UrbanMultiplicities Conference Details (6-7 November 2008)

Urban MultipliCITIES

A two day conference and open discussion organised by the RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group 6-7 November 2008 Queen Mary, University of London

Exploring multiple urbanisms and challenging conventional representations.

Speakers include:

David Pinder. Urban Interventions: Art, Politics and Pedagogy
Mustafa Dikec. Police, Politics and the City
Gillian Rose, Monica Degen and Begum Baras. Experiencing Urban Space
Engin Isin. Rights to the City

Attendance registration deadline: Friday 24 October.

£50 waged£25 unwaged/studentsConference Registration Form.

Further information:

Margo Huxley, University of Sheffield. M.Huxley@sheffield.ac.uk

Richard Smith, Swansea University. R.G.Smith@swansea.ac.uk

Where to stay? Accommodation

Call for Contributions

Contributions of papers and postgraduate posters are invited.Abstracts due Friday 19 September 2008.

Building on two earlier conferences - Paradigmatic Cities? and Approaching the City - this year's UGRG conference aims to examine the multiplicities of 'the urban'. Rather than the unitary object implied by the terms 'the urban' or 'the city', multiple urbanisms are currently being called forth by research that, for instance: challenges conventional representations and hierarchies of cities; 'parochialises' cities of 'the North'; develops research into 'ordinary cities'; uncovers/explores diverse ways of inhabiting urban space; re-examines urban histories; or employs inventive methods of investigating urban experiences.

Urban MultipliCITIES aims to bring some of these proliferating fields into creative contact, and we are seeking contributions from a wide range of urban research that reflect the rich variety of work being undertaken in the field. Topics and methodologies might include (but are in no way restricted to):

gender and sexuality
methods: e.g. visual, aural, tactile, oral, performative, participatory
non-'Western' urban experiences
poetics and politics of urban imaginaries
post-coloniality
regeneration projects and everyday life
socio-technical materialities
suburban studies
practice, activism and politics

Over two days, the conference will take the form of keynote presentations, shorter papers, and include a poster session by postgraduate students. We hope to leave plenty of time for discussion, stimulated by papers that engage with Urban Multiplicities - in research, methods or practice. Papers are welcomed from researchers (including PhDs) at any stage of their careers, but the Poster Session is specifically designed for postgraduates.

If you would like to contribute a PAPER or a POSTER, contact Margo Huxley at M.Huxley@sheffield.ac.uk or Richard Smith at R.G.Smith@swansea.ac.uk
Deadline for 250 word Abstracts is Friday 19 September 2008