Porto, Portugal | Faculdade de Letras – Universidade do Porto
October 11-13, 2017
The Philosophy of the City Research Group is a global community of scholars who are dedicated to understanding the city and urban issues. We invite you to join us for our fifth year meeting. For this conference, zeroing in on the research strands below remains paramount, but we welcome all relevant submissions.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Magali Bessone – Université de Rennes
Ronald R. Sundstrom – University of San Francisco
Submissions
For individual submissions, provide abstracts of 200-300 words. For panels of 3-4, each abstract should be 150-200 words. Send submissions (prepared for anonymous review) and questions to philcityresearchgroup@gmail.com<mailto:philcityresearchgroup@gmail.com>
Deadline: June 1, 2017
Research Strands:
> Urban Futures and Human Flourishing
> Democracy and Infrastructure
> Urban Justice: Housing, Education, Criminal & Environmental Justice
> Public Space and the Common Good
> Philosophy of (and in) Urban Planning
> Public Space in Technological Contexts
> The City in the History of Philosophy
> Urban Agriculture
> City Identity
> Art and Public Space
> Migrations and Cities
> Cities and Resistance
webpage: http://ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/philosophy-of-the-city-2017