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Operationalizing the Just City
Annual conference of the Aesop Thematic Group on Ethics, Values and Planning
You are invited to join the hybrid (Dortmund and online) two-day conference on 24 and 25 February 2022 of the Aesop Thematic Group on Ethics, Values and Planning, by submitting an abstract of max. 300 words before 12 November 2021.
Impacts of the ‘urban triumph’ have become increasingly discussed in the literature. Negative effects include inequality, polarisation, segregation, gentrification and unaffordable urban housing. In response, pledges for the advancement of more inclusive, accessible, liveable, or socially sustainable cities have been put forward, commonly discussed under the umbrella of ‘the Just City’. What that entails, what this concept practically implies, often remains vague and poorly articulated.
At a superficial level, everyone wants a ‘just city’, but once we make explicit what that means, the differences that exist and the difficult ethical choices that need to be made might become apparent and sometimes even permeated by deeply contrasting views. The question of what a just city is cannot be evaded, as its answer has great implications for the implementation of urban policies and planning interventions. Therefore, we need ‘to get our hands dirty’ and try to genuinely operationalise the concept.
With this call, contributions applying the concept of (or related to) the Just City in empirical research and contributions providing reflections on the following issues are welcomed:
- How to apply the just city?
- Which theory/idea of justice is legitimate to apply in a specific situation and why?
- Which goods, capabilities, functionings, distributive rules and so on, to apply and in which circumstances?
- How are different dimensions of the just city (e.g., distribution, democracy, recognition) related?
- What indicators and measures to use for the valuation of justice and its different dimensions?
- How does a just city relate to other values (e.g., kindness, dignity, equality, freedom)?
More specifically, we are searching for contributions that put into practice this abstract concept by emphasising its concrete social, spatial and political implications and aspects. We expect to collects contributions that will provide empirical explanations and, at the same time, relevant general reflections.
Date: 24-25 February 2022
Location: Dortmund and online (limited capacity)
Abstract deadline: 12 November 2021
Submissions via: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-wxlIu4sxJ92jcnfrSfds_7GhGu5jYwuf-ISykEvwkessMg/viewform
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The AESOP TG on Ethics, Values and Planning continues the conversation and debate on Tuesday 23 November 2021, from 4 to 5 pm (CET) with Ben Davy on Human Dignity in Planning.
We aim for a condensed and vibrant discussion starting from the article Human Dignity: Is there a place for it in planning? by Ben Davy in Transactions. Besides clarifying the reasons why the concept of human dignity should be included in the planning discourse, in his paper Davy raises two main fundamental points: 1) in order to align their plans with human dignity, planners should immerse themselves in the local communities affected by their plans; 2) planners must recognize the tension that exists between social justice and human dignity: a plan that is socially just can still be humiliating. Are these the proper recipes? Is the concept of human dignity absolute or subjective? What values and planning approaches does imply the recognition of human dignity?
You are very welcome to participate. Please consider the following:
- Prepare yourself by reading the texts in advance (the papers will be provided to participants);
- Register to the event by sending an e-mail to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (you will receive a zoom-link to participate); - Participants are invited to send in a question, idea, or comment to be raised during the colloquium via e-mail by Friday 19 November at the latest.
To secure a colloquium in which there is sufficient space for active participation, we limit the number of participants. So please register in time.
Stefano Cozzolino & Arend Jonkman
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- Category: Public Spaces and Urban Cultures
AESOP Thematic Group Public Space and Urban Culture International Conference
BETWEEN THE HOME AND THE SQUARE. bridging the boundaries of public space
22nd-23rd October 2021, Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Here the official website, the program and the book of abstract
The Research Unit for South European Cities of the School of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will host the next meeting of the AESOP Thematic Group on Public Spaces and Urban Cultures in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The meeting is entitled “Between the home and the square: bridging the boundaries of public space”. It is structured around the concept of boundaries of public space and the relation between public space and more private spheres of urban life, like the home. By taking an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach, the meeting will discuss, challenge and rethink traditional boundaries between public and private, legal and illegal, planned and unplanned, formal and informal, natural and social, digital and material, familiar and uncanny. Moreover, the meeting will reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the making and unmaking of boundaries within the public space as well as between public space and home.
