[Archport] call for papers

["Lucia Afonso" <lumapi@hotmail.com>]

PLEASE FORWARD MESSAGE BELOW TO INTERESTED STUDENTS


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CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear All,

UB's Interdisciplinary Group for Social Engagement GSA invites graduate
students and faculty members of all academic departments to present work
they are doing on issues of space, identity, urban planning, cultural
geography, or other topics relevant to experiences of urban space at the
community symposium "SURVEY: Re-Mapping Buffalo's Urban Space" that will be
held April 4-5 at re-used architectural structures in the city.

As the intentions behind designed spaces are often subverted by the actual
movement of people through those spaces, the symposium will survey current
and past experiences of urban space in Buffalo in an effort to raise
awareness of our different spatial determinations, the way in which they
are formed, and how actions are already being taken to redefine those
determinations while improving the physical environment as well.

The format of presentations is flexible; it may take the form of scholarly
papers, reports, art installations, audio and visual productions, or
videos. Presenters will have 20 minutes to discuss their work, followed by
time for discussion, and the audience will be composed of members of
community and activist groups, university students and faculty, and local
policy-makers.

Presenters need not contextualize their work within Buffalo issues
specifically, but demonstration of how their work relates to situations we
face in the local community is advisable.

PLEASE post the attached call for works on departmental community boards
and distribute it on relevant listservs. We look forward to this
interdisciplinary and intercommunity dialogue!

Sincerely,
Crystal Hickerson
The Interdisciplinary Group for Social Engagement
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY  14260-4610