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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to the following CFP:
CITY MARGINS, CITY MEMORIES
Date: Monday 7 April – Tuesday 8 April, 2014
Venue: Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies,
University of London School of Advanced Study, Senate House, London
An International Interdisciplinary Conference organized by the School of
Modern Languages
and the School of Philosophy and Religion, Bangor University.
There is little doubt that cities are growing, often merging with each
other, as they spread across the face of the planet, seeking to contain
the needs of our increasing populations. The number of city dwellers
has increased from just 3% of the global population in 1800, to 50% in
2008, rising to a prediction of 75% in 2050. Just last year, in 2012, 26
urban areas qualified as ‘megacities’ with populations of over 10
million. Such growth brings an inevitable increase in interactivity and
communications between cities, accentuating at once a sense of community
and isolation within its inhabitants. The intense urbanization of recent
times has also brought into focus the need to assimilate disparate
memories of the past into a landscape of the future. Despite the
predominance of cities and the fact that they shape who we are and how
we relate within the world, attempts to define and encapsulate their
very nature remain elusive. City Margins, City Memories thus proposes to
explore the multiplicity of meanings of the city, taking ‘margins’ and
‘memory’ as two important and, often, intersecting phenomena to orient
this investigation of urban spatialities.
The organizers encourage submissions on all aspects of the city that
involve the ideas of ‘margins’ and/or ‘memory’, and would particularly
welcome interdisciplinary contributions. ‘Margins’ is to be understood
broadly as encompassing any topic that addresses issues of boundaries
(as an inhibiting force) or borders (as areas of intersection), while
standing both for isolation and alterity, as well as for connectedness,
communication and creativity. ‘Memory’ is similarly to be interpreted
broadly, referring to the recall of ideas and cultures, to remembrance
and its links with the imagination. The following questions suggest a
number of themes to be explored, but wider interpretations of the
conference theme are encouraged.
Where do cities begin and end? Is there a city ‘centre’? Where are city
margins? To what extent can the margin be considered an unstable/mobile
condition? Are margins boundaries or borders? What is the role of
architecture in creating (or destroying) sites of community? Does the
city have an ‘everyday life?’ Where and what is ‘public space’? What
does it mean for the margins to ‘belong’ in the city? To what extent is
‘home’ an imagined condition? How do alternative perspectives on the
city alter urban understanding/experience? Do ‘marginal’ memories
destabilize the histories of dominant groups at local, national and/or
international levels? Is there such a thing as an urban body? What is
the relationship between body and building? What is the relationship of
the sensory to the cultural? Is architecture ever ‘beyond words’? Is
architecture historical or mnemonic? What is the relationship of
architecture to the imagination? Is the city archetypal?
The deadline for proposals is: 7 June 2013
Proposals should take the form of a title for the paper and a 250-word
abstract, accompanied by a brief biographical note, including
institutional affiliation where appropriate. To submit a proposal, or
for more information, please write to Dan Phillips at the School of
Philosophy and Religion or Dr Gillian Jein at the School of Modern
Languages or, by e-mail, to [log in to unmask]
It is planned to publish a selection of papers on ‘City Margins, City
Memories’ after the conference.
Best wishes,
Laura
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Dr Laura Rorato
Senior Lecturer in Italian
School of Modern Languages
Bangor University
College Road
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2DG
Tel. +44 (0)1248 382125
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