From tmartika at abo.fi  Wed Apr  2 17:04:31 2008
From: tmartika at abo.fi (Tuomas Martikainen)
Date: Sat Apr  5 00:18:32 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Question, neoliberalism and collective identities
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Dear all,

I am approaching you in a question where Google and rest of the usual 
problem solving mechnisms did not work (for me, anyway).

Our neoliberal times are often associated with highly individualised and 
consumerist identities. However, it seems to me that there are also 
social mechanisms that produce collective ethnic / religious identities 
that appear but may not in the end be that much different of consumerist 
identities. I suppose that these are somehow related to governance of 
ethnic/minority/religious communities and maybe media. I am especially 
trying to understand changes in collective identities among minority 
religious communities in Europe (including Muslim communities).

All help will be of value!

Tuomas Martikainen
-- 
Tuomas Martikainen, tuomas.martikainen@abo.fi
PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland,
?bo Akademi University,
Dept. of Comparative Religion
Fabriksgatan 2, 20500 ?bo, Finland
Tph +358-(0)2-215 3270 / +358-(0)40-592 4202
http://www.diaspora.fi/martikainen.html


From d-slater at sophia.ac.jp  Thu Apr  3 11:16:28 2008
From: d-slater at sophia.ac.jp (David Slater)
Date: Sat Apr  5 00:23:20 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Digital Youth Workshop, Call for Papers
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The Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at
Temple University, Japan Campus
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/icjs

Call for papers
DIGITAL YOUTH IN EAST ASIA
www.tuj.ac.jp/digitalyouth

 A workshop exploring how young people are using new forms of mobile
technology to transform personal identity, social connection and
productive activity

 DATES:  June 21st and 22nd
VENUE:  Temple University, Japan Campus, Mita Hall, Tokyo
ORGANIZERS: Anne Allison (Department of Anthropology, Duke University)
Mizukoshi Shin (Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Tokyo
University)
David Slater (Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University)
HOST: Kyle Cleveland (Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies,
Temple University, Japan Campus)

CALL FOR PAPERS: YOUTH ON YOUTH
This call for papers is to younger scholars, from undergraduates,
graduate students and post-docs, to make short presentations on
related research that is on-going or recently completed. The format
will be "pecha-kucha," a concise, very visual and exciting format that
will allow us to include a wider diversity of voices. (For more on the
format: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/)

 PROPOSALS: In less than 150 words, tell us what you would like to
present, why it is interesting and how it fits with our theme (as
outlined in the abstract below). Also, include a short cv.

 DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL: May 1st 2008

 CONTACT: David Slater (d-slater@sophia.ac.jp)

 ABSTRACT:
Today, many of the institutions that once contributed stability and
meaning to childhood, adolescence and young people's entrance into
society?family, school and work?are transforming in uncertain ways. At
the same time, young people are the most imaginative and productive
group in employing new technologies to recreate social connection and
personal identity. They are networking outside of the older
institutional and face-to-face contexts in ways that are changing our
understanding of youth culture, and transforming the practice of
social relations, knowledge and qualifications, and value, capital and
person. Being connected, every day, all the time, is for many young
people a precondition of social participation, cultural citizenship,
and economic productivity. The results of these patterns of
connectivity are new forms of subjectivity and sociality, and greater
patterns of mobility and opportunity, but also new forms of control
and commodification. The young are being confronted with new
mechanisms of social control and market integration that entail as
much anxiety, coercion and compromise as autonomy, freedom and agency.

 This workshop attempts to situate contemporary Asia within the larger
patterns of digital technology innovation and neoliberal social shifts
in countries around the world. While these larger dynamics are
confronting youth the world over, we believe that the local culture,
politics and economy filters and shapes the adoption of technology,
leading to quite distinctive trajectories of development. We begin
with the premise that new technologies are always mediated?by the
economic patterns into which they fit; by the political structures and
uses to which they are put; and the cultural forms that embody and
give meaning to machines.

 We will bring together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars to
develop an analysis of young people's creativity and negotiation of
subjectivity, sociality and technology, within the larger context of
economic and political shifts we are seeing today.


David H. Slater
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Sophia University, Tokyo

The Sophia server rejects emails at times. Should your mail to me get
returned, please resend to: dhslater@gmail.com. Sorry for the
inconvenience.

From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Apr  5 11:09:50 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Apr  5 10:10:12 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Colonial Heritage and Postcolonial Immigrants in Europe (EASA)
Message-ID: <003301c89726$b851d020$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Dear colleagues and friends,

May I draw your attention to the workshop, Colonial heritage and
postcolonial immigrants in European societies, that Karel Arnaut
(karel.arnaut@ugent.be) and I are convening in August of this year at
the biannual EASA conference in Ljubljana (see
http://www.easaonline.org;
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa08/panels.php5). The deadline for the
submissions of abstracts is  April 10 . Please do not hesitate to
contact us, should you have further queries.


Short Abstract

How do contemporary European societies deal with (im)material heritage
from their colonial past and with former colonial subjects and their
descendants living among them; how do the latter situate themselves in
relation to the colonial past they share with the majority


Long Abstract

Colonialism has left various traces in the public domain of the former
metropolitan centres. This workshop wants to address those, from
ethnographic museums and monuments, which serve as sharp reminders of a
now largely contested past, as those, like food and words and music
which have been absorbed within mainstream society, in order to
investigate how the colonial past is discussed and dealt with in the
former colonial powers. In addition to these types of material and
immaterial culture, there is the presence of individuals who have a
connection through descent (including 'mixed' descent) with the former
colonies. Different policies and practices concerning the access of
(former) colonial subjects and mixed marriages shape(d) and influence(d)
the number and status (asylum-seeker, citizen, labour-immigrant,
refugee, student...) of these individuals and their descendants in the
former metropoles. The question arises to what extent this shared past
is thought to (have) shape(d) and influence(d) both mainstream society's
perceptions of and policies towards these individuals and the latter's
own relation to the countries in which they reside.

With all best wishes,

Bambi


Dr Bambi Ceuppens
Collectiebeheer/Gestion des Collections/Collection Management
Africa Museum
Leuvensesteenweg 13
B - 3080 Tervuren
Tel 32 2 769 5716
Fax 32 2 769 5800
bambi.ceuppens@africamuseum.be
www.africamuseum.be

From ac6684 at wayne.edu  Wed Apr  2 18:35:24 2008
From: ac6684 at wayne.edu (Elizabeth Nanas)
Date: Thu Apr 10 18:05:32 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NAPA Student Achievement Award 2008
Message-ID: <20080402173524.FVI17255@mirapointms3.wayne.edu>

NAPA STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2008 

PURPOSE:  The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology is offering the Sixth Annual Student Achievement Award to recognize student contributions in the area of practicing and applied anthropology. The Award recognizes students who have excelled in these fields and provides opportunities, particularly for students who have worked on team projects and in applied contexts, to be recognized during the AAA annual meeting and see their work published. 

AWARDS: 
(1) Three cash prizes: $300 1st Place; $100 1st Runner Up; $50 Second Runner Up 
(2) All three papers will be published in a special issue of the NAPA Bulletin series 
(3) Students will be awarded a certificate of recognition and will be acknowledged at the NAPA Business Meeting during the 2006 AAA meeting in San Jose, CA 

ELIGIBILITY: Students must be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program at the time they submit their paper. Submission must be original work of publishable quality. The work may be undertaken alone or in collaboration with others, but for papers with one or more co-authors, an enrolled student must be the paper's first author. 

REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA: Papers must be no more than 25 pages in text and footnotes, but excluding bibliography and any supporting materials. Papers should conform to author guidelines of the American Anthropologist. Papers must be a product of work relevant to practicing and applied anthropology, including, but not limited to: examinations of community impact, contributions to identifying and improving local/service needs, or communicating anthropological theory and methods to non-anthropologists in collaborative research settings including non-profit agencies, communities and business and industrial organizations. 

PAPERS WILL BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: 
|*| Clearly state the problem or issue being investigated, while also acknowledging divergent or alternative views of the problem or issue.
|*| Clearly state the practical implications of the research for addressing or understanding real-world problems, resulting in recommendations, appropriate solutions or outcomes.
|*| Be mechanically sound, including strong grammatical writing, proper formatting, and appropriate citations and bibliography. Papers should be double-spaced 12 pt. font.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCESS:  Deadline for submission is July 1, 2008. Papers must be received by this date and should be submitted by email to NAPA Student Representative, Elizabeth Nanas at: enanas@wayne.edu and copy studentrep@practicinganthropology.org. 

Information on previous winners, and their paper abstracts, are available at: http://www.practicinganthropology.org/students/?section=student_award

From janjaria at ucsc.edu  Thu Apr 10 13:20:35 2008
From: janjaria at ucsc.edu (Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria)
Date: Thu Apr 10 18:09:05 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: 'The City in South Asia'
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CFP: ?The City in South Asia: Re-thinking subcontinental urbanism?

Colin McFarlane and Jonathan Anjaria

Durham University, UK and University of California, Santa Cruz, USA


Within the new scholarship on the city in South Asia, significant  
questions relating to contemporary and historical urbanism in the  
subcontinent remain unexplored.  In part, gaps in scholarship on  
urban South Asia are due to critical attention to processes  
associated with globalization and neoliberalization at the expense of  
other, less visible, phenomena.  We believe that while it is laudable  
that studies of transnational process brought the South Asian city  
new academic prominence within and beyond the subcontinent, this has  
overshadowed attention to diverse processes, including colonial and  
postcolonial histories, national and subcontinental connections, and  
everyday urban life, that comprise the distinctiveness of cities.


We seek papers for an edited volume with a major international  
publisher on the city in South Asia in comparative perspective.  To  
date, South Asian urban studies privilege a handful of cities, and  
one country?which overlooks the great diversity, as well as  
commonalities, of urban experiences spanning the region.  Thus, in  
addition to papers on New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, we welcome  
papers on lesser studied cities such as Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad,  
Kathmandu and Dhaka. We believe that a fresh look at contemporary  
changes in cities in South Asia requires careful consideration of the  
specificity of the city, as well as a comparative perspective.  In  
this way, we approach comparison not simply as a method, but as a  
mode of thought that can reshape the nature of urban theory.


Conceptually, we are interested in papers that suggest new ways of  
thinking about the city in South Asia, move away from blanket terms  
such as neoliberalism and globalization to explain processes of urban  
reconfiguration, and/or critically investigate the novelty of  
contemporary urban phenomena.  For instance, we are interested in  
contemporary and historical studies of street life, ?encroachment?,  
conflicts over infrastructural development, the politics of mobility,  
the interwoven nature of ?state? and ?society?, the uneven movement  
of capital, and projects to create modern or bourgeois urban space.  
We are also interested in papers on contestations over sanitation,  
water, work, and housing, as well as explorations of cross-border  
urban connections.


We welcome contributions from a variety of fields, including  
anthropology, geography, sociology, urban studies, and history. While  
the concerns of this volume suggest papers with a field-based  
ethnographic approach, we are interested in work based on historical  
and textual analysis as well.


Deadline:  One page proposals should be sent to Colin McFarlane  
(colin.mcfarlane@durham.ac.uk) and Jonathan Anjaria  
(janjaria@ucsc.edu) by June 1, 2008.


First drafts are due by December 1, 2008, and should be no longer  
that 8000 words (including notes and references). 
  
