2018 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting
New Orleans, 10-14 April 2018
*Relational approaches to cities in globalization*
Organizers
Jon Beaverstock, Bristol University
Ben Derudder, Ghent University
James Faulconbridge, Lancaster University
Michael Hoyler, Loughborough University
We will be organizing one or more paper sessions at next year’s AAG on
‘Relational approaches to cities in globalization’. The paper sessions
will serve as a run-up to a panel session celebrating Peter Taylor’s
seminal contributions to this field of research, most of which were
developed in the context of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC)
research network which Peter co-founded with Jon Beaverstock. The
purpose of the sessions is to develop a timely overview of new
theoretical, methodological and empirical developments in relational
approaches to the study of cities in globalization.
Nods to the relational have become near-ubiquitous across the various
different epistemological positions that investigate cities in
globalization, ranging from quantitative world city network research to
postcolonial approaches to cities in globalization. In these sessions,
we aim to return to the basic question of what it means to conceptualize
and do relational global urban research. We particularly invite
contributions that critically interrogate the idea of the ‘relational’
in global urban studies. Topics of interest include (but are not limited
to):
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Conceptualizing ‘relational’ in global urban studies
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Relational vs. comparative approaches
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The role of different actors in making relational urban geographies
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New ways of /doing/ global relational urban research
Interested participants should send a title and an abstract of no more
than 250 words following AAG guidelines to Ben Derudder
([log in to unmask]), Michael Hoyler ([log in to unmask]), James
Faulconbridge ([log in to unmask]) and Jon Beaverstock
([log in to unmask]) by October 16th at the latest. Note
that contributors will have to register for the conference and submit
their abstract the regular way (i.e. through the AAG website:
http://annualmeeting.aag.org/), after which they need to send the
registration code (PIN) they receive.
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Michael Hoyler
Reader in Human Geography
Associate Director, Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network
Department of Geography
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1509 222740
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/geography/staff/hoyler-m.html
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In press:Doing Global Urban Research
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Now in paperback:Megaregions: Globalization's New Urban Form?
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