STREET LIFE
International Seminar
20th–21st May 2011
University of Turku, Finland
University of Turku organizes an international Street Life seminar on 20th and 21st of May 2011. The seminar is part of Turku European Capital of Culture programme, and it is targeted primarily for the researchers and artists interested in questions of urban issues.
The seminar discusses street life and focuses on the questions regarding the uses of public space and the rights of various groups to urban spaces. In addition to the lectures and sessions, part of the seminar will happen on the streets and in the city centre of Turku. Participants are invited to present their own academic papers, and also artistic projects and alternative presentations are welcome.
The keynote speakers of the seminar are Professor Tim Cresswell (University of London Royal Holloway, UK), Distinguished Professor Don Mitchell (Syracuse University, USA) and Professor emeritus Gunnar Olsson (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden).
CALL FOR PAPERS and REGISTRATION are now open on the seminar website.
http://www.sci.utu.fi/projects/maantiede/streetlife
We hope to receive papers and presentations for the following parallel sessions:
1. Cultural re-use of properties
2. Experimental research on space, art and politics
3. Legal geographies of streets
4. Media city
5. Panhandlers and street life
6. Public space – loose space?
7. Temporary city
8. Writing in the architecture of space
Poster session
CFP deadline: 1st of March 2011
Registration deadline: 20th of April 2011
More information: http://www.sci.utu.fi/projects/maantiede/streetlife
Päivi Rannila ([log in to unmask])
Riina Lundman ([log in to unmask])
On behalf of the seminar organizers,
Riina Lundman
Researcher (M.Sc.)
University of Turku
Department of Geography
Tel: + 358 2 333 6031
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