POWER & SPACE: TRANSFORMING THE CONTEMPORARY CITY
Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, 6, 7, 8 December 2007
The conference runs from Thursday 6th December through to Saturday 8th
December, and will be held in the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University
(Sidgwick site, Cambridge, UK).
Power & Space seeks to investigate how diverse forms of inquiry across
different disciplines address issues of power and space in the contemporary
urban environment. In studying the contemporary city, as a pluralistic
cultural, economic and political system, a variety of interpretive
procedures provide insights into how power shapes space and, in reverse, how
space reflects power.
Power & Space's keynote speakers include renowned architects and theorists
Charles Jencks and Lebbeus Woods. Other guest speakers include Lawrence
Barth (Architectural Association, UK), Jonathan Hill (School of
Architecture, The Bartlett, UCL; UK), Jord den Hollander(Architect,
Filmmaker; The Netherlands), and Jane Rendell (School of Architecture, The
Bartlett, UCL; UK).
Additionally, the conference will feature speakers from a wide variety of
disciplines — including Social Policy, Art, Architecture, Film, Social
Anthropology, Environmental Design, Philosophy, and International Studies —
and Power & Space will also include a poster series and a film/video series.
For the conference programme please visit:
http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/powerspaceconference/
To register for the conference please visit this link:
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2007-8/powerspace.html
PLEASE NOTE: after Monday 26th November the registration fee for the
conference will increase to £60/30 concessions.
HOW TO GET TO THE CONFERENCE
Directions to the Cambridge University Faculty of Law can be found at the
following links:
-- The Law Faculty's website,
www.law.cam.ac.uk/about_directions.php
-- The University of Cambridge official map,
www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=sidg;tl=Sidgwick Site
-- The University of Cambridge Visitor's Information,
www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/visitors/gettingto.html
ACCOMMODATION
If you are coming from outside of Cambridge, the Cambridge Tourist Board
offers a wide range of options for accommodation:
www.visitcambridge.org/visitors/wheretostay.php
Also, Newnham College offers single standard rooms with shared bathroom
facilities. The cost is £36.80 per night and continental breakfast can be
had in the College’s buttery on a cash basis at the price of £5.75. For
additional information and bookings please contact Marilyn Dowling at: Tel:
+44-01223-335803; Fax: +44-01223-335800; [log in to unmask]
(Conference & Events Co-ordinator, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF,
England, UK)
CONTACT
The conference organising committee includes:
-- Stavros Alifragkis (PhD researcher, Digital Studio, University of
Cambridge)
-- Giorgos Artopoulos (PhD researcher, Digital Studio, University of
Cambridge)
-- Popi Iacovou (PhD researcher, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL)
-- Kai Fierle-Hedrick (Program Manager at the non-profit Free Arts NYC; USA)
-- Matina S. Rassia (PhD researcher, Martin Centre, University of Cambridge)
If you have any questions regarding Power & Space: Transforming the
Contemporary City please feel free to contact us at:
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Or at:
Power & Space: Transforming the Contemporary City conference, Department of
Architecture, University of Cambridge, 1-5 Scroope Terrace, Trumpington
Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, England, UK
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