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IAFOR International conference on the City
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Dato: 14.07.2017 - 16.07.2017  Tid:
Sted: Barcelona, Europeisk
What are our prevailing images of the city as past and present, magnet and threat? Do cities retain their lust​re as citadels of enlightenment and art or are they urban dinosaurs wracked by over-crowdedness and pollution?
The city has always been a centre of creativity and imagination. The many cultures that are formed within the city have become definitive of the development of human civilisation in different eras. From the cities that were the product of the ancient river civilisations on the Nile​ and the Tigris Euphrates or the Ganges and the Yellow River​,​​ to​ the classical and medieval city states, to the modern cities of the industrial revolution, the city provides an exciting object of study. The conference is set up to encourage the exploration of the city in all its variations and to provide a further context for reflections on globalisation as the wave of today and tomorrow.

This conference will be held in parallel to The IAFOR International Conference on Global Studies 2017, and will provide a counter to the localised perspectives that can easily obscure the simple fact that many of the worldÂ’s major cities have now become, more than ever, global portals and places of international exchange. Registration for either of these conferences will allow participants to attend sessions in the other.

We invite academics from around the world to join us in the fascinating historical, cultural, and artistic centre of Barcelona, to exchange ideas and participate in the continuing story of this city.


Registration Deadline for Presenters: June 1, 2017
Lagt inn av: NIKK
Arrangementets nettsider: http://iafor.org/conferences/global2017/
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