FW: Gender Urban Research Workshop - Call for abstracts

[James Duminy]

 

Gender and the City: Urban and Gender Research Methods Hybrid Workshop

6^th-7^th July 2023, Cardiff University (UK)

Cardiff University, the University of the Witwatersrand (NRF Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning), and the Gauteng City Region Observatory invite proposals for a two-day hybrid workshop exploring methodologies that study gender in urban environments. The workshop will be an immersive experience, allowing participants to experience the diverse methods used to engage with the intersections of gender and urban research.

The study of gender in urban environments is a key and rising concern for policymakers, practitioners and academics alike; finding new ways to engage with questions lying at the intersection of these issues is imperative to discover new ways to address existing challenges, develop new conceptual tools to understand and explain contemporary phenomenon and train new generations of researchers keen to engage with these questions. The workshop welcomes attendance from researchers across the Global North and Global South to further build on an existing network of people who are interested in, and working on, these issues.

As such, we welcome two kinds of proposal: one for attendees and one for presenters:

i)                    Attendee: please submit a 200-300 word abstract demonstrating your research interests and the commitment to produce something for the event either a poster or a short piece of writing for comment or feedback;

ii)                   Presenter: please provide a 400 word abstract detailing your research, and outlining how you would conduct a session to introduce people to your method. We are looking for creative practices and innovative methods but are open to digital research, ethnographic work, or any other method that you have used or are currently engaged with.

Please note that even though the event is hybrid, the number of people attending both online and in person will be restricted to ensure that we can maximise engagement and learning.

The event has no registration fee and lunch and teas are provided, but attendees will need to arrange their own travel and accommodation. 

There is also a strong possibility of developing a special issue on the topic and a few journals have already expressed their interest.

All abstracts need to be submitted to Rub...@Cardiff.ac.uk by the 5^th May 2023, for any queries, please use the same email address.