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*Stadtkolloquium*-- Interdisciplinary Urban PhD Research Seminar

Annual Workshop 2012
Call for papers

The UCL Urban Laboratory is organizing its annual 2-day workshop for PhD
research students in urban-related disciplines. The workshop will provide
an open, informal and intimate space to collaborate and discuss progress
amongst peers with regard to topical, theoretical, practical or
methodological concerns. We therefore welcome contributions from students
at all stages of the dissertation process.

*Stadtkolloquium* aims to create a supportive environment for urban
researchers who to develop their work and meet PhD students from other
departments and universities. The workshop is unique in that all
participants agree to both present their work and support others in doing
so in small group sessions. Organizers hope to generate lively round-table
discussions on diverse urban questions across various academic disciplines
including Geography, Architecture, History, Anthropology, Literature,
Cultural Studies, Development Studies, Fine Arts, Environmental Studies,
Gender Studies, Health Sciences, Planning, Engineering and beyond.

The four thematic tracks for the 2012 workshop are:

A. Experiencing the urban
This workshop track will attend to the experiential dimension of the
urban: the subjective, immaterial, in some cases fleeting and emotive
multi-sensuous engagements with urban space, past and present. It
encourages papers that adopt broadly humanist, phenomenological and
‘more-than-representational' (Lorimer 2005) perspectives; which emphasise
practice, movement, perception, performance and affect. This track
welcomes but is not limited to contributions which emphasise the auditory,
somatic, visual, olfactory and gustatory nature of urban contexts and
apply notions of rhythm (Lefebvre 1992), dwelling (Ingold 1993), and
memory (Tilley 1997).
Key Words: experience, subjectivity, emotion, senses, perception, practice

B. Urban Interventions
Drawing upon the theme of 'urban interventions this track will explore
various forms of acting into cities in ways that reconfigure, or seek to
alter, existing social arrangements. Such urban interventions might take
the shape of political mobilizations or contestations, technological
innovations, emerging social practices or the articulation of alternative
visions for urban life. We welcome contributions from a range of
urban-related disciplines dealing with matters of urban policy and
planning, technology and engineering, political or social theory, or that
are broadly connected with the challenges or possibilities of urban life.
Keywords: social movements, urban politics, emerging trends, experiments,
changing practices, urban policy and planning

C. Society, Nature & Cities
This track will focus on the interrelatedness and interdependencies of the
systems of society, nature and cities. It welcomes contributions that
shape and advance an understanding of sustainable and resilient pathways
of development and particularly encourages papers that consider the
networks that mediate the flows within and between these systems. 
Interpretations of these systemic flows can include environmental,
financial, social and political exchanges, incorporating approaches from a
wide range of disciplines; from concepts of urban metabolism to
institutional theory, and political analysis to systems thinking and
development studies.
Key words: urban metabolisms, socio-natures, infrastructure, networks of
mediation, sustainability, resilience

D. Transnational Urbanism
This track will explore the implications for urban areas of the mobility
of people, goods, capital and information across borders, in particular
the transnational networks and ties that both shape and evolve from these
flows. As cities increasingly find themselves competing on a global stage
(Sassen 1998), the traffic of ideas, people and models between cities has
similarly increased (Roy and Ong 2011). This track welcomes papers that
discuss the relationships between urban spaces and these transnational
flows. In particular we welcome contributions that consider the broad
range of actors involved in transnational urban networks, from city
leaders and international consultants to grassroots movements and
individuals.
Keywords: transnational, mobility, networks, migration, citizenship


* Workshop Dates - The workshop will take place on 26 & 27 March 2012 at
University College London. On the first day, each participant will be
given 20 minutes to present their work in small groups of 8 people,
followed by 25 minutes of feedback and discussion. The second day will be
dedicated to a plenary discussion, two keynote lectures and small group
workshops based on accepted participant’s suggestions.

Call for papers - If you are interested in discussing your work, please
send us an abstract (no more than 250 words) of the project you would like
to present. Past participants have presented work ranging from upgrade
documents, PhD outlines, sample dissertations chapters and journal papers
in progress. Please note that while the intimate nature of the workshop
provides a uniquely engaging experience, it also significantly limits the
number of proposals we are able to accept. Competition for spaces in years
past has been very tight.

In submitting an abstract, please include the following:

-A title and 250 word abstract
-Your name, university, department, and year of study.
-In the subject line of your email, please indicate which workshop group
(A, B, C, D) you are applying for.
-Abstracts should be emailed to [log in to unmask]


* Deadline for proposals: 15th of January 2012.
* A small conference fee may apply (approx. 20 GBP).
* For more information on *Stadtkolloquium* activities, previous workshops
and feedback comments, please visit our website: www.stadtkolloquium.co.uk
and find us on Facebook.

*Contact - [log in to unmask]
UCL Urban Laboratory, www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab