[ecrea] Peripheral Visions: Suburbs, Representation and Innovation - Conference 17-18 June

The Centre for Suburban Studies is pleased to announce a forthcoming conference which will take place at Kingston University London on 17-18 June entitled Peripheral Visions: Suburbs, Representation and Innovation. It will be the largest conference ever held in the UK to explore suburban representation, bringing together scholars from over thirty-five institutions from around the world to discuss suburban contexts spanning six continents.

Plenary speakers include:
Prof. Rob Shields (University of Alberta)
Dr Jo Gill (University of Exeter)
Prof. Carrie Tarr (Kingston University)

Topics under discussion include:
• Transnational peripheries
• Suburbs and ordinariness
• Gender and sexuality in suburban fictions
• Suburbs and nostalgia
• Suburban communities and cultural practice
• Architecture, planning and power
• Suburban garden spaces
• Ethnicity and nationhood at the periphery
• Art and design as cultural intervention

There will also be exhibits of delegates’ film, photography and design work.

The conference is open to the public, though a registration fee is payable in advance. For further information and for online registration, please see the conference webpage:http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/activities/item.php?updatenum=1463.

Best wishes,
Martin Dines
Centre for Suburban Studies
Kingston University London



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