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[ecrea] CFP RGS-IBG 2014 Utopia and the City: imagining futures through a co-production of thought and practice

Wed Jan 22 01:25:15 GMT 2014




Utopia and the City: imagining futures through a co-production of thought and practice

Sponsored by HPGRG


Dr Matthew Collins (University of Sheffield)


How can we break down barriers between academia and the wider civic sphere, in order to forge a collaborative series of utopian visions and hopes for the future? This session has two sections: a series of papers that reflect upon the thought and practice of co-production; and a roundtable discussion between academics and artists that will explore issues of co-production between them, and how such an approach might help to invigorate the urban civic realm. The session will have a strongly urban focus, including contemporary and historical content. Papers are sought from anyone engaged in – or reflecting on – the process of co-producing knowledge with communities, artists, activists or any other civic actors in cities.


Papers should speak to one or more of the following themes:

·         The theory and concepts underlying co-production

· The practice of co-production of knowledge in cities (for example, with the aim of reimagining urban life or bringing to light its injustices)

· The effects of co-producing knowledge on the co-producers’ ways of thinking about civic society and utopia

· The potentials of co-producing arts, art-related knowledge and arts practices for urban societies

· The co-production of knowledge about urban materialities and architectural forms with those who live through/within them

· What a co-produced utopian city would look like and how it would work

· The importance of hope, and its co-production, in times of austerity and inequality


The roundtable will involve participants from the project ‘Imagine: connecting communities through research”, including artists and academics from its Sheffield-based strands (http://www.imaginecommunity.org.uk/project3), as well as an external discussant. Roundtable participants will be invited to reflect on their experiences and conceptualisations of co-production, and their visions of minor or major utopian urbanisms. The debate will speak back to the papers from the first session as well as looking forward to future questions.


Please send a 250-word abstract and your contact details to (matthew.collins /at/ northampton.ac.uk) by 7th February 2014.

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