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CALL FOR PAPERS
Branding cities, marketed identities and the politics of culture in cosmopolitan urban societies
Middlesex University
8-9 November 2007
The Institute of International Studies, University of Technology Sydney, and the Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University, have been engaged in a series of seminars on the theme of Grounded Cosmopolitanism and Branded Cities: Australia, Europe and Asia supported by the Linkage International Programme of the Australian Research Council.
This series of seminars explores theoretical and methodological approaches to researching the branded city as a socio-political phenomenon in Australia, Asia and Europe. It focuses on two crucial and interdependent theoretical dimensions of urban study: cities as marketed identities, carefully developed but often oversimplifying, or conflicting with, rooted political expectations and local systems; and cities as sites of grounded cosmopolitanism, where dominant local narratives do not yet fully address the difficult politics of strangers, neighbours, and feeling at home in a new place.
So far we have held three seminars in London and Sydney on the following themes:
o Workshop 1. Politics of Strangers and Neighbours: accounts of grounded cosmopolitanisms (London, September 2006).
o Workshop 2. Comparative perspectives on Cosmopolitanism and Theories of Belonging: Asia, Australia and the EU (Sydney, December 2006)
o Workshop 3. Class and Place: Cosmopolitan perspectives on a ‘grounded’ sensorium (Sydney, June 2007).
For further information on the programme see website
In this fourth workshop we would like to explore a number of issues that have not been addressed. In particular these relate to:
1. Historical shifts in our understanding of the ways in which urban cosmopolitan identities have been shaped and resisted;
2. Cultural and symbolic economies and branded cities, especially making connections between the economic and the political;
3. Commodification and branding of ethnic spaces on the part of migrant communities;
4. Comparison of regional configurations of branded cities and grounded cosmopolitanisms.
The workshop will be held on 8/9 November at the Hendon Campus of Middlesex University It will start with a plenary session late afternoon/evening of the 8th followed by a full-day on the 9th.
If you would like to contribute a paper, please send an abstract of 150-200 words to one of the conference organisers by 1 October 2007:
Panos Hatziprokopiou p.hatziprokopiou [AT] mdx.ac.uk
Eleonore Kofman e.kofman [AT] mdx.ac.uk
Call for Papers: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
Boston, April 15-19, 2008
Delivering Sustainable Buildings and Communities: questioning private sector-led urban regeneration and development policy implementation
Recent convergences between the public and private sectors in the implementation of sustainable urban regeneration and development schemes raises questions pertaining to the role of private development interests in the formulation and delivery of planning and growth management related policies. Increasingly, such policies support a streamlined planning and development process that ameliorates conditions for private sector developers in the construction and development of sustainable buildings and communities, and strengthens the role of private sector planners, architects, and urban designers in local policy networks. The public sector reliance on the private sector’s finance, skills, and resources in the delivery of a sustainable built environment is increasingly viewed as problematic as we witness the proliferation of less than optimal sustainability performances, rising land values, and expensive housing developments in certain new and regenerated areas of towns and cities. Generic design, inequitable access to sustainable spaces, unchecked costs, market premiums, and un(der)regulated design standard compliance (among other issues) are complicating the intentions of policy and decision-makers espousing the private sector delivery of the ‘public good’ of sustainability. This session welcomes (but is not limited to) papers on the following topics and themes:
- Public-private relations and arrangements in the provision of sustainable
buildings and communities
- Sustainable urban regeneration policies and the real estate industry
- Private sector use of sustainable building rating systems
- Regulation v. voluntarism in the promotion of sustainable planning and
development
- Role of private sector planners, architects, and/or urban designers in
provision of sustainable buildings and communities
- Sustainable urban regeneration policies and social equity
- Internationalisation of private development and the complications this has for
private sector-led policy implementation
- Politics of ‘responsibility’ in the pursuit of sustainable urban development
Please send paper abstracts of no more than 250 words, with name and contact
information to both session organizers by September 30, 2007:
Susan Moore Susannah Bunce
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales York University, Toronto, Canada
MooreS6 [AT] cardiff.ac.uk sbunce [AT] yorku.ca
Film, Television, Tourism and Regeneration
A One Day International Conference
15th November 2007 – Leeds, UK
There are close and increasingly recognised relationships between the film and television industries, tourism development and regeneration programmes across the UK and internationally. The connections between the ‘real’ and imagined places shown on screen with tourism promotion, the development of tourism products and packages and tourist demand are becoming widely recognised by destination marketing agencies and private sector tourism organisations. However, the relationships between film, television and tourism are not fully understood and film tourism has often developed in an ad-hoc, unplanned and opportunistic way.
As core components of the ‘creative industries’, film, television and digital sectors also play a key role in regeneration programmes in cities and regions across the UK and internationally. Many of these regeneration initiatives connect with tourism through the visitor economy.
The tourism and regeneration sectors and the film and television industries and associated agencies have differing objectives but share common ground in their use of film and TV locations and the generation and distribution of moving images. The connections between these sectors are often subtle, informal and indirect and are not always recognised and planned by film makers, tourism agencies and operators and regeneration professionals.
Conference Speakers
The conference will feature keynote presentations from leading experts and professionals in the film, TV, tourism and regeneration sectors. There will also be opportunities for networking, discussion and questions.
