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Symposium

Making Sense in the City:

Culture, Community and Identity in an Urban World

 

in the city of Ghent, Belgium,

on 17-20 December 2006.

http://www.makingsense.ugent.be

 

"Making Sense in the City" is an international and interdisciplinary symposium that focuses on the impact of global urbanization on those cultural, religious and other ways which generally give human beings meaning and direction in their lives, which we refer to as 'sense-making' processes. Numerous renowned academics, artists and representatives from life-stance and sociocultural organisations will participate in a three-day interactive event of lectures, debates and artistic performances.

The central themes (and keynote speakers) are:

  • the urban context and its community building features (Ulf Hannerz)

  • the city context and/versus traditions of sense making: Islam, Evangelical/Pentecostal missions: (Mohammed Arkoun)

  • the urban context as a cosmopolitan versus a cultural phenomenon (e.g. India and the West): (Paola Bacchetta)

  • urban context and media/types of communication: (Faye Ginsburg)

  • urban context and inequality or empowerment (Loïc Wacquant)

  • the urban context as built environment and power structure: triggering conflicts on making sense: (Abdou Maliq Simone)

 

You will find more on the programme and participants and are invited to register at
http://www.makingsense.ugent.be

 

"Making Sense in the City" is organised by CICI (Centre for Intercultural Communication and Interaction), Ghent University. Partners are NTGent, Firefly, A Prior Magazine, University College Ghent – Department for Fine Arts, Elektrischer Schnellseher, S.M.A.K., MuHKA, aRGOS, Initiative Fine Arts (IBK), De Centrale, Humanistisch-vrijzinnige vereniging (HVV), KifKif, Galerie S. & H. De Buck en Galeria d’Art Horizon.

 

"Making Sense in the City" is sponsored by the University College Ghent, Ghent University, European Science Foundation (ESF), Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen (FWO), Humanistisch-vrijzinnige vereniging (HVV), Unie van Vrijzinnige Verenigingen (UVV), Instellingen Morele Dienstverlening (IMD) Oost-Vlaanderen, Stad Gent, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaamse Gemeenschap.