This may not be an appropriate forum for a bit of conference puffery,
but the subject matter of the conference (details below) would seem
relevant to the ongoing debate about shell and RGS/IBG. I am no
longer a member of IBG as I wasn't too happy about the merger, but am
rather concerned about the more widespread understandings of geography
as a practice and profession that the RGS/IBG association with Shell
(and indeed other actual or potential corporate funders - anyone for
Costain?) suggests to those beyond the immediate debate. Ethics is a
county near London, isn't it?
Regardless, here is a conference (not restricted to geographers) that
sets itself up to consider the meanings and identities that industry
engenders (and I use the term advisedly)... perhaps there is space (!)
for a discussion of geography AND industry, rather than the geography
OF industry (even if the conference succeeds in breaking the industry
/ urban / economic geography presumptions)
INDUSTRY - IDENTITY - LANDSCAPE 1996
4th september 1996, Brindley Building Staffordshire University
(see it on our web site, if you must)
Focusing on issues surrounding the construction of identity and
landscape associated with industry in Britain and continental Europe,
this conference is placed to ask questions beyond narrowly
economistic interpretations of industrial and post-industrial
society. A broad spectrum of papers reviewing different aspects and
scales of industry have been put together for this conference with
the intention of provoking discussion of the material and symbolic
values of industry - identity - landscape relations, past, present
and future.
The Keynote speaker will be David Crouch, with a discussion that
considers Art, the industrial imagination and the everyday industrial
landscape through the work of Peter Lanyon.
Other papers include topics as varied as:
¥ ethnic identity and industry as colonial agency
¥ industrial heritage issues
¥ industry as identity in post industrial sites
¥ industry as the site of memory
¥ re-imagining waterfront landscapes
¥ place attachment and industrial risks
¥ the commodification of industrial new-towns.
The Conference will be held on the 4th September 1996 and will run
from 9.30 a.m. (registration) through until 5 p.m. (close). It will
be held in the Brindley building of Staffordshire University,
Stoke-on-Trent (see map overleaf). A buffet lunch will be provided.
There is locally available overnight accommodation, which may be
booked independently (please request tourist information when booking
into the conference).
The cost of the day conference is £50.00 inclusive of buffet lunch
and coffee / tea.
_________________________ e-mail BOOKING FORM _____________________
you can respond initially by e-mail, but cheques need to be sent
snail mail, sorry.
_____________________________________________________________________
Registration fee: £50.00 (includes lunch and refreshments)
I wish to attend the Industry - Identity - Landscape conference in
September.
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Organization / Institution _________________________________
Correspondence Address ____________________________________
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Please send me accommodation details ______________________
Dietary requirements
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Please make cheques payable to Staffordshire University
Date: _______ Signed _________________________
Please return completed booking forms by Wednesday 14th August 1996
to:
Chris Thomas
Division of Geography
Staffordshire University
Leek Road
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffs ST4 2DF
tel 01782 294018 / 294038
fax 01782 747167
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