From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Apr 11 11:43:11 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Apr 11 10:44:16 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: The City of Fez in World History (Morocco)
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THE CITY OF FEZ IN WORLD HISTORY
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
DATE OF CONFERENCE : October 9-11, 2008

In commemoration of the 1200th anniversary of the founding of the city of 
Fez (www.maroc1200.org), the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at al 
Akhawayn University in Ifrane and La Fondation Esprit de F?s 
(www.espritdefes.com) are organizing an interdisciplinary conference on Fez 
in World History. The central theme of the conference is to explore the 
universal and global dimension of the city through a multidisciplinary lens 
(e.g., history, anthropology, urban geography, archaeology, comparative 
literature, etc.).

Participants to the conference will debate the following three main topics:

TOPICS OF CONFERENCE

Topic I: Fez in World History
Using data drawn from historiography, historical geography, hagiographies, 
archaeology, numismatics, and other related fields, this theme aims to use 
the perspective of world history as a way of exploring how different 
historical forces have contributed to making Fez part of an interconnected 
network both at the regional and global levels. This may include diplomacy 
and trade agreements, long-distance trade, Sufi brotherhoods, scientific and 
technological advances, contributions to the religious sciences, major 
historical figures who lived in or visited the city (e.g., Ibn Khaldun, Leo 
Africanus, Maimonides, to mention a few).

Topic II: Fez in World Literature
In this topic, participants will explore the place of Fez in world literary 
and artistic production. This includes travel narratives, fiction, 
autobiographies, popular culture (songs, lyrics, music), poetry, paintings, 
etc.

Topic III: Fez in Today's Global World
Low cost airline travel has made Fez a prized destination for a class of 
cosmopolitan consumers, especially from Western Europe (mostly France and 
the UK.). In this topic, participants will tackle current issues such as how 
global inequalities are reflected in contemporary urban life, the impact of 
tourism on the city, gentrification issues (e.g., the riad phenomenon), the 
"d?densification" and rehabilitation of the medina, Fez as a pilgrimage site 
(ziyy?rah), and the use of information and communication technologies for 
economic and human development (e.g., e-gov.).

ABSTRACTS
To participate in this conference, please send an abstract in Arabic, 
English, or French (150-300 words). Please indicate the title and the topic 
of your interest. The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is May 30th, 
2008
A selected number of high quality papers will be peer-reviewed and 
subsequently published in an edited book.

Abstract submissions should be sent to:

Dr. Mohamed Dahbi, Dean
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Al Akhawayn University
P.O.Box. 104, Avenue Hassan II
Ifrane -Morocco
Telephone : (212) 35 86 24 27
Fax : (212) 35 86 29 77
shss@aui.ma, S.Ennahid@aui.ma

All other inquiries should be sent to:

Dr. Said Ennahid
Organizing Committee, Chair

Dr. Said ENNAHID
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
Avenue Hassan II
P.O. Box 1886
53000-Ifrane-MOROCCO
Email: s.ennahid@aui.ma 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Apr 11 11:45:30 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Apr 11 10:46:42 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 ANN: Postdoctoral Fellowship on African Diaspora (Johns Hopkins)
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The Johns Hopkins University Center for Africana Studies Postdoctoral 
Fellowship
Deadline: April 21st

The Center for Africana Studies at the Johns Hopkins University in 
conjunction with the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is pleased 
to announce a one year postdoctoral fellowship in humanities and social 
science research focusing on the African Diaspora.

Scholars specializing on Africa, U.S.-based, African American topics, and 
the Black experience in other parts of the globe are encouraged to apply. 
The field of specialization is open, although priority will be given to 
applicants in History, English, History of Art, Musicology, Classics, 
Anthropology, Philosophy, Economics, Comparative Literature, History of 
Science and Technology, Near Eastern Studies, Political Science, and 
Sociology.

The fellowship is open to junior scholars who have received their Ph.D. no 
earlier than June 30th, 2004. The one-year appointment in the Center for 
Africana Studies begins on July 1, 2008 and carries a stipend of $46,000 
plus medical benefits and up to $1,500 for relocation exp enses. Depending 
upon the successful applicant's field, efforts will be made to pair the 
scholar with an appropriate senior faculty mentor affiliated with the Center 
for Africana Studies.

The fellow will pursue his/her own research, teach one undergraduate course 
in either the Fall or Spring semester in their area of specialty, give a 
public presentation, coordinate the Africana Studies Critical Thought 
Collective Reading Group, and submit a report on their activities at the end 
of the year to the Center's director.

Completed applications must include a cover letter, CV, a sample of 
scholarly writing, a project proposal, and three (3) letters of reference, 
including one from the dissertation advisor. Project proposals should 
clearly discuss the applicant's plans for the fellowship year, as well as 
his/her research. The proposal should not exceed five (5) double-spaced 
pages.

Send to Dr. Ben Vinson III, African Diaspora Postdoctoral Fellowship in 
Africana Studies, Center for Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 
3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218. All materials must be 
received by April 21st. No e-mail applications will be accepted . Women and 
minorities are urged to apply. AA/EEO.


Dr. Ben Vinson III, African Diaspora Postdoctoral Fellowship in Africana 
Studies Center for Africana Studies
Greenhouse 118
Johns Hopkins University,
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Email: bvinson2@jhu.edu 


From tmartika at abo.fi  Fri Apr 11 13:42:59 2008
From: tmartika at abo.fi (Tuomas Martikainen)
Date: Fri Apr 11 10:52:24 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Urban Diversity and Religious Traditions, NCSR conference
	2008
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Third Call for papers

URBAN DIVERSITY AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
19th Nordic Conference in Sociology of Religion

13 - 15 August, 2008
Abo Akademi Univeristy, Abo/Turku, Finland

http://www.abo.fi/ncsr2008


Paper deadline 30.4.2008


The theme of the conference is religion in a contemporary urban setting. 
How are religious traditions and practices influenced by the 
contemporary city, and what is the role of religion in the late modern 
"cityscape"? The pluralistic situation in a modern city is characterized 
by ethnic minorities, but also by various other subcultures. The role of 
media and consumption is most evident in urban settings. And in the 
centre of town, we find a cathedral. What are the strategies of the 
mainstream churches amidst the new urbanism? In short, how does religion 
fit into the contemporary city and what happens with religion in this 
environment?

