Amsterdam 7-9 July 2011
The central concern of the Research Committee 21 annual conference is the ways in which individuals and communities in an urban context respond to the major social processes of globalisation and individualisation: how do they articulate various forms of diversity and develop inclusive or exclusive strategies to ‘belong’? Moreover, we aim to understand better what types of (new) policy responses and forms of governance have developed to manage diversity in urban settings.
Description
The RC-21 2011 Conference will analyse how globalisation and individualisation have given rise to new forms of diversity -ethnic, religious, gender, sexual, class and otherwise-, and new deliberations and conflicts over citizenship and belonging in urban settings. 30 thematic sessions will be organised, covering topics among which feature:
- Youth geographies and spatial identities;
- Urban order, crime and citizenship;
- Urban neighbourhoods as spaces of production and consumption;
- Housing Markets, Urban Transformations;
- Governance and diversity in cities.
These sessions will be guided by the input from papers that have been submitted in December 2010, and which will be published on the conference website.
Registration
RC21 is a non-profit Research Committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA), and in order to cover the conference costs it is necessary to pay a conference fee. Early bird (before May 15th) and standard rates apply. Registration will open the 1st of March 2011.
Contact
Enquiries can be directed to Yuri Kazepov:
Tel: (+39) 0722 305739
E-mail: yuri.kazepov@uniurb.it
