Richard,
Sounds like a promising session. But I was perplexed by the juxtapostion
of "African, Latin American and ISLAMIC world cities". Has the religious
category of Islam taken on some analytic regional meaning within the
context of World Cities research? Are there equivalents of Christian,
Hindu, Buddhist, or Jewish world cities?
Ken
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Richard Smith wrote:
> CALL FOR PAPERS
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> GLOBALIZATION AND WORLD CITIES
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> You are invited to participate in an organized special session entitled
> 'Globalization and World Cities' at the 96th Association of American
> Geographers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Tuesday, 4th
> April - Saturday 8th April, 2000
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> Organizers
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> Dr Jonathan Beaverstock ( [log in to unmask])1
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> Dr Richard Smith ([log in to unmask])2
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> Professor Peter Taylor ([log in to unmask])1
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> 1. Department of Geography, University of Loughborough, Leicestershire,
> England, LE11 3TU.
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> 2. Department of Geography, University of Leicester, University Road,
> Leicester, England, LE1 7RH.
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> Researching world cities has been both exciting and fruitful ever since the
> seminal writings of Peter Hall, John Friedmann, Saskia Sassen, and most
> recently, Manuel Castells. But, at both a theoretical and empirical level,
> world cities still remain contested and under-researched as contemporary
> globalization processes. This session serves to explore avenues for future
> research on globalization and world cities as we enter the 21st Century.
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> Possible themes may include:
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> … Theorising globalization and world cities
> … World city as process
> … Contesting world cities
> … World cities and relational studies
> … World cities as international financial centres
> … World cities and post-Fordism
> … World cities and the nation-state
> … World city regions
> … World cities, civil boosterism and place promotion
> … Social polarization
> … Transportation, telecommunications and Information technology
> … Consumption and cultural economy
> … Immigration and labour market restructuring
> … Urban hierarchies
> … African, Latin American and Islamic world cities
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> You are welcome to contact one of the organizers prior to the submission of
> an abstract.
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> Please submit an abstract of not more than 250 words by August 1st 1999 to
> Richard Smith (email [log in to unmask]).
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> (apologies for cross-posting)
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> Dr Richard Smith, PhD (Bristol),
> Lecturer in Human Geography and GaWC Research Fellow,
> Department of Geography, University of Leicester, University Road,
> Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK.
> Tel: +44 (0) 116 252 3845
> Fax: +44 (0) 116 252 3854
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