The plenary speakers of the conference are Professor Linda Woodhead 
(University of Lancaster, UK), Professor R. Stephen Warner (University 
of Illinois at Chicago, USA), Professor Inger Furseth (Centre for Church 
Research, Norway) and Doctor Pasi M?enp?? (University of Helsinki, 
Finland).

Currently accepted sessions:

* Children?s negotiations on religions in diaspora and transnational space
* Local and regional secularization
* Management of religious pluralism by public institutions
* Perspectives to religion and religious education in schools
* Religion and mass media
* Religion and politics
* Religion and social problems
* Religion as entertainment and pastime
* Religion, gender and agency
* Religion, migration and diaspora
* Social capital and religion
* Welfare, Religion and Values in Europe

Organisers

Department of Comparative Religion, ?bo Akademi University
Department of Sociology, ?bo Akademi University
Department of Comparative Religion, University of Turku
Department of Sociology, University of Turku
Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History

From DrJAdkins at aol.com  Thu Apr 10 20:02:05 2008
From: DrJAdkins at aol.com (DrJAdkins@aol.com)
Date: Mon Apr 14 12:19:27 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L](no subject)
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For any who may be interested ... Apologies if you've already received this  
information through other sources.
 
Julie Adkins
Southern Methodist University
 
 
 
As has been noted by many anthropologists, nongovernmental organizations  
(NGOs) and nonprofit groups are both extremely diverse and growing in number and  
in importance. ?NGOs? and ?nonprofits? are terms that obscure more than 
they  reveal, generalizing a heterogeneous cluster of faith-based organizations,  
grassroots groups, labor unions, women?s groups, and international NGOs, etc. 
 Currently we don?t even have the mechanisms to even estimate how many 
nonprofits  or NGOs exist worldwide. But especially following shifts heralded by 
neoliberal  globalization and the ?New Policy Agenda? in the 1980s, NGOs are 
playing more  and more central roles in a host of arenas: public health, 
education,  ?development,? violence against women, literacy, advocacy, human rights, 
etc. In  addition, an increasing number of professional anthropologists work 
within  nonprofits and NGOs as consultants, research staff, volunteers, and 
even  directors. 

Given this increase in NGOs? and nonprofits? role ? and given  
anthropologists? increasing individual contributions to providing in-depth,  ethnographic 
analyses and critiques at our professional meetings and  publications - many of 
us believe it is time to organize a more formal  collaboration, raising the 
visibility and profile of NGO studies within the  discipline and our 
association; creating space for dialogue, networking,  planning conference sessions and 
publications; offering a critical assessment of  the literature; becoming a 
point of contact for new anthropologists wishing to  meet others; establishing a 
repository of how nonprofits and NGOs have been  studied by anthropologists; 
and brainstorming future directions.  

Interested people can join the NGOs/Nonprofits and Anthropology  listserv:

http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/ngos_and_anthropology.html  





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From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Apr 15 20:41:07 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Apr 15 19:42:09 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FUNDING: ICIS Visiting Scholar Applications (Emory
	University)
Message-ID: <008001c89f52$38c924a0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Emory University
The Institute for Comparative and International Studies
Call for ICIS Visiting Scholar Applications

Theme Program, 2008-11
STATES AT REGIONAL RISK

Emory University's Institute for Comparative and International Studies 
invites applications for a three-year visiting scholar position to begin 
fall, 2008.  This position emphasizes critical interdisciplinary scholarship 
and will interface with the theme "States at Regional Risk" (SARR). ICIS has 
received a major grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to develop 
a program around this theme; project details are in the attached summary. 
Targeted at recent PhDs, the position will be held at the rank of 
post-doctoral fellow or visiting assistant professor, depending on the 
background and credentials of the successful applicant. The field of 
specialization is open across the social sciences and related fields, 
including anthropology, history, political science, sociology, economics, 
development studies, women's studies, and the liberal arts. 
Interdisciplinary background and critical theory interests are welcome.

The ICIS theme program "States at Regional Risk" was undertaken to 
substantively increase understanding and awareness about practical ways of 
reducing state risk and increasing public governance and services in four 
key world regions: West Africa, Central-East Africa, South Asia, and the 
Americas. In each region, different dynamics shape the types and degrees of 
state fragility, the relation between weaker and stronger states, the impact 
of regional and international influence, and prospects for security and 
peace. The project foregrounds place-based knowledge in relation to regional 
and comparative dynamics, including how international interventions 
ameliorate or reinforce state fragility.

Along the lines of the attached SARR Executive Summary, the research of the 
SARR visiting scholar should address both analytic and practical issues of 
social fragility and regional risk within or across at least one of the 
following areas:

West Africa, including one or more of the coastal countries from Senegal to 
Cameroon
Central-East Africa, including the Great Lake Counties (the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya)
South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, 
Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka
Northern Andes, including Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, or Venezuela

A significant goal of SARR is to cultivate and expand networks of practical 
influence in states at regional risk. To this end, the SARR program will 
organize seminars, workshops, and conferences that bring together policy 
makers, practitioners, and relevant scholars for discussions that emphasize 
pragmatic outcomes. These events will be held in major cities within the 
regions of program concentration as well as at Emory University.  One of 
SARR's aims is to involve policy makers who can learn and benefit from the 
insights of experienced practitioners and the knowledge of academic experts.

Additional outcomes of SARR include mentorship and career development of 
graduate students as well as scholarly papers, edited collections, articles, 
and web pages that integrate scholarship, practical experience, and 
policy-making initiatives.

