Please find attached the annoucement for the upcoming international
conference on PLANNING IN A HETEROGENEOUS WORLD: RE-ASSEMBLING
INFORMALITY
Naples, June 12, 2013 Department of Architecture, “Federico II”
University, via Forno Vecchio 36 Aula Andriello, 9 am-6 pm
Conference Theme:
This one-day conference will bring together scholars from Italy and
the United States to explore the urban implications of actor-network
theory. The focus will be on the networks of humans, nature, and
technologies that comprise cities and without which cities could
neither function nor thrive. These assemblages are the constituent
forms that characterize such social concerns as sea-level rise, slum
formation, informality, and inter-ethnic conflict. Assemblage thinking
places action in its material context by recognizing that humans
always act with both tools and nature.
Assemblage thinking also sits at the center of how we think about
planning for the city. It enables us to understand how formal and
informal processes emerge and function within and across the settings
of city life.
The speakers will present case studies that reflect on the formal and
informal assemblages that comprise cities. They will include Robert
Beauregard (Columbia University), Laura Lieto, and Attilio Belli
(“Federico II” University). Invited speakers – Alessandro Balducci
(Politecnico di Milano), Serena Vicari Haddock (University of
Milano-Bicocca), Francesco Moccia (“Federico II” University), and
Stefano Moroni (Politecnico di Milano) -- will then debate the
theoretical and practical planning issues posed by assemblage
thinking.
This conference is free and open to the public. It is the first in a
series of events and projects involving scholars from “Federico II”
and Columbia University.
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For further information, please contact Laura Lieto, [log in to unmask]
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