When: |
11 May through 11 May 2019 | |
CFP Deadline: |
01 |
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Where: |
London, United Kingdom | |
Website URL: |
http://urbanstudies.lcir.co.uk/ | |
Sponsoring organization: |
London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research | |
Categories: |
Social Sciences - Other |
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Event description:
Organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Sydney, Shanghai, Dubai are leading global hubs of finance and commerce, research and development, education and media, art and culture, entertainment and tourism. They consist of an intriguing and yet irresistible mixture of past and present, history and commercialism, monuments and leisure culture. Contrasts and paradoxes present these megacities as exceptional phenomena of artificiality and naturalness, livelihood and unpredictability, whose horizontal and vertical mobility has imposed an unmistakable tempo upon the course of the world and has shaped particular physical and mental geographies.
The conference will explore the singular nature of the symbols that represent the world’s cosmopolitan metropoles. It will also focus on the fascination exerted by these large urban areas and their complex character as unrivalled sites of self-confidence and asserti...
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