Dear all,
Here is a last minute announcement for the '2nd International Critical
Geography Conference' which will take place in Taegu, South Korea August
9-13 2000 (the inaugural conference was in Vancouver, B.C. in 1997). The
deadline for submitting an abstract and registration form is coming soon:
January 25th 2000.
Please circulate to others who may be interested!
Caroline Desbiens
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FOR ALTERNATIVE 21ST CENTURY GEOGRAPHIES:
2ND INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCE
TAEGU, SOUTH KOREA
9-13 August 2000
2nd Announcement and Call for Papers
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After the uprising in Seattle and the many other demonstrations
around the world against the World Trade Organization, the 2nd
International Critical Geography Conference, takes on increased
significance and importance.
Following the successful inaugural International Critical
Geography (ICG) conference in Vancouver in August 1997, attended by 300
people from 30 countries, this 2nd ICG Conference is a major international
meeting.
It takes place at the University of Taegu, South Korea, from 9 to 13
August 2000.
Local Organizer: Byung-Doo Choi
Program Committee: Caroline Desbiens (Canada)
Joe Painter (UK)
Blanca Ramirez (Mexico)
Claudia Minca (Italy)
Byung-Doo Choi (South Korea)
Neil Smith (U.S.)
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DETAILS
1. *** CONFERENCE THEME: For Alternative 21st Century Geographies.
This theme in many ways defines the mission of the International Critical
Geography Group which attempts to build a 'critical' geographically
informed practice as a political tool for remaking local and global
geographies into a more egalitarian world. As geographical concepts
become increasingly central to an understanding of world politics, from
global warming to resurgent nationalisms, globalization to assertions of
local autonomy, there has never been a more important time to fashion a
geographically smart politics.
2. *** PROPOSED TOPICS. The following topics are suggestive but
might help frame the work of the conference:
Technology and the corporatizing of university geography
Geografia contra neo-liberalismo
Why is geography so conservative?
Updates on specific struggles
Economic crises: Asia, Latin America, Africa
Space and theory
Nature and Society
Beyond the Mantra: the POLITICS of class, race, gender,
sexuality
Justice and Environment
Africa in and out of the global economy
Post Cold War Political Geography: Korea
Multiculturalism
Scale as Political Strategy
Space/Territory
Silent war: the New Global Geography of Poverty and
Inequality
Cultural Politics, Global Capital
Organizing against Globalization
Why the WTO?
3. *** SESSIONS. The conference will have four kinds of sessions:
# plenary sessions
# regular paper sessions
# symposia on specific themes
# alternative format sessions
4. *** E-LIST and WEBSITE. Participants who would like to
correspond with others concerning sessions, papers and any other aspect of
the conference can subscribe to the ICG e-mail list:
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Periodic updates and more general information can be found at the ICG
website:
http://econgeog.misc.hit-u.ac.jp/icgg/
There is also an ICG Bulletin Board available on the web:
http://econgeog.misc.hit-u.ac.jp/cgi-shl/icgg_bbs.pl
5. *** PRE-PUBLISHED PAPERS. Given our desire to communicate across
various languages in this major international conference, we strongly
encourage participants to submit their papers ahead of time. Papers
submitted by the deadline (April 30) will be posted on the ICG website and
published on paper at the conference. This will have the added advantage
of allowing us to organize sessions around discussion of papers that the
audience will already have read. We also encourage you to make these
papers short, a maximum of 10 to 15 pages, as a way of encouraging reading
and discussion of papers.
6. *** SCHEDULE and DEADLINES:
January 25 2000: Abstract (100 words) and
Conference Fees deadline
March 1 2000: Draft program
April 30 2000: Paper Deadline
May 31 2000: Final Program
7. *** FIELD TRIPS. The last day of the conference, August 13, will
be devoted to field trips.
There will be a $50 fee for the field trips.
8. *** TRAVEL. The Conference has been organized to precede the
International Geographical Congress in Seoul, 14-18 August, 2000. Taegu
is South Korea's third largest city, a longstanding textiles and
industrial center, lying 300 km south of Seoul. The rail journey from
Seoul is very fast (3 1/2 hours) and inexpensive. Alternatively, flights
can be booked directly to Taegu. The University is on the outskirts of
town.
9. *** ACCOMMODATIONS Conference participants will be accommodated
in dormitories at the University of Taegu. These accommodations are basic
and include small rooms with two single beds and shared showers.
Alternatively, participants can arrange to stay at a hotel in the city of
Taegu.
10. *** CONFERENCE FEES
A.. FULL FEES: (NOTE** this includes shared accommodation and
meals):
Faculty US$ 200
Students US$ 100
Full Fees without accommodation (includes meals):
Faculty US$ 170
Students US$ 70
B. REDUCED FEES for participants from non-OECD countries
(NOTE** this includes shared accommodation and meals):
Faculty US$ 120
Students US$ 70
C. REDUCED FEES (non-OECD countries and Korea; no accommodation or
meals):
Faculty US$ 100
Students US$ 50
Deadline for Abstracts and Fees: JANUARY 25 2000
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11. THE IMPORTANT PART
Please send * abstract
* fees
* completed registration form
by January 25 2000 to:
Neil Smith
ICG Conference
CCACC
8 Bishop Place
Rutgers University
New Brunswick NJ 08903, USA
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PLEASE PRINT AND SEND PLEASE PRINT AND SEND PLEASE PRINT AND SEND
%%% REGISTRATION FORM %%%
2ND INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCE
TAEGU, SOUTH KOREA
9-13 August 2000
Name: ____________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________
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______________________________________________
______________________________________________
E-mail address: _______________________
Are you organizing a session? No ____
Yes ____ Title __________________________________
Participants:
1)____________________________________________________
2)____________________________________________________
3)____________________________________________________
4)___________________________________________________
PLEASE ATTACH ABSTRACTS FOR EACH PAPER
Are you presenting a paper? No ____
Yes ____
Title:
________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE ATTACH ABSTRACT
Conference Fees
A. FULL (with accommodation and meals)
Faculty: $US 200 ________
Students: $US 100 ________
(Without accommodation)
Faculty: US$ 170 _________
Students:US$ 70 _________
B. REDUCED (includes shared accommodation and meals):
Faculty US$ 120 __________
Students: US$ 70 _________
C. REDUCED (no accommodation or meals):
Faculty: US$ 100 _________
Students: US$ 50__________
Field Trips ____________________________________US$ 50_________
TOTAL FEE SUBMITTED US $_______________
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See you in Taegu, August 9-13 2000!
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Caroline Desbiens
PhD Candidate, Geography
University of British Columbia
Room 217 - 1984 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
Tel: (604) 605-0672
Fax: (604) 822-5945
Email: [log in to unmask]
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