[COMM-ORG] Call for Papers: Toward a Just Metropolis

[Discussion list for COMM-ORG]

From: Josh Lerner <joshalerner at gmail.com>


Planners Network and several other community-based planning organizations
are organizing a big joint conference in June in the Bay Area:

 Toward a Just Metropolis: From Crises to Possibilities
June 16-20, 2010 Conference - San Francisco Bay Area
Sponsored by: Planners Network <http://plannersnetwork.org/> (PN), Young
Planners Network <http://sites.google.com/a/youngplannersnetwork.org/www/>
 (YPN), Architects/Designers/Planners for Social
Responsibility<http://adpsr.org/>
(ADPSR), New Village Press <http://www.newvillagepress.net/>, Association
for Community Design <http://adpsr.org/> (ACD), The Center for the Living
City <http://centerforthelivingcity.org/>

*www.justmetropolis.org*

 Call for Proposals - Deadline March 1, 2010 Presentations, Posters and
Workshops

As cities and towns around the world grapple with the impacts of multiple
and concurrent crises, progressive planners, urbanists, activists, and
citizens face the challenge of transforming crises into opportunities to
advance profound changes in the way we plan, build, design, live in, and
govern our cities.

We invite *submissions* addressing, but not limited to, the following
questions: How are today's crises impacting cities and transforming
contemporary debates about justice? What possible futures emerge as cities
and local communities respond to rapid economic, political, demographic, an=
d
environmental change? What is a just distribution of local, national, and
global responsibilities? What possibilities and/or responsibilities will
move us toward a more just metropolis? How do we collaborate to achieve
change towards social justice, equity, better living conditions, and the
right to the metropolis? What innovative ideas can crises prompt in the
quest for a just and inclusive metropolis? And how do we get there?

Submission could be in the form of *workshops, panel discussions,
paper/project presentations, and posters*. We encourage the grouping of
papers in pre-organized sessions but reserve the right to realign papers
once proposals have been accepted. The conference will feature a special
reception for posters, during which authors will display and discuss their
work one-on-one. We encourage collaboration across disciplines and
communities.

*DEADLINE: All submissions are due by March 1, 2010*

Applicants will be notified within a month of submission. Our review
committee will begin work as soon as proposals are submitted, so interested
participants are encouraged to submit proposals before the deadline. *All
participants in sessions - including local panelists - are required to
register for the conference.*

*SESSION TYPES*: We have identified four types of sessions, which are
described below. If you have an idea for a different format, i.e. a film or
art session, you will have the option to choose "other" on the abstract
submission form.

*Paper/Project Presentations* =96 These sessions are designed for people to
present their research, projects, ideas, accomplishments and failures.
*Individual
presentations should be limited to 15 minutes.* Qualifying presentations
will be grouped together based on subject, geography or other thematic
considerations.  Paper/project sessions will be between 1 and 1.5 hours, an=
d
all authors should be present for the full duration of their session, to
allow for audience Q&A.

*Panels* =96 Panels may be a collection of individual papers and projects o=
r a
panel facilitated by a moderator.  Priority will be given to panels that
reflect diversity of opinions, backgrounds and geography.  Panels must have
a minimum of three and a maximum of five panelists.  The panel organizer
must submit ONE abstract on behalf of the entire panel.  The abstract shoul=
d
include the title, purpose, and the names of the panelists and the
moderator. Qualifying panel discussions will be between 1 and 1.5 hours and
should leave room for Q&A. If you would like us to help identify an outside
moderator/discussant, please indicate so in your submission.

*Participatory Workshops* =96 The goal of a participatory workshop is the
involvement of ALL workshop participants in a discussion or other exercise
designed to learn, communicate, debate, etc.  Workshops can be led by a
single person, although workshops led by a diverse range of people will
receive priority.  =93Presenting=94 by the workshop leader/s should be limi=
ted.
 Workshop proposals should include the title and purpose of the workshop,
the names of all presenters/leaders, and should indicate how leaders intend
to involve others in the workshop.  Workshops will be between 1 and 1.5
hours and will take place in classroom-sized rooms, unless special
arrangements are made.  Please indicate if the workshop will require any
special arrangements for space, scheduling, etc. *  *

Posters - Posters emphasize the visual communication of ideas and are an
excellent way to present one's research, designs or project outside of a
formal session.  The conference will feature a special reception* *for
posters, during which authors will present and discuss their work
one-on-one, and the posters will be on display in the main conference site
during the classroom sessions on Friday June 18th and Saturday June 19th.
Poster abstracts should include the title, purpose, names of all
authors/presenters and preliminary description or design of the poster.

*Other* =96 We enthusiastically invite the submission of proposals for othe=
r
presentation formats, such as film, installations, project exhibitions,
student work, etc.  Abstracts in this category must include the title,
purpose, names of presenters/authors, description of the work to be
presented, and any required special arrangements (space, scheduling, etc.).


*SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS*

Presenters/authors must first submit an abstract-length proposal of
approximately 250-400 words. Proposals must also include:

   - Title
   - Purpose
   - Key words (minimum of 1, maximum of 5)
   - Abstract (250-400 words)
   - Name(s) of all authors, presenters, panelists, workshop leaders, etc.
   - Name(s) of suggested discussant(s), for pre-organized sessions and
   panels only
   - Special arrangements (space requirements, scheduling, etc.)

To submit an abstract, clink on the link below, which will take you to an
offsite abstract submission system which we are using to manage submissions=
.
*Abstract* *Submission Page* <http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/PN2010>

Please direct any questions about proposal submissions to Kate Ervin
(HunterMUP at gmail.com). We look forward to having you participate in the
Just Metropolis!