CFP: Philosophy of the City‑Porto, Portugal
Submission deadline: June 1, 2017
Conference date(s):
October 11, 2017 - October 13, 2017
Conference Venue:
Universidade do Porto
Porto,
Portugal
Topic areas
Details
The Philosophy of the City Research Group is a global community of scholars who are dedicated to understanding the city and urban issues. We invite you to join us for our fifth year. For this conference, zeroing in on the research strands below remains paramount, but we welcome all relevant submissions.
For individual submissions, provide abstracts of 200-300 words. For panels of 3-4, each abstract should be 150-200 words. Send submissions (prepared for anonymous review) and questions to [email protected]. Deadline: June 1, 2017.
Research Strands:
Urban Futures and Human Flourishing
The Integrity of Local Democracy
Urban Agriculture
Resilient Local Economies
Power and Infrastructure
Cities and Resistance
Migrations and Cities
Urban Justice: Housing, Transportation, Education, Criminal & Environmental Justice
Public Space and the Common Good
Megacities and Ecovillages
Philosophy of (and in) Urban Planning
Public Space in Technological Contexts
Art and Public Space
Smart Cities
The City in the History of Philosophy
Urban and Rural
Engineering for Justice
Sexism and the City
The City and Public Health Ethics
Race in Urban Affairs
Conference Committee: Shane Epting, Paula Cristina Pereira, Ronald Sundstrom, Michael Nagenborg, Maria Couto, José Meirinhos and Jules Simon