Re: Fw: H-Japan (E): CFP Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, May 18, 2012

[Megan Nicely]

Thanks Katherine. City/Urban f is definitely the topic of the moment.
Probably can't consider anything else until the dissertation is done,
but so glad to know of cool things out there!
Cheers, Megan

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From: Katherine Mezur
Sent: Jan 12, 2012 6:04 PM
To: butos-corp...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Fw: H-Japan (E): CFP Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, May 18, 2012

Dear All, Akemashite! For those of you in the urban/not urban butoh SDHS proposed panels and for those who might be working in urban practice or otherwise the following CFP has an interesting explanation on modernity and urban theories, just for reference. See below.

Also coming up January 31, is the deadline for IFTR/FIRT Santiago Chile conference cfp, cool themes check it out and they do have money for grads. Any one wanting to team up let me know. The call if for individual papers but you can ask to be on a panel with those you designate. best wishes in this new year of dragons,

Katherine

Personal note:

Re-elect Obama in 2012

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                            January 12, 2012

Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:26:45 -0800
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Questioning Urban Modernity, Amsterdam, May 18, 2012


H-ASIA
January 11, 2012

Call for papers: Questioning Urban Modernity, University of Amsterdam,
May 18, 2012
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Ed. note: I include this item particularly with reference to the call
for papers comment on the use of western conceptualizations or
modernity and urbanism.  A number of our members might find fruitful
grounds for proposing contributions to this event. Or they ought to!
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Call for Papers: Questioning Urban Modernity (May 18, 2012) Location:
Netherlands
Call for Papers Date: 2012-02-10 (in 30 days)
Date Submitted: 2012-01-10
Announcement ID: 191183

QUESTIONING URBAN MODERNITY
May 18, 2012, University of Amsterdam
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Jennifer Robinson (Department of Geography,
University College London)

It is widely accepted that our understanding of contemporary city life
is based primarily on the tradition of western conceptualizations of
modernity, dating back to the turn of the twentieth century. The ways
in which Western thinkers have articulated city spaces in relation to
urban subjectivities have formed the pillars upon which many new
directions in urban studies have been built.

Now that post-, late, neocapital-, cyber- and global modernity have
all entered and altered the urban experience, it is time for a
reconsideration of the concept of modernity in relation to urban
space, culture, and theory. How has our understanding of modernity
been influenced by different thinkers, theories, and aesthetics of
modernity? Are various modernities in conflict? How to rethink and
reconfigure the notion of urban modernity, especially in the context
of recent thinking about postcoloniality, globalization and new media?
How to break with contemporary hierarchizations of modern cities,
which frequently seek to distinguish between Western urban originals
and non-Western imitations/fakes? What are the mediating forces that
compel certain aesthetics of modern cities? And to what extent can we
understand these aesthetics as modern? And, finally, how might we
develop more inclusive theories of the city in the context of early
twenty-first century globalization?

Please submit abstracts (max. 250 words, for 20 min. papers) together
with a short academic CV to J.A....@uva.nl by February 10, 2012.

Questioning Urban Modernity is sponsored by the ASCA Cities Project:
www.hum.uva.nl/cities

The organizers are Pedram Dibazar, Christoph Lindner, Miriam Meissner
and Judith Naeff.


Judith Naeff
ASCA Cities Project
University of Amsterdam
0031(0)20-5253878
Email: j.a....@uva.nl
Visit the website at
http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities/conferences.cfm/BBB58994-A7E8-4736-961301935F7F1272


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