Applicants should have strong grounding in place-based knowledge within or 
across at least one of the above-mentioned countries or world areas as well 
as analytic or theoretical interest in broader comparison.  Candidates 
should be knowledgeable about and have interest in practical implications of 
research in addition to having superior academic credentials and 
accomplishments.  Practical experience with policy or development studies or 
as a consultant is a plus though not strictly necessary.  Superior teaching 
qualifications will be considered along with excellence in research.

The applicant's PhD must have been successfully defended by the date of 
application and must have been awarded no earlier than 2002 (or no earlier 
than 2000 for scholars outside the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, or 
Australia).

The visiting SARR scholar will teach one course per semester or equivalent 
and will participate actively in SARR seminars and as an integral member of 
the SARR Steering Committee.  He or she may also be instrumental in helping 
organize or orchestrate a relevant conference or workshop that takes place 
in her or his world area of expertise.

The Visiting Scholar will receive salary appropriate to her or his relevant 
background and qualifications plus Emory University benefits, research funds 
allocated in relation to the applicant's project, and an allocation of 
$2,500 for equipment.

Applicants should submit:

?   application letter that describes the candidate's research background 
and interests, including the title of the applicant's proposed SARR research 
project
?   CV
?   abstract and annotated table of contents of the applicant's doctoral 
thesis
?   1-2 paragraph statement of teaching interests
?   writing sample/s
?   supplementary statements or contextual information as desired (please 
submit these as appendices)
?   three letters of recommendation

Application materials should be e-mailed as files in standard MS-Word format 
attached to a single message with the subject line "ICIS Visiting Scholar 
Application."
References should be sent as file attachments or as message text with the 
subject line "ICIS Visiting Scholar Reference."
All materials should be e-mailed to Corina Domozick; Associate Director of 
Operations, ICIS @ cdomozi@emory.edu (phone, 404-712-9294).  Questions 
should be directed to Ms. Domozick at the contacts listed above.
Emory University is an EEO/AA employer.  Applications are encouraged from a 
wide range of scholars with diverse backgrounds.
The review of applications will begin on April 30, 2008 and will continue 
until the position is filled.
See further details about ICIS programs at http://www.icis.emory.edu. 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Apr 15 20:53:27 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Apr 15 19:54:06 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: City or Suburb: Architecture, Planning and Shopping
	Ctrs (Barnard College)
Message-ID: <019f01c89f53$e8a3ccd0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From: Janina Franco <janina.franco@gmail.com>

INVITATION TO THE UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON THE CITY

Thursday April 24, 2008

*SPACES ARE LIMITED FOR BOTH THE DINNER AND THE SEMINAR, AND 
WILL BE RESERVED ON FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS!

** NOTE CHANGE OF PLACE AND TIME--EARLIER TIME

SPEAKER: David Smiley, Barnard College, Columbia University

TALK: "City or Suburb: Architecture, Planning, and Shopping Centers, 1950"

DINNER: 6pm --$15 "Picnic supper" at the Lehman Center. RVSP REQUIRED 
and payment in cash at the Seminar.

SEMINAR TIME: 7 pm to 8:30 pm

PLACE:Lehman Center, (International Affairs Building - 420 West 118th 
Street)

CHAIR: Lisa Keller, SUNY-Purchase

Please rsvp for dinner and the talk via e-mail (jaf2126@columbia.edu).
Thank you!

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I will attend the dinner on 24 April            Yes___  No___

I will attend the seminar on 24 April         Yes___  No___

****RSVP by Monday, April 21 ****

Dinner will be at the Lehman Center at 6:00 p.m. Please pay for your 
dinner ($15) in cash to the rapporteur on the Seminar. The seminar will 
be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at The Lehman Center.  Vegetarians must 
notify us of dietary needs.  Directions to Lehman Center will be supplied 
after RSVP.

Reminder: Faculty House is now closed and will be for at least a year.

Janina Franco
Department of History
Columbia University
From jancius at ohio.edu  Thu Apr 17 13:10:17 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Thu Apr 17 12:11:59 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 FUNDING: Green Week Student Funding and Internship Opportunities
Message-ID: <00d301c8a0a5$8da814f0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

STUDENT (UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE) OPPORTUNITIES

The Brower Youth Award
Deadline: May 15
Request an application here: http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=113

Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor founder 
and legendary activist David R. Brower.  The Brower Youth Awards recognizes 
six young people in North America annually for their outstanding activism 
and achievements in the fields of environmental and environmental justice 
advocacy.  The winners of the award receive a $3,000 cash prize, a trip to 
California for the award ceremony and wilderness camping trip, and ongoing 
access to resources and opportunities to further their work at Earth Island 
Institute.

CRITERIA: The Brower Youth Awards recognize people ages 13 to 22 living in 
North America who have shown outstanding leadership on a project with 
positive environmental and social impact.   "Outstanding leadership" means 
that you played the major leadership role in creating, organizing and 
implementing your project.  We are looking for the person with the vision, 
motivation, and leadership skills that made the project work.   "Project 
impact" includes how the project benefited the environment and community in 
terms of measurable results (e.g. acres of wildlife habitat protected or 
restored, number of people engaged in social issues because of the project, 
numbers of children no longer exposed to toxins, etc.). The project should 
fall under one or more of the following categories:
1. CONSERVATION is work to eliminate or decrease our use of natural 
resources and our negative impacts on ecosystems and communities.
2. PRESERVATION is work to protect ecosystems, species, indigenous cultures 
and other irreplaceable elements of the world's natural heritage.
3. RESTORATION is work to re-establish the healthy functioning of 
ecosystems; parts of ecosystems; and human communities that manage 
ecosystems.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Apprentice Ecologist Initiative

The Apprentice Ecologist Initiative (officially recognized by the U.S. EPA) 
has engaged thousands of young people (kids, teens, and college-age youth) 
from around the world in environmental cleanup and conservation projects.
For more information: 
http://www.wildernessproject.org/volunteer_apprentice_ecologist

