[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP- Space as a Category of Analysis, April 2006, Brown Univ., Rhode Island

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From: "James H. Meyer" <jmeyer@alumni.princeton.edu>

CONF./CFP- Space as a Category of Analysis, April 2006, Brown U., Rhode 
Island

Call for Papers

Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference at Brown University

Space as a Category of Analysis: New Perspectives with keynote address by
Dr. David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, City
University of New York

Date: Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8, 2006

Location: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2006

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference at Brown University is 
calling
for papers for its second annual conference entitled "Space as a Category of
Analysis: New Perspectives" on April 7-8, 2006. This conference seeks to 
bring
together graduate students from diverse fields by discussing a common 
research
theme from multiple disciplinary angles. We welcome scholarship from 
history,
sociology, anthropology, geography, urban studies, environmental 
studies, area
studies, gender studies, media studies, and others.

Some of the critical questions conference papers may consider are: How are
spatial categories historically constituted, and how do historical projects
reify and challenge spatial categories?  How do spatial relationships 
guide the
growth and development of individual communities, informing human 
understandings
of nationality, ethnicity, gender, race, class, and the environment? How are
categories such as urban, rural and wilderness constituted, and how are they
informed by technology and their inhabitants? How does space shape
decision-making processes of individuals and institutions, and in what 
ways has
space been used to assert power? Under what conditions has space been
transnational?

The conference features a keynote address by internationally renowned 
scholar
David Harvey. Widely considered to be the founder of modern critical 
geography,
Dr. Harvey's wide-ranging explorations of the ways in which space and 
time have
underpinned capitalism, post-modernity, and imperialism speak directly 
to the
spirit of intellectual breadth and inclusion to which the conference is
committed.

Please submit a 250-word abstract, curriculum vitae, and pertinent contact
information via email by January 15, 2006 to:
Interdisciplinary_Conference@brown.edu.

James H. Meyer
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
E-mail: James_Meyer@Brown.edu or jmeyer@alumni.princeton.edu




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