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We hereby invite submissions for the panel Time, Land, and Rent, as part of the forthcoming conference:
Metropolitan Temporalities. 3rd Annual Conference of the International Graduate Research Program Berlin – New York – Toronto “The World in the City”
Center for Metropolitan Studies, Berlin
November 20-22, 2014 at TU Berlin
Panel: Time, Land, and Rent
Cluster I: Economies of Time
Organization: Laura Calbet, Lisa Vollmer
Deadline: 30.04.2014
Time has always been a crucial factor in the relationship between capital accumulation and urbanization. The deeply intertwined linkage between accumulation and land/rent is enacted through processes such as cycles of accumulation, differing land value over time (Smith), and the spatio-temporal fix (Harvey), in which time plays a central role. Comparatively long payback periods and the durability of buildings make investment into the built environment an important asset, especially in times of economic uncertainty. In contrast to such long-term related characteristics, the current financialization of housing entails an acceleration of accumulation cycles and the expansion of short term speculative investments, as has been revealed in the opportunistic fonds’ short time-frames. At the same time, lengthening payback times is a currently wide-spread lending strategy to attract low-income households to the property market. The panel seeks to evaluate how time mediates the relationship between capital accumulation and urbanization in general. Specific attention will be paid to the recent acceleration in the real estate market in contrast to the lengthy building cycles.
How does this paradoxical temporality play out on the current real estate markets and construction projects? How do real or perceived crises influence the investors’ strategies concerning turnover times and time frames? How, if at all, does the state include “time” in its housing policies (e.g. binding and payback times’ considerations in affordable housing projects, etc.)? How do these changes affect processes of gentrification? What long term implications does the prioritization of public budget concerns over questions of the social infrastructure have for cities? Does temporality also become a discussed issue in conflicts triggered by the housing shortage? We plan to discuss in our panel these and other questions of time, land, and rent.
If you are interested in presenting please submit an abstract of up to 500 words and a short academic biography by Friday, April 30th, 2014 to Lisa Vollmer via e-mail: [log in to unmask] , CC [log in to unmask]
Notification of acceptance will be sent by Monday 21st May. There is a possibility for financial support.
For any queries do not hesitate to contact the organizers:
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Metropolitan Temporalities is the third annual conference of the International Graduate Research Program Berlin – New York – Toronto “The World in the City,“ and will take place November 20 – 22, 2014 at the Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany.
Over the past three decades, both urban studies and globalization studies have predominately focused on spatial concerns, often neglecting the important temporal dimensions of global urban development. Our third annual conference therefore seeks to systematically examine the diverse temporal aspects of global exchange and metropolitan development in four thematic clusters: metropolitan pasts and futures; politics of time; metropolitan rhythms; and economies of time.
To find out more about the Center for Metropolitan Studies and the International Graduate Research Program Berlin – New York – Toronto, please visit: http://www.geschundkunstgesch.tu-berlin.de/fachgebiet_neuere_geschichte/menue/dfg_graduiertenkolleg_2012-2015/parameter/en/
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Dipl.-Ing. Laura Calbet i Elias
DFG PhD-Fellow at the Center for Metropolitan Studies, Berlin
Assistant Professor & Researcher at ISR, TU Berlin
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International Research Program Berlin - New York - Toronto
Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS)
TU Berlin | Sekr. HBS 6
Hardenbergstr. 16-18
10623 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: ++49 (0) 30 / 314 27 376
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www.metropolitanstudies.de
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Berlin Institute of Technology
Department of Urban & Regional Planning (ISR)
TU Berlin | Sekr. B9 | Chair Urban Design & Urban Development
Hardenbergstr. 40a
10623 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: ++49 (0) 30 / 314 28 098
Fax: ++49 (0) 30 / 314 28 153
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www.isr.tu-berlin.de
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