The goals of the Apprentice Ecologist Initiative are to:
*Elevate youth into leadership roles by engaging them in environmental 
cleanup and conservation projects
*Empower young volunteers to rebuild the environmental and social well-being 
of our communities
*Improve local living conditions for both citizens and wildlife through 
education, activism, and action

Here's how to become an Apprentice Ecologist (see project and essay tips at 
bottom of page):
Option I (Trash Cleanup-Stop Pollution)
Option II (Native Tree Planting-Stop Global Warming)
Option III (You Choose-Save the Environment)

After completing the project, Register and upload your best photo and 
accompanying essay. We will publish your photo essay and provide links to 
download/print an official Certificate of Achievement and an Apprentice 
Ecologist heat transfer (for T-shirt). A large canvas tote bag (made in the 
USA with 100% certified organic cotton) printed with our logo will be 
awarded to the authors of the 10 best essays on an annual basis (current 
award cycle is January 1 - December 31, 2008 ). A $500 educational 
scholarship will be awarded annually to the author of the top Apprentice 
Ecologist essay (This tax-free scholarship is available to any full or 
part-time student [ages 13-21]. The award covers 1) tuition and fees to 
enroll in or attend an educational institution and/or 2) fees, books, 
supplies and equipment required for your courses). If you need help or have 
questions, you can contact us any time at: mail@wildernessproject.org

*Disadvantaged and at-risk youth and groups are highly encouraged to 
participate.
**If you do not have or cannot borrow a digital camera, we will waive the 
photo requirement. Simply upload any image from your computer and note in 
your essay that the photo is not yours; we'll replace it with our logo.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The GCA Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
(for advanced undergraduate and graduate students)
Deadline: January 31
For more information: http://www.cnr.vt.edu/urbanforestry/scholarships.htm

PROVIDES financial aid to advanced undergraduate or graduate students to 
study urban forestry and related subjects. Work in this field will be far-reaching, 
as it will include the planning, management, and horticulture in urban forests and 
the effect of healthy urban forests on the environment. 

Selection of scholars is by a panel appointed by the Department of Forestry, 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Established in 2005

.. Funds one or more scholars annually at $4,000 each
.. Contact Dr. Susan D. Day, Urban Forestry
   Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech
   228 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
.. Phone: (540) 231-7264
.. E-mail: gcaurbanforestry@vt.edu
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Grant Awards in Urban Ecology
For more information: Contact Colleen Murphy-Dunning 
(colleen.murphy-dunning@yale.edu)
Deadline: March 5

Grant awards up to $5,000 are available to Yale students interested in 
conducting projects dealing with aspects of environmental science, policy or 
management in an urban context.  Projects can range from archival or 
empirical research, writing, to applied practice-related activities. 
Projects involving summer internships are also a possibility.   In the fall 
2008 term, students must take a 3 credit project course to complete their 
research/project manuscript.  Projects must be completed by December 2008. 
The award will be provided in 3 installments:  $3,000 upon acceptance of the 
proposal; $1,000 upon enrollment in the project course in September; and the 
final $1,000 upon completion of the project course, and receipt of a minimum 
10 page final report.  Proposals should include maximum 3 page narrative and 
budget.  Please direct proposals to colleen.murphy-dunning@yale.edu by March 
5th, 2008.  Successful applicants will be notified by March 24th, 2008.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Tribal Lands Environmental Science Scholarship Program
Deadline: June 15

This program's intent is to enable Native Americans to work for the 
environmental protection of tribal lands by assisting them in their pursuit 
of environmental science degrees. Full-time junior, senior, and graduate 
students majoring in an environmental discipline are eligible to compete for 
the scholarships. Students compete based on grade-point average, knowledge 
of Indian culture, commitment to environmental protection, character and 
leadership ability, level of study, and work experience.  EPA works with the 
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) to select the 
scholarship winners. Students wishing to apply should do so through AISES, 
which has chapters on many college campuses and may be contacted at 1630 
30th Street, Suite 301, Boulder, CO 80301 or by calling (303) 939-0023. 
Applications must be postmarked by June 15 of each year.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Marshall Scholarship
Deadline: October 1
For more information: http://www.marshallscholarship.org/applicationepa.html

In recognition of the global nature of environmental challenges and the need 
to pool the resources of many nations to solve environmental problems, EPA 
has joined with the UK's Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, which has 
been administering the esteemed Marshall Scholarship since 1953. Through an 
EPA Marshall Scholarship, up to three talented individuals with strong 
backgrounds in environmentally relevant sciences are selected each year to 
receive up to five years of graduate education assistance. The first two 
years are supported by the UK, through a Marshall Scholarship to a 
university in Great Britain. Successful candidates may receive up to three 
additional years of support towards a doctoral degree, either in England or 
in the US.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowships
Applications are accepted by AAAS in the fall of each year.
For more information: 
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Programs/02_Environment.shtml

Since 1981, EPA has managed the AAAS Science and Engineering Fellows Program 
in cooperation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science 
(AAAS). The fellowship program is designed to provide an opportunity to 
learn first-hand how scientific and technological information is used in 
environmental policy-making; to provide a unique public policy learning 
experience; to demonstrate the value of science, technology, and economics 
in addressing societal problems; and to make practical contributions to the 
more effective use of scientific and technical knowledge in the programs of 
the U.S. government. Fellows will work in offices throughout the EPA on 
projects of mutual interest to the Fellows and the hosting offices.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
INTERNSHIPS

Urban Forestry Mapping and Management Plans
Central Forestry/New York Tree Trust internship

City of New York/Parks & Recreation, is seeking a summer intern to assist in 
the generation of urban forestry management plans for small city parks. 
Parks & Recreation cares for approximately 2.5 million trees in the five 
boroughs of New York City. Five hundred thousand of these trees line the 
streets, with the remaining trees growing in parks.

