CFP: City and Culture (Turkey) (1/9/04; 5/5/04-5/7/04)

EGE UNIVERSITY

9th Annual Cultural Studies Symposium

May 5-7, 2004

=20

Call for Papers

=20
 [CITY IN (CULTURE] IN CITY)
=20

Venue: Ege University, Faculty of Letters, Izmir, Turkey

=20

This year's topic aims to explore the interaction(s) between the city =
and culture.=20

We offer the following notes with the hope that they will inspire but =
not limit you.

=20

 =20
* urbanism / urbanization / new urbanism

* alternative definitions of time and space in the city

* urban space and memory / cultural memory in the city

* city reconstituted / reconstructed through memory (ies)

* urban utopias / urban dystopias

* spatialization of politics / politicization of space: ghettoization / =
residential segregation

* city-the great equalizer (?)

* segregation / integration as it relates to public space

* urban metaphors

* landmarks as markers of identity

* urban identity / urbanity

* public space and public life: streets, markets, parks

* gendered city / divided city / gender, race, ethnicity and class in =
urban landscape

* the male city / the female city

* city: reflections/ images/ landmarks/ legends / urban legends

* downtown(s) and uptown(s)=20

* urban semiotics / city as legible text / city as narrative and =
metanarrative=20

* improvised city

* city behind walls / city behind bars / city within a city / invisible =
cities, invisible borders

* city as Eden / city as Purgatory

* city: from Babylon to Boswash

* city as the spiritual site / faiths / organized religions / etc.

* urban quests

* city as masquerade=20

* the polarized city: city as ash heap / city as promised land

* city ethics

* cities of the mind / cognitive mapping

Deadline for 500-word paper, panel, performance or exhibition proposals: =
 January 9, 2004

Proposals and short bios can be submitted via mail, email or fax to:

Ayse Lahur Kirtunc

Faculty of Letters

Ege University 35100 Bornova Izmir Turkey

culture_at_bornova.ege.edu.tr

egeculture2004_at_yahoo.com

+ 90 232 388 1102

Information on the history of the Ege University Cultural Studies =
Symposium can be found online at the Symposium website: =
http://css.ege.edu.tr

Registration and accommodation information will be posted later at the =
Symposium website.

=20

Co-organized by:

Ege University Department of American Culture and Literature

and Department of English Language and Literature

The American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

The Cultural Office of the US Embassy

The British Council

         ===============================================
         From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
                      CFP_at_english.upenn.edu
                       Full Information at
                http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/
          or write Erika Lin: elin_at_english.upenn.edu
         ===============================================
Received on Sun Sep 07 2003 - 23:48:11 EDT