Welcome to the Spaces and Flows: Third International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. The conference will be held at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA from 11-12 October 2012.

This conference aims to critically engage the contemporary and ongoing spatial, social, ideological, and political transformations in a transnational, global, and neoliberal world. In a process-oriented world of flows and movement, we posit, the global north and global south now simultaneously converge and diverse in a dialectic that shapes and transforms cities, suburbs, and rural areas. This conference addresses the mapping of, the nature of, and the forces that propel these processural changes. Our 2012 conference will also address the Special Theme – Transforming Cities and Communities in Contemporary Times.

We invite prospective participants to submit a presentation proposal for one of the following parallel session options: a 30-minute paper; a 60-minute workshop; a jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session; or a virtual session. We also encourage innovative presentation formats, such as roundtables, staged dialogues, screenings and performances. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream forms a talking circle, an informal forum for focused discussion of issues and conference themes.

Participants may choose to submit written papers before or after the conference for possible publication in the peer reviewed Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. Virtual participants also have the option to submit papers for consideration by the journal. All registered conference participants receive a complimentary online subscription to the journal when registration is finalized. This subscription is valid until one year after the conference end-date.

Background

Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies

The Inaugural Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies was held at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA in 2010. The Second Spaces and Flows Conference was held at Monash University Prato Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy in 2011.

The Spaces and Flows: An International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies is a presenter’s conference, comprised of numerous parallel sessions.The Conference organizing committee is inviting proposals to present 30-minute papers, or 60-minute workshops or 90-minute colloquium sessions. These may be:

- Academic or research papers, or
- Presentations describing educational initiatives.

Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies

All registered participants (including virtual participants) have the option to submit papers to Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies. Papers submitted for publication will be fully refereed through a peer review process. The publication decision is based on the referees’ reports.

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