Call For Papers
Annual Meeting Canadian Association of Geographers
St. John's, Newfoundland
August11 -- 15, 2013
Special Session: Living with the Legacies of 20^th Century Urbanisms.
Session organizers: Douglas Young ([email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>), York University
Lisa Drummond ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>), York
University
Urban life in the 21^st century has been shaped in quite significant
ways by the thoughts, practices, ideologies and social organization of
the 20^th century. In this session we will explore the urban legacies of
20^th century urbanisms and consider their impact on urban policy,
spatial form and everyday life in the 21^st .This project is of
particular relevance to the debates currently underway in many Canadian
cities where the question of neighbourhood revitalization can be
conceptually reframed as a confrontation with this country's
Fordist/Keynesian/modernist urban legacies.
We seek papers that establish a critical perspective on a broad range of
topics which could include, but are by no means limited to, the following:
-The socialist and post-socialist city in the 21^st century.
-Redevelopment of public housing projects.
-Revitalization of aging suburbs
-Urban politics as confrontation with 20^th century legacies
Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to the session
organizers by February 22, 2013.
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Douglas Young
Associate Professor and Coordinator, Urban Studies
Department of Social Science
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON
Canada M3J 1P3
Office: S702 Ross
tel: 416-736-2100 x77829
fax: 416-736-5615
