiannon Talbot, Newcastle Law School: "Can international law help prevent urban annihilation by weapons of mass destruction?"
John Armitage, University of Northumbria: "Hypernova."
3.40 - 4.00 Tea Break
4.00 - 5.00 Session 3: Urban Infrastructure and the Threat of Conflict, Chair: Steve Graham, GURU.
Michael Dillon, University of Lancaster: "From Strategic Architecture to Architectural Strategy."
Jon Coaffee and David Wood, GURU: "The Everyday Militarization of the City: Security and Surveillance in London's financial heartlands."
5.00 - 5.30 Concluding Discussion
For reservations and payments, contact:
Kim McCartney
Global Urban Research Unit (GURU)
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Tel: 0191 222 5900
Fax: 0191 222 6008
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For further information, contact:
Dr David Wood
(address as above)
tel: 0191 222 7801
fax: 0191 222 6008
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