Dear all,
Apologies if you receive notice of this seminar series from more than
one source.
We are very pleased to announce a new ESRC funded seminar series,
Time-Space and Life-Course. This series comprises 5 seminars across 4
UK Locations over 2 years. There is no charge to attend these seminars
and a number of postgraduate bursaries are avaible to contribute towards
travel (within UK and from overseas) but numbers are strictly limited
and those wishing to attend must email Helen Jarvis
([log in to unmask]) to register.
For more information on the seminar series please follow the link below
(site under construction):
http://time-space-life-course.ncl.ac.uk/
The first seminar takes place in Newcastle, 6/7 December 2007.
In order to establish the research network decisively, and allow scope
for the conceptual foundations to be laid for subsequent seminars, the
first meeting will take place over two days (afternoon and morning),
with plenty of time to discuss the developing agenda. Free overnight
accommodation also allows scope for a combination of both academic
presentations and an exhibition of time-space visual representations,
alongside participatory user-group engagement. At this first meeting we
welcome suggestions for possbile speakers, organisations or participants
for subsequent seminars.
If you wish to attend the first seminar then you must contact Helen
Jarvis ([log in to unmask]) as soon as possible to apply for one of
a limited number of places. There is no charge for the seminar but
participants will have to meet their own travel costs. A number of
postgraduate travel bursaries are available. To apply for this travel
funding, please again email [log in to unmask] as soon as possible.
Seminar one: the challenges of time and space: coordination,
transformation and the changing fabric of everyday life
This seminar sets the framework for the series and opens up the key
areas of debate around time-space in relation to life-course
transitions.
Confirmed speakers:
Meghan Cope, University of Vermont, USA, children's urban geographies
and participatory research; Dale Southerton, Sociology of time, The
Morgan Centre, University of Manchester; Christine Skinner, Social
policy of time-use, University of York; Paul Boyle, St Andrews,
life-course commuting and migration analysis; Emily Grundy, LSHTM,
changes in living arrangements of older people, cross-sequential
analysis Quality of Life; Partnership/ Elders Council of Newcastle -
those involved with the Older Person Friendy City.
Venue: Devonshire Building, Newcastle Univesity Begins 12 noon (lunch
provided), Thursday 6th December. Finishes 12.45 Friday 7th December
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