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THEMATIC GROUPS

Call for abstract - AESOP Annual Congress - Track 16: Networks and data

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Parent Category: THEMATIC GROUPS
Category: New Technologies & Planning
Published: 17 December 2023

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS -  36th AESOP Annual Congress 2024 Paris, July 8-12 2024
GAME CHANGER? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions

All TG NTP Members and other Colleagues interested in the subject of New Technologies and Planning are cordially invited to submit a contribution to Track 16 NETWORKS AND DATA: Planning and socio-technical systems, digital methods and technologies

Please visit the AESOP 2024 PARIS CONGRESS website for more information!

To submit your abstract please click here: https://aesop-planning.eu/paris-for-authors

24 November 2023 - Open call for abstracts
08 January 2024 - Deadline for abstracts EXTENDED until 31 January 2024!

Video recording of the session on TheoriSE: debating south-eastern turn in planning theories, co-organised with DPU, UCL

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Parent Category: THEMATIC GROUPS
Category: Global South & East
Published: 03 December 2023

Please find the link below to the session on TheoriSE: debating south-eastern turn in planning theories co-organised by Global South and East and DPU, UCL. 

 

AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference 2024 - Brussels and Ghent

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Parent Category: THEMATIC GROUPS
Category: Sustainable Food Planning
Published: 26 November 2023

We are happy to announce the forthcoming XI AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference “Building Movement, Achieving Transformation”. The conference will be held in Brussels and Ghent (Belgium), from the 19th to 22th of June 2024.

The XI AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Conference asks how sustainable food planning can become more embedded into socially innovative and transformative movements. How can we strategically support the multiple communities imagining alternative futures? How can we mobilize around the sustainable transformation of food systems? How can we start from the farmers’ perspectives in that endeavour? What can design contribute?

 Proposals for either papers or special sessions are welcome on the following key thematic axes:

  1. Spatial planning, soil and the land question
  2. A food system lens on architecture, urban planning and design
  3. Innovative governance and policy frameworks
  4. Socio-ecologically just food systems
  5. The challenge of movement building 

The deadline for abstract submission is the 15th of January 2024.

JOIN US AND SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE  (http://bit.ly/Aesopsfp2024) 

For any questions, email us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

On behalf of the AESOP SFP organizing team, Prof. Michiel Dehaene, University of Ghent
Prof. Elke Vanempten, ILVO-Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food & VUB-Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research
Dr. Alessandra Manganelli, HafenCity University, Hamburg

https://aesopsfp.wordpress.com/conference2024/AESOP_SFP_24_call_for_papers.pdf

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Conference of the AESOP Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures “Public space and peace building: from degenerative to regenerative environments”

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Parent Category: THEMATIC GROUPS
Category: Public Spaces and Urban Cultures
Published: 27 October 2023

Conference of the AESOP Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures

“Public space and peace building: from degenerative to regenerative environments”

28-30 January 2024, Pretoria, South Africa

Hosted by the University of Pretoria, Department of Town and Regional Planning

The conference is part of the series of events to the working theme 2022-2024 of the AESOP Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures (TG PSUC; https://aesop-planning.eu/resources/news-archive/thematicgroups/public-spaces-and-urban-cultures) titled PUBLIC SPACES, URBAN CULTURES AND CONSTRUCTING PEACE (https://aesop-planning.eu/resources/news-archive/thematic-groups/public-spacesand-urban-cultures/aesop-tg-psuc-representatives-of-forthcoming-events-2021-2023).

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Introduction

Conflict, crime and contestation are major concerns in many public spaces and influence the experiences and perceptions of users in many ways. Although not restricted too, is particularly prevalent in the Global South, including South Africa. Peace-building is an ongoing process that requires constant negotiation and improvement of what is present. Former president of South-Africa, Nelson Mandela said “Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, class, cast or any other social markers of difference”. This implies a context where there is the potential for transformation and regeneration through collaboration, participation and cooperation.  Regenerative sustainability argues for a paradigm change to an ecological or “living systems” worldview, considering entire socio-ecological systems across many scales and the influences of these on each other. For example, the dynamics present in a public space can be influence by the social-ecological context of the immediate environment surrounding it and the broader city in which it is situated. Embracing a socio- ecological worldview and considering the city and its spaces as socio-ecological systems, requires and understanding of multiple dimensions - environmental, technical, phycological and spiritual to envision humans as part of interconnected living systems. This will assist to reconceptualise the construction of peace in public spaces to facilitate a process towards more regenerative environments.

