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For centuries, images of the city have been recordedand inscribed in our memory by artists, historians,ethnographers, and cartographers who have left anextensive visual repository for our exploration andinterpretation. Drawing on a variety of methods, this
year’s conference theme aims to
explore an array ofand re-imagine it as a social-scape with transformativepotential
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To that end, the call for submissionsencourages a broad assortment ofthat represent a range ofdisciplinary leanings, interpretations, creative juxtapositions and analogies. Submissions are thereforeinvited from , andwith concentrations in the field of art history,communication arts, cultural geography, culturalstudies, design and architectural studies, education, emergency and disaster management, film and media, history, photography, sociology, urban anthropology,urban planning, and visual anthropology. Submissions by authors at all stages of their professional life and visual work are welcome.Dates: July 9, 10, 11
Location: St. FrancisCollege
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Brooklyn Heights
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New York
The call for submissionsencourages a broadassortment of visual research and/or presentations that represent a range of disciplinary leanings
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Submissions by authorsat all stages of their professional life andvisual work arewelcome.
Proposals that creatively intersect with the primary theme of the conference areencouraged and may include, but are not limited to the following sub-themes:
Artificial and celluloid urbanlandscapesArts, culture, media, and thegenre of the city filmCities and security, disaster planning /disaster management for urban areasCities and social differentiationCities and structural equalityand inequalityCities as history-making arenasCities as sites ofresistance/activism,occupation, uprising, counter-hegemonic stories of the cityCities demonized and mythologizedCities in turmoil /ethnic and politicalconflicts, urban politicsCity billboards and storytellingCity travelogues and documentariesCity voices/narrativesCreative urbanization, cities/cityscapes ofthe futureCross-national comparisonsCulture, diversity,communities/neighborhoods, domesticspaces/private spheres/aspects of citydwellingData-scapes/visual data-trackingtechnologies in urbanism/GIS mappingEthnographies of infrastructureIdeological aspirations of modernism, cityplanning, regeneration, and urbansustainabilityInnovations/novel technologies/intelligentutilities and the functioning of city systems,video documentaries about solutions inactionLandscape architecture/capitalprojects/urban design experimentsPublic spaces at risk Radical visions of the cityRepresentations of anti-urbanism/historicpreservation and urban pioneeringThe city as classroomThe city as filmic terrainThe pre and post industrial cityThe provincial cityThe virtual cityTransformative potentialof modern cities,reclaiming public spaces,the common good, anddemocracyUrban agricultureUrban alienationUrban educationUrban insiders andoutsidersUtilization of spaceVisions of urbanutopias/cities on canvas
To submit a proposal, please complete the located at this URL:
You will be asked to enter the following information into the fields provided:
Last name
Three relevant keywords that describe the work
First name
Presentation format/method
Current title
Media to be used
Institutional affiliation
Special requests
Email address
Consent to publish contact info in program
Mailing address
Consent to record presentation
Presentation title
In addition to the above information, all submissions should include athat can be word processed then pasted into the text box under thecontact information. All abstracts should identify a)the rationale and motivation for the proposedtopic; b) a description of the visual research and/or visual presentation that will be delivered at theconference; and c) the significance of the work and how the
audience’s
understanding will beextended.If you encounter any problems in submitting your proposal using this system or have questions aboutthe suitability of your work in view of the primarytheme of the conference, please do not hesitate tocontact Dr. Marina Gair, conference organizer, byemail tomgair@sfc.edu.For tracking purposes,
please enter the following information in the: IVSA2012-Format Choice-Last Name (e.g. IVSA2012-Poster-BobDylan).Proposals will be accepted through . All submissions will be examinedthrough a peer-review process and shortly thereafter authors will be notified via emailregarding the acceptance of their proposal.
All abstracts shouldidentify a) the rationaleand motivation for theproposed topic; b) adescription of the visual research and/or visualpresentation that will bedelivered at theconference; and c) the significance of the work
and how the audience’s
understanding will beextended.
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