[ecrea] The Mediated City Conference - Call for Papers

Below is information on a multidisciplinary conference event. The aim is 
to bring people from diverse backgrounds together around the issue of 
“the city”.



Please pass on the call and get in touch with any queries. In addition 
to standard papers we are asking for proposals for a range of 
activities: workshops, panel discussions, book launches etc. So feel 
free to propose something of interest.



http://architecturemps.com



THE MEDIATED CITY



– two multidisciplinary conferences examining “the city”…… a virtual, 
filmic, social, political and physical construct.



CONFERENCE 1.

Place: London

Dates: 01-03 April 2014

Host: Ravensbourne (University)



CONFERENCE 2.

Place: Los Angeles

Dates: October 2014 (TBD)

Host: Woodbury University



Outline:



The nature of the city is a contested concept. For architects it is 
generally a question of bricks and mortar - a physical entity. For human 
geographers it is a place of human interaction and engagement. For 
filmmakers it is a site for action and futuristic nightmare. For 
animators and computer programmers it becomes a virtual world - a second 
life, a SIMulated city. For sociologists, it is a defining aspect of 
cultural identity. For political activists and theorists, it is a place 
to ‘occupy’ and the site of the polis.



THE MEDIATED CITY conference offers a platform for multiple and diverse 
examinations of the city. It aims to bring people together from diverse 
backgrounds and fragment, multiply and reconfigure our readings of the 
city; to offer multiple and conflicting discipline perspectives. The 
intention is to share views of the city as physical entity, online 
community, film set, photographic backdrop, geographical map, 
sociological case study, political metaphor, digital or video game etc…. 
– to examine it as a mediated and shared phenomenon.



Key dates – Conference 1 – London



15 September 2013. Deadline for abstracts / initial proposals



15 January 2014. Deadline for full papers / detailed proposals



01 April 2014. Conference –1



For full details visit: http://architecturemps.com


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