Confirmed speakers and their topics include:
Debbie Williams, Chief Executive, EM-Media on the recently published UK Film Council research on the economic, social and cultural contributions of the UK Film Industry
Michelangelo Messina, Director, Ischia Film Location Festival, Italy on European experiences and practices connecting film and TV with tourism and regeneration
Chris Fell, Director, Leeds International Film Festival on film festivals as catalysts for tourism and city re-imaging
Kaye Elliott, Production Liaison Manager, Screen Yorkshire on working with local authorities, local communities and production companies
Ian Wild, Chief Executive, Cultural Industries Quarter Agency and Showroom Cinema, Sheffield on regeneration through the screen industries
Martin Evans, Screentourism.com on how all destinations, attractions and events, whether in the UK or overseas, can take advantage of screen tourism
Nigel Rice; Senior Programmes Development Officer, City of Bradford MDC on the background and objectives for the Bradford City of Film UNESCO World Heritage initiative
Tony Reeves, author of ‘The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations’ on the process involved in producing location guides, with international examples of good and less good practice.
Other invited speakers include representatives from the British Film Institute, Visit Britain and Indian International Film Academy.
For further details on this conference please contact Dr Philip Long
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University,
Old School Board, Calverley Street,
Leeds LS1 3ED, UK
Email: p.e.long [AT] leedsmet.ac.uk
T. +44(0)113 283 8545.
F. +44(0)113 283 8544.
Web: www.tourism-culture.com
AHRC/ESRC Impact Fellowship: Cultural Sustainability? Liverpool 2008: the theory and practice of cultural policy
The University of Liverpool has been awarded an AHRC/ESRC fellowship in Impact Assessment for three years, starting in October 2007. The research is led by Dr Beatriz Garcia, Dr Steven Miles (School of Sociology and Social Policy) and Dr Alan Southern (Management School).
We are currently seeking to appoint for two posts: a full time Research Fellow and a PhD studentship . The deadline for applications is the 21st September 2007.
Please follow the links to access further particulars and an application pack. You can find all of this information at: www.impacts08.net <http://www.impacts08.net>
Find also below a brief description of each post.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
£28,289 – £29,139 pa
You will be responsible for designing and implementing research to examine the urban cultural policy implications of hosting the 2008 European Capital of Culture. The project requires expertise in qualitative methodologies to assess the role that culture plays in connecting or disconnecting local communities with their sense of place.
You should have a PhD in a relevant field and will be part of a growing team of researches into cultural policy and regeneration with excellent links across departments and faculties. The post is available for 2.5 years, commencing October 2007.
Job Ref: R-566324 Closing Date: 21 September 2007
Download further particulars. <http://www.liv.ac.uk/impacts08/AHRC/WEB-Researcher-Particulars2.pdf> For full details, or to request an application pack, visit www.liv.ac.uk/working/job_vacancies/ <http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/job_vacancies/> or e-mail jobs@liv.ac.uk <mailto:jobs@liv.ac.uk>
Tel 0151 794 2210 (24 hr answer phone), please quote Ref: R-566324 in all enquiries
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
MANAGEMENT SCHOOL
PhD Studentship
AHRC/ESRC funded research: ‘Cultural Sustainability? Liverpool in 2008’
£12,600 tax free stipend
An opportunity has arisen for a fully funded research studentship leading to the qualification of PhD based on research into the theory and practice of cultural policy. This research, focused on culture-led regeneration on Merseyside in the context of Liverpool as European Capital of Culture 2008 and associated with the research programme Impacts 08, will develop as an ethnographic study into the definition of creative industries. The studentship will seek to uncover new and unique ways of defining what it is to be a creative industries entrepreneur and how this perception supports or contradicts policy-oriented definitions of the sector, what happens within the sector and the importance of the sector to locality. Funding will cover student’s fees and a maintenance grant as above.
Applicants are required to submit a CV and a 2 page summary of the nature of their personal interest/expertise in the research as outlined in the further particulars. Submissions should be submitted to Alan Southern by 4pm on Friday the 21st September.
For informal enquiries please contact: Alan.Southern@liverpool.ac.uk <mailto:Alan.Southern@liverpool.ac.uk>
Applicants should download further particulars from here, where further details about the application procedure are available.
The application form can be downloaded here .
Closing Date: 21 September 2007
Council of Europe: Recondita armonia – A reflection on the function of culture in building citizenship capacity (Policy note No.10) (03/08/2007)
Culture is sometimes taken as the icing on the cake, an additional flavour to spice up ordinary life or simply as entertainment. A political approach, however, broaches the question of the impact of culture on citizens and society. Two key issues are to determine how cultural participation relates to democracy and whether culture can foster active citizenship. This book explores the social effects of culture arid explains how cultural participation contributes to building citizenship in modern, democratic societies. Culture is described as a strategic asset which can help meet the challenges of growing diversity and the complexity of life today. Policy makers should consider its added value in relation to making democracy work and enhancing social cohesion and inclusion. Cultural policies should seek to optimise this great potential.
Author(s) : Dick Stanley
GUIDANCE NOTES TO DOWNLOAD
EUCLID has prepared two guidance notes (available in PDF) to help you apply for the latest call of Culture Programme 2007-2013: a general Guidance Note on the criteria and application process, and a Tips Sheet to help you complete the application form.
DEADLINES
A summary of forthcoming deadlines under the Culture Programme:
Strand 1.1 – Multiannual projects (3-5 years, minimum 6 partners) – 31 October
Strand 1.2.1 – Co-operation projects (1-2 years, minimum 3 partners) – 31 October
Strand 1.2.2 – Literary translation projects – 1 October (and 1 April 2008)
Strand 1.3 – Co-operation with China or India – 1 October
Strand 2 – networks, festivals, “ambassadors” – 5 November
Strand 3 – research studies on networks – 1 October
Further information and links to all the relevant pages to download forms are on www.culturefund.eu <http://www.culturefund.eu> .