Theme

This conference aims to explore the construction of peace in various types of public spaces. This means moving beyond short-term peace construction or peace-making and -keeping, to longer-term efforts that would focus on peace-building. This is critical in spaces of conflict and violence that are not only limited to the Global South, but also growing in the Global North. The intention is to interrogate relationship between safe and unsafe spaces from a transdisciplinary perspective with the aim of moving from degenerative to regenerative environments. This means moving between theory and practice and involving participants from academia, private sector and communities to share thoughts and experiences to re-imagine the construction of peace in public spaces through and towards regenerative sustainability.

Given this the conference will focus on three sub-themes:

  • Peace construction in public space through peace-making, -keeping and -building
  • Constructing peace in the commons through transdisciplinary research and actions
  • Tapping into the local potential to enable peace-building through regenerative sustainability

Abstract submission

Deadline for abstract submission: Monday, 27 November 2023

Decision on abstracts: Monday, 8 December 2023

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words outlining its relation to the theme or sub-themes, conceptual ideas and methods and a short biography (up to 100) with contact details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Selected contributions may be invited for a special edition of an international journal or other type of publication.

Preliminary programme

Day 1: Afternoon drive around Pretoria, visiting three public spaces in various parts of the city

Day 2: Transdisciplinary workshop involving members form academia, built environment professionals, community organisations and members of the local municipality to discuss the re-imagination of peace construction in public spaces and the role of regenerative sustainability.

Day 3: Coreference on public space and peace-building with keynote lecture and the presentation of various academic papers.

Fees

Participation is free of charge; however, travel and accommodation arrangements need to be covered by the participants.

Organisation Team

Local Organisers: Karina Landman and Kundadi Makakavhule

TG PSUG Representatives: Ceren Sezer (Germany) and Matej Nikšič (Slovenia)

Contacts

Karina Landman – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kundani Makakavhule - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ceren Sezer - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Matej Nikšič - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Related links

AESOP TG PSUC: https://aesop-planning.eu/thematic-groups/public-spaces-and-urban-cultures

AESOP TG PSUC 2022-2024 working theme: https://aesop-planning.eu/tg-news/public-spaces-and-urban-cultures/call-for-expressions-of-interest-to-host-the-thematic-group-s-meetings-2022-2024

Online session on Theorise: Debating south-eastern turn in urban theories

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Parent Category: THEMATIC GROUPS
Category: Global South & East
Published: 16 October 2023
Please find the link below to register for our online session on 29th November at 4.30 pm UK time on the book Theorise: Debating south-eastern turn in urban theories. The session is co-organised by Catalina Ortiz from DPU, UCL. Hence, the registration system is different this time. Please book your place.
 
 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/events/2023/nov/theorise-debating-southeastern-turn-urban-theories-0 
 
Best regards
Chandrima
 
  1. Call for papers: "Regions in evolution. Transitions, renewal and emerging forms of regionalisation" (BELGEO)
  2. Decolonisation of Planning Praxis in Africa
  3. Follow up TG “Transboundary planning and governance” meeting and AESOP Congress
  4. GOING PUBLIC: Framing events as a tool for inquiry in public space research - UPDATE

Subcategories

Planning and Complexity Article Count:  28

New Technologies & Planning Article Count:  7

Planning, Law and Property rights Article Count:  9

Transboundary Planning and Governance Article Count:  12

Transportation planning and policy Article Count:  8

Ethics, Values and Planning Article Count:  21

Resilience and Risks Mitigation Strategies Article Count:  12

French and British planning studies Article Count:  1

Sustainable Food Planning Article Count:  8

Public Spaces and Urban Cultures Article Count:  97

Planning/Conflict Article Count:  14

Urban Futures Article Count:  3

Urban Transformation in Europe and China Article Count:  2

Regional Design Article Count:  5

Nordic Planning Article Count:  2

Planning Theories Article Count:  12

Global South & East Article Count:  9

Rural Planning Article Count:  3

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