Prof. Dolores Koenig, American University, Washington, DC, dkoenig@american.edu is convening a workshop on Planning for Renewal and Resettlement: Contested Visions at the Annual Conference of the Commission on Urban Anthropology [CUA-IUAES] on Dreamed/planned cities and experienced cities. Conference to be held at the University Jean Monnet, St Etienne, France, 8-10 July 2014. Her workshop seeks contributions that look at the particular clashes that occur when governments and private organizations propose development and change that involve the destruction of existing neighborhoods and the relocation of their residents. To what extent do politicians and urban planners justify these plans by visions of urban growth or quality of urban life? How do the potentially relocated respond? Under what conditions do they create alternative visions? When do they negotiate or collaborate with planners? What sorts of activism do they undertake?
She is interested in contributions from practitioners and those who span the academic-practice world. If you are interested in participating, please send your paper proposal (around 200 words) directly to Dolores Koenig, dkoenig@american.edu, before April 30 2014.
Last Updated (Tuesday, 1 April 2014)
