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Call for papers: Geographical perspectives on New Urbanism
AAG Annual Conference: Los Angeles, 2002
Organizer: James Hanlon ([log in to unmask])
The sessions will bring together scholarship on contemporary
reconfigurations of metropolitan landscapes which are either directly
aligned with or are otherwise related to New Urbanism. Although frequently
associated with locales such as Seaside and Celebration, the oeuvre of New
Urbanism also consists of a loosely organized ensemble of regional and town
planning initiatives, urban infill projects, and public housing
redevelopment efforts. Thus, amidst persistent concerns over suburban
sprawl, environmental sustainability, inner-city decline, racial and ethnic
segregation, and the concentration of poverty, New Urbanism has begun to
gain widespread currency as a potential (if partial) means of addressing
these concerns. Meanwhile, charges of utopianism, exclusionary elitism,
spatial determinism, and disregard for the roots of urban problems have all
been levied against New Urbanism from various quarters.
In the interest of engaging with these issues from multiple perspectives, I
invite a wide array of research approaches--ranging from
critical-theoretical interrogations to empirically grounded case
studies--which address social, political, and economic characteristics and
implications of the discourses and practices of New Urbanism. Possible
topics might include, but need not be limited to:
+ issues pertaining to the HOPE VI program, such as inner-city
revitalization, affordable housing and homeownership, federal housing
policy devolution, socio-spatial dislocation, or racial/ethnic/class
segregation
+ issues pertaining to New Urbanism more generally, such as historical
contextualizations of New Urbanism's design principles, revisitations of
paradigmatic New Urbanist projects, or assessments of ideology and praxis
Abstract Deadline: August 1, 2001
If you are interested in participating, please contact:
James Hanlon, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington,
KY 40506-0027 ([log in to unmask])
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