The Sociology of
Contemporary Urban Life
Economies |Cultures| Politics| Aesthetics
Thursday 16th
and Friday 17th June 2016
University of
York, UK
This two-day conference, co-organised by the Department of Sociology and CURB
(Centre for Urban Research) at University of York, is an attempt to provide a
lively, open-minded forum for urban sociologists to gather and discuss the
challenges of conducting the craft of urban sociology in a fragmented,
hierarchical urban world; an urbanizing planet where the very concept of ‘the
city’--traditionally the unit of analysis for urban
sociologists—faces unprecedented levels of scepticism. The title of the
conference is a riff on T.J. Clark's (1984) book on Manet and Paris, The Painting
of Modern Life. As such, the conference aims to engage with
contemporary urban life in a critical manner, using a
multiplex of economies, cultures, politics and aesthetics to explore our
contemporary urban experience/s (with or without the city). The
conference will also address the distinctive role that urban sociology has
played, does play and may in the future play within the broader academic
endeavour of Urban Studies.
Confirmed speakers
include:
·
Fran
Tonkiss (LSE)
·
Michael
Keith (Oxford)
·
Emma
Jackson (Goldsmiths, London)
·
Phil
Hubbard (Kent)
·
Ayona
Datta (Leeds)
·
David
Pinder (Roskilde)
·
Richard
Sennett (LSE) (a public lecture given as part of the York Festival of
Ideas).
There are also four
panel sessions. Full details of the full programme is available here: https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/about/news-and-events/department/2016/urbansociology/
Registration is
£40.00 (full) or £20.00 (student/ postdoctoral) for the full conference. One
day rates are also available. The direct link to payment pages is here: https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/about/news-and-events/department/2016/urbansociology/#tab-2
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