The meeting is organised as a two-day event, which will be preceded by a seven-day workshop. The two-day event will combine keynote speeches, the contributions to the Call for Papers, fieldtrips and roundtables. The workshop will be an international, urban teaching, action research and design workshop that will investigate transformations of housing and public space in sites of major importance in Thessaloniki. It will provide the opportunity for participants to discuss, exchange views, and propose ideas around the topic of boundaries between public and private spaces in Thessaloniki and beyond.
Keynote Speakers:
ANASTASIA-SASA LADA, Architect, Professor Emerita, School of Architecture, AUTh
After the Pandemic: An Intersectional feminist response to reflect and reimagine our cities, our communities and everyday life
22nd October 11:00 CET+1
ISABELLE ANGUELOVSKI, Director of the Barcelona Laboratory for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability
Greening public spaces: From renaturing cities to equity-based urban nature
22nd October 16:40 CET+1
CLAUDIO DE MAGALHÃES, Professor in Urban Regeneration and Management, Head of the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Creating the public realm in the contemporary city: London and Hong Kong and the public use of public and private space
23rd October 16:30 CET+1
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- Category: Transboundary Planning and Governance
From 11th-13th September 2019, a research workshop of the MSPRN and AESOP Thematic Group on Transboundary Spaces, Policy Diffusion and Planning Cultures will take place at the University of Hamburg. The workshop will focus specifically on the challenges of spatial planning and governance at the land-sea interface.
Below you will find preliminary information on the workshop. Further details including a call for papers will be made available over the next few weeks. As the costs for this workshop are covered under a research project generously funded by the German Research Foundation, there will be no registration fees.
Workshop Title: Spatial Strategies at the Land-Sea Interface: Rethinking Maritime Spatial Planning
Description
Under the EU Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Directive, Member States are tasked with the preparation of maritime spatial plans by 2021. These plans are required to take account of land-sea interactions. Experience to date, however, indicates that MSP occupies a different institutional and policy space to land-based terrestrial spatial planning. At the same time as MSP is becoming established as a formal policy instrument applied in a coordinated manner across Europe, European spatial planning has reached an impasse, with a discernible shift away from ambitious spatial strategies over the last two decades. Furthermore, as policies and practices of integrated coastal zone management are displaced through a focus of attention on MSP, there is a risk of a ‘new coastal squeeze’ where the land and marine become institutionalised as distinct policy spaces.
This interdisciplinary workshop aims to explore and critically reflect on the capacity for MSP and spatial planning more broadly to address the challenges posed by the sustainable governance of the land-sea interface. In particular, we will focus on the spatial dimensions of MSP and spatial planning at the coast. Key topics for discussion and reflection include the capacity of MSP to work with relational connections across space and the potential to engage with place-based knowledges and multiple ways of knowing the sea.
The workshop will include a mix of keynote presentations, interactive break-out sessions and a limited number of research papers solicited through an open call for papers (to be announced shortly).
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- Category: Planning, Law and Property rights
The International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR) (see www.plpr-association.org ) will celebrate its 16th annual conference 7th – 11th February 2022 in Ghent, Belgium).
CALL FOR PAPERS
Call for abstracts (up to 300 words) is already open and ends on 15th October 2021 - https://arch.kuleuven.be/plpr-2022
PLPR invites all papers addressing topics at the intersection of planning, law, and property rights for presentation to colleagues.
PHD WORKSHOP
The seventh PLPR full-day PhD workshop will take place on Monday, 7 February 2022 from 9 AM to 5 PM. The workshop aims at PhD students at any stage, whose research is relevant to the intersection of planning, law and property rights.
The conference encourages applications from students in planning, law, economics, real estate, geography, political science, public policy or related fields.
Find out more information here: https://arch.kuleuven.be/plpr-2022
PLPR looks forward to welcoming you to Ghent soon!
- AESOP TG ETHICS, VALUES & PLANNING - Colloquium 5: Overcoming the false dichotomy between procedural and distributive justice, October 13th from 5 to 6pm (CET), with Ali Madanipour, Sabine Weck and Peter Schmitt
- Welcome to the New Thematic Group Planning Theories
- Call for submission: Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference (Oct 11-15, 2021)
- New Publication: Beyond the post political: Exploring the critical spaces between consensus and conflict in planning
