POWER & SPACE: TRANSFORMING THE CONTEMPORARY CITY

Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, 6, 7, 8 December 2007



The conference runs from Thursday 6th December through to Saturday 8th December, and will be held in the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University (Sidgwick site, Cambridge, UK).



Power & Space seeks to investigate how diverse forms of inquiry across different disciplines address issues of power and space in the contemporary urban environment. In studying the contemporary city, as a pluralistic cultural, economic and political system, a variety of interpretive procedures provide insights into how power shapes space and, in reverse, how space reflects power.



Power & Space's keynote speakers include renowned architects and theorists Charles Jencks and Lebbeus Woods. Other guest speakers include Lawrence Barth (Architectural Association, UK), Jonathan Hill (School of Architecture, The Bartlett, UCL; UK), Jord den Hollander (Architect, Filmmaker; The Netherlands), and Jane Rendell (School of Architecture, The Bartlett, UCL; UK).



Additionally, the conference will feature speakers from a wide variety of disciplines — including Social Policy, Art, Architecture, Film, Social Anthropology, Environmental Design, Philosophy, and International Studies — and Power & Space will also include a poster series and a film/video series.



For the conference programme please visit:

http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/powerspaceconference/



To register for the conference please visit this link:

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2007-8/powerspace.html


PLEASE NOTE: after Monday 26th November the registration fee for the conference will increase to £60/30 consessions.

HOW TO GET TO THE CONFERENCE

Directions to the Cambridge University Faculty of Law can be found at the following links:

- The Law Faculty's website, www.law.cam.ac.uk/about_directions.php

- The University of Cambridge official map, www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=sidg;tl=Sidgwick Site

- The University of Cambridge Visitor's Information, http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/visitors/gettingto.html


ACCOMMODATION

If you are coming from outside of Cambridge, the Cambridge Tourist Board offers a wide range of options for accommodation: www.visitcambridge.org/visitors/wheretostay.php

Also, Newnham College offers single standard rooms with shared bathroom facilities. The cost is £36.80 per night and continental breakfast can be had in the College's buttery on a cash basis at the price of £5.75. For additional information and bookings please contact Marilyn Dowling at: Tel: +44-01223-335803; Fax: +44-01223-335800; dburs3@newn.cam.ac.uk (Conference & Events Co-ordinator, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF, England, UK)


CONTACT

The conference organising committee includes:


- Stavros Alifragkis (PhD researcher, Digital Studio, University of Cambridge)

- Giorgos Artopoulos (PhD researcher, Digital Studio, University of Cambridge)

- Popi Iacovou (PhD researcher, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL)

- Kai Fierle-Hedrick (Program Manager at the non-profit Free Arts NYC; USA)

- Matina Rassia (PhD researcher, Martin Centre, University of Cambridge)


If you have any questions regarding Power & Space: Transforming the Contemporary City please feel free to contact us at: info.powerspace@expressivespace.org. Or at:


Power & Space: Transforming the Contemporary City conference, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, 1-5 Scroope Terrace, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, England, UK

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The Organising Committee

Power & Space Conference
University of Cambridge