CFP: Philosophy of the City II

Philosophy of The City II

4 & 5 December 2014, mexico city

keynote speaker: Eduardo mendieta

featuring an invited talk by  Cynthia Willett

What do philosophers have to say about urban life? 

Can they help solve the challenges of today’s urban environment?

Is there a need for a new philosophy, a new philosophy of the city?

Building on the success of the 2013 conference in Brooklyn New York, the 2014 meeting in Mexico City examines these questions in an international, 21st century, globalized and fully urbanized context. We welcome presentations in any area of philosophy of the city.   Topics of interest include:     

 What is “Philosophy of the City?” 

 Is “Philosophy of the City” philosophy for the city?

     How long should Rosa ride? Ethics of commuting and transportation

Architecture & urban aesthetics

The city, polis and demos in the history of philosophy

 Big data, surveillance and social epistemology 

Is mold the new lead? Justice and urban public health                                                                                                                         

The intimate limits of local democracy           

The Capabilities Approach in urban planning                                                                                       

Spatial Racializations of the urban: slum, sprawl, street, and ghetto                                                                                            

International law and the global city                                    

City identity: understanding, framing and context

Decolonizing cities                                                                          

Community management and energy policy

Participatory budgeting and planning                                                                                                                                                  

 Ecological challenges for built environments              

The relevance or irrelevance of citizenship in future cities                                                                                                   

Kshama Sawant, Seattle’s socialist city council member                              

     A just, sustainable future

     Emerging issues: climate change, emergency responses and future cities

Send abstracts of 150-200 words to Shane Epting, at [email protected] by September 15, 2014. Accommodations for presenters needing earlier notifications for travel/funding requirements will be made.  For these cases, please submit as soon as possible.  The “official” language of the conference is English, but presentations/submissions in Spanish are acceptable.  Translation services will be provided.

Conference Location: Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América (UAM), downtown Mexico City.

Accommodations:  The Hampton Inn, Calle 5 de Febrero, No. 24 Centro H, Mexico City, Mexico 06060

Registration Costs (USD):  $75 Faculty; $25 Adjuncts & Graduate Students; Mexican Nationals $200 MX; free to UAM students. 

This conference is brought to you by The Philosophy of the City Group; sponsored by Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa; The Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas; Center for Environmental Philosophy; Center for Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy

 For updates and other information, see www.philosophyofthecity.org