[ecrea] Creative Suburbia: Cultural Research and Suburban Geographies Symposium l 29-30 September, 2010

>Creative Suburbia: Cultural Research and 
>Suburban Geographies Symposium l 29-30 September, 2010
>To be held at Queensland University of 
>Technology, Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane
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>In many parts of the world, we are seeing the 
>rise of suburban nations. While much attention 
>has been given to "creative cities" strategies 
>that emphasise inner-urban areas, in countries 
>such as Australia, the United States and Canada, 
>it is the case that the majority of the 
>population lives and works in major cities. The 
>suburbs are increasingly complex demographic, 
>social, economic and cultural sites and this 
>symposium aims to contribute to public policy 
>debates, and to foster new research connections 
>around the broad and important area of suburban 
>studies, as sites for innovative and applied 
>cultural research. The Creative Suburbia 
>Symposium will bring together researchers from 
>cultural studies, communication and media 
>studies, cultural geography, urban planning and 
>cultural policy. It provides a space in which to 
>share research and perspectives while exploring 
>issues around understandings of suburbia and suburban life.
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>
>Keynote Speakers
>Rob Shields, Henry Marshall Tory Research Chair 
>and Professor of Sociology/Art and Design, 
>University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta Canada, 
>and Founding Editor of Space and Culture;
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>Louise Johnson, Associate Professor of Human 
>Geography, School of History, Heritage and 
>Society, Deakin University, and author of 
>Cultural Capitals: Revaluing The Arts, Remaking Urban Spaces (Ashgate, 2009).
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>Symposium Themes
>New suburbanisation: how suburbs have been 
>changing since the 1990s, with the rise of 
>Master Planned Communities, enhanced access to 
>mortgages and consumer credit, and perceptins of 
>the suburbs as the electoral battleground of Australian politics?;
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>Cosmopolitan suburbs: the relationship between 
>patterns of migration and suburban development, 
>and the increasingly multicultural nature of Australian suburbs?;
>Cultural and creative spaces: how do those 
>working in the cultural and creative industries 
>operate in suburban locations, and what 
>implications may this have for urban policy and cultural policy?;
>Suburban practices and representations: are 
>there changes in how Australian suburbs are 
>represented in popular media and elsewhere, and 
>what is the significance of new suburban social 
>movements such as green citizenship?;
>Creative workforce: where are creative 
>industries workers located, and how does 
>networking occur outside of the fabled 
>inner-urban milieux of bars, cafes and nightclubs?;
>Chinese cities in transition: are these 
>developments of relevance to the most populous 
>nation on Earth  the fast growing and rapidly 
>urbanising Peoples Republic of China?;
>Trends and issues in suburban demographics: what 
>do we know about the relationship between where 
>people live and work, and are there moves away 
>from clustering, both in the creative industries 
>and the economy more generally.
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>Other Guest Speakers
>    * Fiona Allon (Department of Gender and 
> Cultural Studies, University of Sydney)
>    * Andy Bennett (Griffith Centre for Cultural 
> Research, Griffith University)
>    * Chris Brennan-Horley (University of Wollongong)
>    * Christy Collis (Creative Industries Faculty, QUT)
>    * Stuart Cunningham (ARC Centre of 
> Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation)
>    * Anna Daniel (Monash University)
>    * Alan Davies (Pollard Davies Pty Ltd).
>    * Emma Felton (Creative Industries Faculty, QUT)
>    * Terry Flew (Creative Industries Faculty, 
> QUT, and ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation)
>    * Chris Gibson (Australian Centre for 
> Cultural Environmental Research, University of Wollongong)
>    * Mark Gibson (National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University)
>    * Angela Lin Huang (Creative Industries Faculty, QUT)
>    * Tania Lewis (School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University)
>    * Alan McKee (Creative Industries Faculty, QUT)
>    * Justin OConnor (Creative Industries Faculty, QUT)
>    * Aneta Podkalicka (Swinburne University of Technology)
>    * Deborah Stevenson (School of Social 
> Sciences and Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney)
>    * Geoff Woolcock (Urban Research Program, Griffith University)
>    * Wen Wen (Creative Industries Faculty, QUT)
>    * Xin Gu (Creative Industries Faculty, QUT).
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>For further information and to register for this 
>event, please go to www.creativesuburbia.com 
><<http://www.creativesuburbia.com/>http://www.creativesuburbia.com/>
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>Please feel free to circulate this to interested 
>colleagues and if you have any questions about 
>the Symposium, please email me at 
><(suburbia /at/ qut.edu.htm)>(suburbia /at/ qut.edu.au) 
><https://outlook.qut.edu.au/OWA/(suburbia /at/ qut.edu.au)>
>
>I hope that you can join us, and look forward to seeing you there!
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>Kind regards,
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>Nicki Hunt
>Event Coordinator/Research Assistant (Creative Suburbia)
>Creative Industries Faculty I Queensland University of Technology
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