Job Description: Use the latest Global Positioning System technology and 
aerial photography to collect data on trees in St. Nicholas Park in 
Manhattan. The data includes, but is not limited to, tree species, 
condition, canopy cover, and park use. Once data is collected, the intern 
will transfer data to office computer systems and prepare Geographic 
Information System maps. This information will be used to develop an urban 
forestry management plan in consultation with park managers and the local 
community. The job is perfect for a student seeking a summer project that 
might extend into an independent study class for the following semester.

Salary: $10/hour for college graduates
Requirements: Basic understanding of urban forestry management issues and 
arboriculture. Good working knowledge of windows based computers. 
Familiarity with tabular data formats as found in Excel, Quatro, or Access. 
Valid drivers license.
Helpful, though not necessary, to have some GIS experience, particularly 
Arcview. MapInfo or Atlas GIS is also useful.

To apply, send, fax, or email cover letter and resume to:
Jennifer Greenfeld
Olmsted Center
Flushing Meadows - Corona Park
Flushing, NY 11368
FAX: 718-760-6640
Phone: 718-760-6809
Email: jennifer.greenfeld@parks.nyc.gov
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

U.S. EPA's Summer Intern Program for Environmental Justice Community 
Organizations

Since 1992, the Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ), at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has sponsored a Summer Intern Program 
through a cooperative agreement with the Environmental Careers Organization 
(ECO), a non-profit organization located in Boston. Students from all 
academic levels are eligible and will receive training on challenging 
science, engineering, management, education and policy-related projects at 
EPA. Because of the success of this initiative and the overwhelming response 
of organizations, the Community Intern Program will be available annually 
and will place 30 interns with local community organizations. Students must 
be citizens of the United States, its territories, or possessions, or 
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Students 
must register with ECO to participate. For more information, contact Jing 
Yang, Intern Coordinator for ECO at 617-426-4783, Ext. 129 or Renee Goins, 
EPA/ECO Intern Program Coordinator, (202-564-2598), E-Mail: 
goins.renee@epa.gov, or visit the program Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/oeca/ej
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Worldwatch Institute
Duration: 20-40 hours a week approximately from lat May through mid-August. 
Timing and hours are flexible.

Location: Washington D.C.
Position Title: Research Intern

Housing: The Research Intern is responsible for finding her own housing. 
Worldwatch staff can help identify likely housing resources.

For more information: http://www.worldwatch.org/

Description:  The Research Intern will report to the Vice President for 
Programs, who overseas Research programs, and will help in researching, 
fact-checking and possibly writing for a range of publications - including 
the flagship publication State of the World 2009 (which will focus on 
adapting to and mitigating human-induced climate change throughout the 21st 
century), various Worldwatch Reports, and Web features to be posted on the 
Worldwatch newswire, Eye on Earth (e2). The Research Assistant may also 
propose or take on individual research projects that may feed into future 
editions of State of the World, Worldwatch Reports or Web features. The 
Research Assistant will also occasionally attend relevant briefings in and 
around Washington and report on these to Worldwatch staff, and can expect to 
attend biweekly general and research staff meetings.

Qualifications: Excellent writing and communication skills. Demonstrated 
experience in and passion for the environment-and for the importance of 
accurate information and analysis to guide environmental decision-making. 
Environmental coursework and/or campus work for environmental and related 
causes a plus.

Funding: Available through the Center for the Environment Summer Leadership 
Fellowship Program.

Requirements: The work requires attention to detail and an ability to 
carefully and accurately document authoritative sources for all information 
gathered. A curiosity about how the environment relates to social, political 
and economic realities and a capacity to see connections across fields and 
specialties are critical.

About the Organization:
The Worldwatch Institute blends interdisciplinary research, global focus, 
and accessible writing that makes it a leading source of information on the 
interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. Our work 
aims to speed the shift to an environmentally sustainable and socially just 
society and lays out roadmap for how to achieve that vision. Most of our 
work falls in one of three program areas: 1) sustainable energy and climate, 
2) sustainable agriculture, and 3) environmental reform of the global 
economy. Some activity in the summer of 2008 is expected to focus on human 
population growth, reproductive health and the lives of women.
The credibility and accessibility of Worldwatch research has made our 
publications and Website popular among government and business 
decision-makers, the media, NGOs, teachers and students, and the general 
public. Since the first Worldwatch Paper was published in 1975, the 
Institute has broadened discussion of environmental and social issues by 
analyzing them from a global and interdisciplinary perspective. This has 
produced fresh angles on the issues closest to the issue of the long-term 
sustainability of human activities.
From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Apr 19 13:51:20 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Apr 19 12:52:07 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Migration in Museums: Narratives of Diversity in
	Europe
Message-ID: <01a801c8a23d$9a15bdc0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From:    "Rainer Ohliger" <rainer.ohliger@ohlgin.de>



Migration in Museums: Narratives of Diversity in Europe

A Call for Conference Participation


Open to museum professionals, exhibition curators, researchers from the
humanities and social sciences, representatives from immigrant communities
and artists.


organized by

Network Migration in Europe e. V.,

ICOM Europe (International Council of Museums),

Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines, Dudelange (Luxemburg)
in cooperation with the following six Berlin-based museums

- Deutsche Kinemathek ? Museum f?r Film und Fernsehen/Museum of Film and
Television

- J?disches Museum Berlin/Jewish Museum Berlin

- Jugendmuseum Sch?neberg/Youth Museum Sch?neberg

- Kreuzberg Museum

- Museum Neuk?lln

- Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (M?rkisches Museum)/City Museum Berlin


Date: October 23-25, 2008

Location: Berlin (in participating museums)

The project is supported within the framework of the Berlin
Hauptstadtkulturfonds


Topic

Questions of immigration and integration have become key issues in
contemporary European intellectual and political debates. In the wake of
European societies? ongoing social and economic incorporation of millions of
immigrants and refugees, questions pertaining to the cultural representation
of these processes are increasingly emerging. Debates about the
interconnectedness of immigration, history and memory, as well as on
commemorative practices in diverse societies are gaining momentum. As a
consequence, cultural institutions are challenged by rethinking and the
possibility of reconceptualizing their work. This is particularly true for
(historical) museums and their narratives. Museums in Europe currently
encounter a threefold challenge. First, they face a new social structure of
visitors: more and more people of immigrant origin have become an important
target group as European societies diversify. Second, the predominant, and
often prevailing, national frameworks and the national historical narratives
used in historical exhibition have been questioned by immigration and the
challenge it poses to national master narratives. Third, the history of
immigration itself becomes a rising field for historical reflection,
research and commemoration, thus diversifying the landscape of historical
studies, historical exhibitions and museums.


