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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">CHANGING CITIES’<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="IT">Spatial,
morphological,
formal, & socio-economic dimensions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Skiathos, Greece, 18-21 June 2013<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">special session on<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Collective ventures, solidarity economy and the urban
space<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Call for Papers<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Concepts and practices related to social and solidarity
economy,
complementary currencies, time banks, consumers’ cooperatives,
cooperatives of
production and distribution, social management of water, social
management of
waste, crowdsourcing, microfinance, open source, commons and P2P
production,
manufacturing on small scale, community supported agriculture,
social
groceries, social medical centres, etc. show a remarkable
expansion. While this
kind of alternative collective ventures have appeared in some
countries already
some decades ago, in Greece there has been a rapid development of
these
ventures only in recent years. However, there has been a
remarkable
proliferation of them at global level, with considerable
geographical
diversity, on the advent of the new millennium.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Associated debates deal with the specific features of this
kind of
ventures and corresponding practices that emerged under the
condition of a
shrinking Keynesian welfare state and the transition to a
post-fordist era. To
some degree this debate is also associated with the emergence and
institutionalization of New Social Movements. It is also
acknowledged that the
abovementioned ventures transform the geography of urban spaces in
several
ways.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Thus relevant research questions may regard different
aspects such as:
issues about the kind and grade of alterity of these ventures with
respect to
diverse practices in everyday life in the cities, the role of
urban areas for
the evolution of such ventures, the relation with sustainability
issues, the
transformation of social relations in the course of these ventures
entailing
the creation of new future visions for the cities, the role of
citizenship,
participation and democracy and the impact on planning issues, the
“transition
cities” debate, alternative approaches to urban development (e.g.
post-development, de-growth), localization issues in the era of
globalization,
the impact of alternative ventures’ networking on urban space, the
role of
e-networking and ICT,<span> </span>revisiting
creativity
and “smart cities” approaches under the focus of such alternative
collective practices, the role of suburban areas with the mixture
of land uses
and any emerging contradictions with conventional agricultural
practices.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">The aim of the Special Session is to bring together
researchers from
across a wide spectrum of disciplines geographers, spatial
planners,
political scientists, economists, sociologists, anthropologists,
engineers,
psychologists, philosophers, etc. who are interested in
collective ventures,
solidarity economy and the urban space. This multi-disciplinary
call for papers
intends to highlight the inter-disciplinary approaches that these
ventures need
for a comprehensive and integrated interpretation. At the same
time, it aspires
to facilitate academic networking and be the sparkle for a debate
on policy
issues around alternative routes in the era of crisis.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Please send your title to the session organisers by 14
January 2013:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span lang="DE">Giogos
Gritzas,
<a href="mailto:ggritzas@auth.gr" target="_blank">ggritzas@auth.gr</a><a href="mailto:ggritzas@auth.gr" target="_blank"><mailto:ggritzas@auth.gr></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">(School of Spatial Planning & Development, Aristotle
University of
Thessaloniki)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">Karolos Kavoulakos
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">(School of Political Science, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">For more information on the conference please visit its
website:
<a href="http://www.changingcities.prd.uth.gr/" target="_blank">http://www.changingcities.prd.uth.gr/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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