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Vienna Technical University
Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien
EXTENDED DEADLINE - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
Symposium and PhD workshopDialectics between urban imaginaries and urban materialities
22 January 25 January 2013 at Vienna University of Technology
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR) at
Vienna University of Technology and the City of Vienna Visiting Professor Prof.
D.Phil. Maria Kaika (University of Manchester) host a public symposium aimed at
researchers and practitioners in the field of urban theory, urban intervention, social/
spatial practices, political ecology, urban cultures and public space.
The symposium concludes SKuORs annual teaching and research theme Urbanculture, public space and resources. Aesthetics and materiality, which has
approached materialities and the changing aesthetics of space as a facet and the
outcome of the social production of space. By undertaking an interdisciplinary
approach, the team, assembling various disciplinary backgrounds, has been
researching how institutional arrangements (interplay of the civil society, state and
markets), political, economic and social processes, as well as discourses manifest in
a citys space. Keynote speakers from both the field of urban theory and urban
practice will contribute to a debate on the dialectics between urban imaginaries and
urban material cities.
Up to 10 PhD students, who will be selected for the course on the basis of submis-
sion of their abstracts, will have the opportunity to:
1) present their research and receive feedback on their work from the
keynote speakers the visiting professor, the SKuOR team, urban
practitioners, and other participants. The presentation will be in the form of
a 15-minute PowerPoint talk, followed by discussion,
2) participate in an interactive PhD workshop, coordinated by Prof. Maria
Kaika. This will provide inputs on research skills and academic publishing,
Department of Spatial Development,
Infrastructure & Environmental
Planning
Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban
Culture and Public Space
[E280.A1 SKuOR]
Karlsgasse 13, 1040 Wien
Tel.: (+43-1) 58801-280021
Fax: (+43-1) 58801-9-280021
info@skuor.tuwien.ac.at
http://skuor.tuwien.ac.at
Vienna, November 21 2012
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as well as an environment for engaging in a peer-to-peer discussion on theparticipants research.
Participation in the symposium and the PhD workshop will be credited with a
certificate of participation.
HOW TO SUMBIT AN APPLICATION
Submissions are encouraged from all disciplines and research perspectives.
Extended Deadline to submit your application is 5 December 2012.
Submit to info@skuor.tuwien.ac.at
WHAT TO SUBMITAn abstract of your Masters Thesis of a maximum of 500 words following this
structure:
1. Research question(s)
2. Contribution to the field (state of research and the frame of the analysis)
3. Methodology
4. Case study
5. Bibliography (not counted into the word limit)
Notification of acceptance by 7 December 2012. The accepted applicants will be
asked to submit a full paper of a maximum of 2500 words by 7 January 2013.
Department of Spatial Development, Infrastructure & Environmental Planning
Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR)
mailto:info@skuor.tuwien.ac.atmailto:info@skuor.tuwien.ac.at
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