Scope and Goals of the Conference

The conference will bring together museum professionals, exhibition
curators, researchers from the humanities and social sciences, (cultural)
representatives from immigrant communities and artists. The format will
transcend the traditional format of an (academic) conference. Next to a
common opening and a public concluding session, participants will
intensively work in six different workshops. Each workshop comprises 10 to
12 participants and will last for 1.5 days. The goal of the workshops is to
initiate a European process of reflection and discussion on migration in
museums in order to generate new ideas, new concepts, new narratives and new
perspectives. We do not expect lengthy papers from participants, but rather
short and sharp contributions for intensive discussions enabling new
interpretations, which will confront established patterns of thought and
practice and will enrich our imagination in the field. The minutes of the
workshops will be the basis for a publication to be launched in 2009.


Framework of the Conference

The conference will be the concluding event for a research and interview
project with immigrant artists (film makers and writers) in ten European
cities (Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Luxemburg, Madrid,
Oslo, Paris, Warsaw). The interviews will focus on the reflections of these
intellectuals on history and historical narratives, be it their own life
histories as immigrants, be it their reflection upon the history of their
countries of origin/destination, be it European history, be it immigration
history. These interviews will result in a webpage and a documentary.
Moreover, the film footage is planned to work as intellectual stimulus for
the conference and workshops, and it will be shown in the participating six
museums from October 23 to 25. The interviewed artists will be invited to
Berlin as participants in the conference and workshops.

Application

Applications for participation are welcome through the deadline of May 30,
2008. Your application should include a mini essay/sketch of ideas (a max.
of 600 words), a short biographical note (not more than two pages) and a
list of (selected) publications, curated exhibitions or other relevant work
in the field of immigration and/or museums. The essay should reflect upon
and discuss the following question:

"How to represent and/or exhibit diversity in Europe?"

The text can be a classical mini-essay or a sketch of ideas for a cultural
project in a museum or an exhibition. It can also touch upon wider questions
and travel beyond the museum's walls. Versions of these essays (though not
in an elaborated academic form) will serve as input statements for the
workshops in order to trigger discussions.

Applications will be considered on a competitive basis. In addition to 40
invited speakers, 25 to 30 places are open to respondents to this Call for
Participation. Limited financial support for the participants is available
to subsidize travel and accommodation expenses. It can be granted upon
request.

For further information, please visit the website:
http://www.network-migration.org/workshop2008

or contact us via E-mail (Migration.Museums@web.de). Applications should be
sent to the given email address by May 30, 2008. The selection committee
will choose and notify the participants by the end of June 2008.



From jancius at ohio.edu  Sat Apr 19 14:00:44 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Sat Apr 19 13:01:08 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FUNDING: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
 Doctoral/Postdoctoral Funding
Message-ID: <021201c8a23e$ea43c0c0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Fellowships Available
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Contact Information:
Rachel Lund
8 Garden St.
Cambridge MA 02138
Phone: 617-496-1234
Email: fellowships@radcliffe.edu



Level of Study: Doctoral/Post-Doctoral Eligibility

Requirements: Applicants must have received their doctorate or appropriate 
terminal degree by December 2006 in the area of the proposed project. 
Radcliffe welcomes proposals from small groups of scholars who have research 
interests or projects in common. Please check the Web site for more 
information (http://www.radcliffe.edu)

Field(s) of Study: multidisciplinary

Fellowship Amount: $70,000.00

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University awards 
approximately 50 fully funded fellowships each year. Radcliffe Institute 
fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists and 
writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment, who wish to 
pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Apr 21 16:21:39 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Apr 21 15:22:24 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: AN issue on University-Community Partnerships
Message-ID: <00b101c8a3e4$f10e3410$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Dear Colleagues,

Anthropology News is seeking contributions for an upcoming thematic issue on 
the anthropology student experience to be published in September 2008. We 
welcome the participation of students, educators and practitioners, and we 
encourage you to circulate the following call for proposals among your 
students and colleagues.

Commentaries
Thematic In Focus commentary series will address (1) university-community 
partnerships and interactions and (2) the diverse character of anthropology 
graduate programs. Articles in the first series may address service learning 
programs, local internships and research, or the ethics of "doing 
anthropology at home." Articles in the second series may examine the growth 
of new interdisciplinary programs and initiatives; multi-degree, masters and 
applied programs; limitations or innovations within existing programs; or 
funding concerns. Proposals for comparative pieces on anthropology education 
in the US and other countries and on other topics related to the two central 
themes are also welcome.

Additional Opportunities
AN also encourages proposals related to this general theme for articles in 
other sections of the publication - including Teaching Strategies and Field 
Notes - and for independent (non-series) commentaries and general news 
features. We welcome proposals in non-traditional article formats such as 
photo essays, infographics, op-ed cartoons, interviews and multi-authored 
discussions. Contributors interested in coediting article series or 
submitting a cover photo should also contact the AN editorial office.

Guidelines
To participate in this thematic issue email a 300 word proposal and 50-100 
word author bio to AN Associate Managing Editor Dinah Winnick 
(dwinnick@aaanet.org). