Call for Papers: International Student Conference Europe 2017 http://www.ehu.lt/en/events/show/call-for-papers-international-student-conference-europe-2017
Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to present at LCU panels "Technology and the City" and "Post-Migrant Cities: Lessons From the Urban Age" at the EHU 19th International Student Conference (Vilnius, May 5-7). Please see descriptions below. Application deadlines are February 25 (in case one needs visa to enter Lithuania) and March 25 (in case visa is not needed). Organisers cover accommodation and visas. Please go for application guidelines to http://www.ehu.lt/en/events/show/call-for-papers-international-student-conference-europe-2017. "Technology and the City" Iryna Lunevich, Siarhei Liubimau The functioning of cities to a large extent depends on the functioning of urban infrastructure networks such as telecommunications, transport, energy and water supply systems. Not only do urban technologies affect well-being of urban residents, but they also shape human behavior by simplifying urban activities and disciplining city dwellers (Hård and Misa; 2008; p.8). At the same time, urban technologies are socially shaped. Design, functioning, and distribution of technological networks in the city are the outcome of public choices, local institutional arrangements, and vested interests. Thus, technologies shape and are shaped by specific urban circumstances. Although technological systems are integral parts of the contemporary city, they are often invisible, and, therefore, they have been frequently ignored by urban theorists (Guy, Graham and Marvin; 1997; p. 196). We invite papers that reflect on technical, political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of technological development in the city. We also encourage reflections on complex relationship between urban technological systems and natural environment. Contributions may address this question by analyzing the intertwining issues of urban growth, climate change, and (sustainable) infrastructure development. Finally, we welcome papers that examine the role of technology in urban governance as well as papers that reflect on governance of urban infrastructure networks. Guy, S., Graham, S., and Marvin, S. (1997). Splintering networks: Cities and technical networks in 1990s Britain. Urban Studies 34 (2): 191-216. Hård, M., & Misa, T. J. (2008). Urban Machinery: Inside Modern European Cities. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. "Post-Migrant Cities: Lessons From the Urban Age" (panel co-organised with Bard College Berlin) Agata Lisiak, Siarhei Liubimau Large-scale migration affects societies across the globe and, as such, remains highly debated on local, national, and international levels. Not a week seems to go by without some new big reports on migration patterns and numbers, new laws aimed at regulating migration, new stories of success, exploitation, and, most regrettably, deaths related to migration. Migration is assigned various meanings and status (high-skilled and low-skilled, legal and illegal, documented and undocumented, restricted and unrestricted), which are, in turn, contested in multiple ways through grassroots activism, as well as local and international NGOs. Today, migration affects everyone regardless of his or her own migration status. Many contemporary societies are post-migrant (Foroutan 2012) and super-diverse (Vertovec 2007) these developments are particularly evident in cities. To migrants, urban centers serve as magnets and fortresses, havens and prisons, new homes and forever-foreign lands. Inquiring into the workings of migration and cities thus helps us better qualitatively understand current political, cultural, and socio-economic developments. This panel offers a floor to discuss contemporary migrations from perspective of different urban settings. We expect contributions from the fields of urban studies, migration studies, ethnography, cultural studies and human geography. Foroutan, Naika. 2015. Unity in Diversity: Integration in a Post-Migrant Society. Focus Migration. Policy brief 28 Vertovec, Steven. 2007. Super-diversity and its implications. Ethnic and Racial Studies 30(6), pp. 1024-1054 -- Asociatia Oberliht / Association http://oberliht.com . . . . . . . . . . . https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din/dincolo de Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova & beyond _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
