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---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [RK] The Neoliberal Frontline: Urban Struggles in Post-Socialist Societies From: "Matteo Pasquinelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, December 1, 2008 18:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.operacijagrad.org/en/?page_id=5 The Neoliberal Frontline: Urban Struggles in Post-Socialist Societies Zagreb, 4. 12. - 7. 12. 2008. Community Center Mosor, Zvonimirova 63 The Neoliberal Frontline is an international conference aimed to reflect on transformations of cities, urban landscapes and urban governance in Croatian and other post-socialist societies in the Eastern Europe at a moment of urgency when the development of cities in those societies increasingly comes under pressure of neoliberal policies and economic overexploitation of space. The conference will take stock of the following issues: effects of globalization and transition in the context of East-European cities, introduction of neoliberal governance instruments, city-planning policies damaging public interest for the benefit of business, dismantling of process of citizen participation, urban struggles against disfranchisement of citizens and cultural practices contesting privatization of public space. Many of the developments that can be observed in East-European cities resemble urban developments in Western societies in the post-industrial and globalizing 80-ties and 90-ties, yet are characterized by particularities of post-socialist transition - a transition marked by democratic deficits, corruption of public governance, failed privatization of economy and now economic pressures on space. And while developments in the Western societies are well researched, there is not much research and reflection available on the developments in post-socialist societies. This occasion will provide an opportunity for international scholars, researchers, urbanists, urban activist groups, cultural practitioners and local initiatives to look into those early research efforts and expand on them with first-hand accounts from the participating actors. Alongside keynotes and panels with interventions by those different actors, the conference will also include work sessions and meetings of local practitioners and concerned citizens, civil initiatives from across Croatia, and urban activist groups from across former Yugoslavia. Conference team: Petar Milat (coordinator), Tomislav Medak, Leonardo KovaÄeviÄ, Marko SanÄanin ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Conference Programme Thursday, 4.12.2008. 20:00-21:00 Keynote 1: Neil Smith 21:00-23:00 Opening Party (with Pytzek) ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Friday, 5.12.2008. 11:00-12:00 Panel 1: Scales of Neo-liberalism 12:00-13:00 Keynote 2: Jason Hackworth 13:15-14:15 Panel 2: Neo-liberalism at the test of Post-socialist societies 14:15-16:00 Break 16:00-17:15 Panel 3: Urban Struggles and Public Imagination 17:30-18:45 Panel 4: Neo-liberal Governmentality and Urban Development 19:00-20:00 Keynote 3: Boris Buden 20:00-21:00 Keynote 4: Keller Easterling ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Saturday, 6.12.2008. 11:00-12:00 Keynote 5: Ines Weizman 12:00-14:15 Panel 5: Dissenting Architecural Practices 14:15-16:00 Break 16:00-17:15 Panel 6: Semantics of Emerging Capitalisation 17:30-18:45 Panel 7: Struggles against Capital Unlimited 19:00-20:00 Keynote 6: Brian Holmes 20:00-21:00 Keynote 7: Edi Rama ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Sunday, 7.12.2008. 12:00-14:15 Meetings / Workshops ________________________________________________________________________ _____ reclaiming-spaces mailinglist served by JPBerlin, Admin: Habitat Net Germany, www.habitants.de Address for messages to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info-page, access to archive, (un)subscribe https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/reclaiming-spaces ** Visit our blogs: http://www.reclaiming-spaces.org Sign the statement to G20 in response to the global financial & housing crisis http://www.reclaiming-spaces.org/crisis/archives/8 -------------------------------------------[ RK ] + http://liste.rekombinant.org/wws/subrequest/rekombinant + http://www.rekombinant.org _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
