Rights to the City
Citizenship, Democracy and Cities in a Global Age
An International Symposium at York University, Toronto, Canada
June 26-28, 1998
Cities such as Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal and Vancouver are
increasingly being articulated into global spheres of production,
consumption
and exchange hence changing their relations vis-a-vis provincial, state and
federal governments. These cities have increasingly become the sites of
global flows of capital and labour. Since the 1970s, a new wave of global
immigration has blurred the boundaries between First and Third world
cities. These cities have become internally differentiated and engender the
formation of new gender, class, and ethnic groups and identities.
So far the "global city" has captured the imagination as an economic issue.
But the other side of the global city, the postcolonial city, raises
concerns about the rights and identities of new subaltern groups. This
interdisciplinary
symposium brings together scholars to address the issues of
citizenship, democracy and cities in a global age. What rights do
immigrants, the poor, racial, ethnic, gender, and youth groups have to the
city and its institutions? What rights do citizens have in affecting the
fate of their cities? What are the obligations of federal and provincial
or state governments toward new groups and identities in the city?
Events include panel discussions, special session on Toronto, evening
public
events with keynote addresses, and artists' forum. Speakers: Benjamin R.
Barber, Zygmunt Bauman, Thomas Bender, Janine Brodie, Judith Garber,
Robert J. Holton, Warren Magnusson, Richard Ohmann, Roland Robertson,
Nikolas Rose, John Ralston Saul, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Ed
Soja, Martin Thom, Bryan S. Turner, John Urry, Iris Marion Young,
Nira Yuval-Davis.
Session on Toronto: Gale Garnett, Engin Isin, Roger Keil, Evelyn Ruppert,
John Sewell, Gerda Wekerle.
For registration information visit the symposium website:
http://www.yorku.ca/academics/isin/symposiu.htm
For information about the symposium, contact:
Professor Engin F. Isin, Urban Studies Programme, York University
[log in to unmask] (416) 736-2100, ext. 20346
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