CUCR and Unit for Global Justice would like to invite you to the following event
With the rapid intensification of urbanisation, cities have increasingly become targets, terrains, and
territories of conflict. Cities are now seen as spaces of conflict, ranging from urban violence to
warfare. Yet the city is also seen as a space of consociation, a place for rebuilding and for making new
urban ties, lives and associations.
How do we map and document cities in and after conflict? What is the relation between the material city
and conflict? Have new urban forms produced new forms of violence? How do we understand violence in
everyday urban life? Is it possible to construct new forms of urban life after conflict? This
conference explores these questions by bringing together sociologists, urban theorists, photographers,
documentary makers, architects, architectural theorists, urban planners, and lawyers to explore four
panel themes: Architectures of Conflict, Cities at War, Urban Violences, and Reconstructing Urbanity,
together with an exhibition and roundtable discussion of images of cities in conflict
Speakers include:
Mark Cousins • Martin Coward • Costas Douzinas • Michael Keith • Abdou Maliq Simone • Eyal Weizman
with
Ania Dabrowska • Jenny Matthews • Paul Lowe
Organisers:
Caroline Knowles (CUCR), Kirsten Campbell (Unit for Global Justice).
Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Places for this event are limited, so please ensure early booking to avoid disappointment. Details of
ways to book/pay are below:
£40/£20 concession
http://www.gold.ac.uk/cucr/events/eventtitle,24393,en.php
To make a card payment via phone: please ring Carole Keegan on 0207 919 7381 (except Wednesdays).
Alternatively, please leave a message and your details on the answerphone: 0207 919 7390
