FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
Mapping
Dangerous Spaces
A one day interdisciplinary symposium for postgraduates and early
career researchers to be held at the British Library Conference Centre on 1
June 2009.
The
The day will take place at The British
Library and will include an introduction by Peter Barber to some unusual maps
of 'danger' that are specific to the collections. An interdisciplinary panel of
academics will speak on their work and will include Kate O'Brien from the
University of
We warmly invite and welcome proposals
for themes for parallel sessions, papers or workshops. Joint papers are welcome.
Please send 200 word abstracts as
well as ideas for themes by Friday 13 March
2009 to conference organisers (below).
Possible themes include:
· Ideology/power
· Space and
culture
· Mapping
cognitively, emotions and the psycho-geography of space
· Mapping
liminal spaces
· The
'civilized' space
· Literary,
fictional and virtual maps
· New ways of
reading maps
· Gender, race
and 'danger'
· Issues of
surveillance and control
We invite attendees to join us for lunch
as well as a networking session at the close of the symposium. A small
registration fee of £10 will apply to all participants. Tickets will be
available through the British Library box office from late March.
Laura Hanson ([log in to unmask]) and Dr. Sarah Evans ([log in to unmask])