Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future

New Orleans, Louisiana Sheraton New Orleans Hotel March 16-19, 2011

Rebuilding efforts–in New Orleans, Port au Prince and other parts of the world– provide an opportunity to examine the paths selected for public policy and private investment, and how these decisions shape the future of urban places. Six years after the devastating effects of . . . → Read More: Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future

Una deriva per Bovisa

Segnaliamo un interessante articolo di Fabrizio Lorusso apparso sul sito di Carmilla – letteratura, immaginario e cultura di opposizione. Lorusso propone una deriva nel quartiere di Bovisa, con documentazione fotografica.

Back In Town. Bovisa City Milano

http://www.carmillaonline.com/archives/2010/08/003580.html

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Ne approfittiamo per ricordare che del quartiere Bovisa e delle sue trasformazioni si è occupata . . . → Read More: Una deriva per Bovisa

Urban Images: Re-imagining the City Through Moving Images



An International Symposium at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway, September 9-10, 2010.

The Urban Images symposium brings together an internationally renowned group of artists and scholars for a two-day program in order to discuss the field of artistic film and video related to architecture and urban space. The objective of the . . . → Read More: Urban Images: Re-imagining the City Through Moving Images

Cities and Urban Spaces: Chances for Cultural and Citizenship Education

NECE- Networking European Citizenship Education Cities and Urban Spaces: Chances for Cultural and Citizenship Education 29 September – 1 October 2010, Trieste (Italy)

Location: The Stazione Marittima Congress Centre Molo Bersaglieri 3, I-34124 Trieste

Developments within cities and in urban spaces provide a variety of starting points for new ways of cultural and . . . → Read More: Cities and Urban Spaces: Chances for Cultural and Citizenship Education

2010 EU Mobility Week

The European Mobility Week is an awareness raising campaign aiming at sensibilising citizens to the use of public transport, cycling, walking and at encouraging European cities to promote these modes of transport and to invest in the new necessary infrastructures.

From 16 to 22 September 2010 the Mobility Week is the opportunity for . . . → Read More: 2010 EU Mobility Week

Airports, cities, regions

How can airports be perceived as part of the urban structure? Which economic effects foster spatial development? Which policy approaches exist to tackle the various conflicts in the airport-region relationship?

These questions were addressed at the colloquium “From Airport City to Airport Region?”, held in July 2009 at the University of Karlsruhe. In . . . → Read More: Airports, cities, regions

@Bolzano Summer Draft

E’ in corso a Bolzano Summer Draft: una settimana di laboratori, incontri e progetti artistici partecipati con l’obbiettivo di produrre connessioni inaspettate tra diverse realtà sociali e culturali.

Muovendo dalla considerazione che l’Alto Adige possa costituirsi come laboratorio di sperimentazione di nuovi modelli di cittadinanza, Summer Draft propone una percorso per vivacizzare le connessioni . . . → Read More: @Bolzano Summer Draft

Mobilité sociale - mobilité géographique : les enjeux socio-spatiaux de la mobilité ?

Les 26 et 27 mai 2011

Université de Strasbourg-MISHA

5 allée du Général Rouvillois, 67083 Strasbourg cedex

Depuis que les questionnements sur la mobilité se sont élargis à d’autres études que celles strictement centrées sur les transports, les déplacements dans l’espace géographique ne sont plus analysés uniquement pour eux-mêmes ni seulement en . . . → Read More: Mobilité sociale – mobilité géographique : les enjeux socio-spatiaux de la mobilité ?

Once upon a Place – haunted houses & imaginary cities

Once upon a Place – haunted houses & imaginary cities is an international conference devoted to an emerging theme, as an associated event of the Lisbon Triennial of Architecture 2010 and matching its official opening and exhibitions. The event is dedicated to architects, historians, researchers, essayists, artists and authors, aiming at the reunion . . . → Read More: Once upon a Place – haunted houses & imaginary cities

Tracce Urbane. Scienziati sociali e urbanisti a dialogo

Seminario di Studi

Tracce Urbane Scienziati sociali e urbanisti a dialogo

24 e 25 Giugno 2010 9.30-18.30 Aula Magna- Facoltà di Economia Via Voltapaletto 11 Ferrara

Programma Giovedì 24 giugno Ore 9.30 Saluti del Preside della Facoltà di Lettere – Marcello d’Agostino Saluti del Direttore di Dipartimento di Scienze Umane– Paolo Frignani

Introduzione al . . . → Read More: Tracce Urbane. Scienziati sociali e urbanisti a dialogo