VALENCIA, 2nd to 4th APRIL 2014
The conference is organized in four different
thematic groups and will include two short fieldtrips in the Valencia
Metropolitan Region:
Keynote 1: CONTESTED_CITIES - Theoretical and methodological challenges for the research of contentious urban politics
Michael Janoschka, Department of Political Science, Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
Keynote 1 papers: Conflict research theories and methodologies: papers focusing on methodological approaches, states of the art and theoretical frameworks around the concept of urban or spatial conflicts and protests will be welcomed.
Michael Janoschka, Department of Political Science, Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
Keynote 1 papers: Conflict research theories and methodologies: papers focusing on methodological approaches, states of the art and theoretical frameworks around the concept of urban or spatial conflicts and protests will be welcomed.
Keynote 2: Urban unrest and new social movements: lessons from Spain.
Luis del Romero, Department of Geography and IIDL, University of Valencia (Spain)
Luis del Romero, Department of Geography and IIDL, University of Valencia (Spain)
Keynote 2 papers: Strategies, actors and new social movements: papers focusing on actors, strategies and the changing nature of conflicts and participants in conflicts, from NIMBY attitudes to more general and complex protest movements, such as 15M or Occupy the Wall Street movements.
Keynote 3: Spatio-temporal and multi-scalar analysis of urban conflicts: the case of Montreal.
Catherine Trudelle, Department of Geography, University of Quebec in Montreal (Canada) and Mathieu Pelletier, INRS (Montreal, Canada).
Keynote 3 papers: Contesting urban planning and projects: the
changing nature of urban planning practices and their influence on public
opinion formation, including forms of protest and social mobilization in
opposition to planned developments. Reflections or case studies on urban,
spatial or locational conflicts.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
There will be a Round Table (in Spanish) about social urban movements and conflicts in the Valencia Metropolitan Area the Wednesday 3rd April. A brief summary of the interventions and direct translation will be offered for those assistants who do not speak Spanish.
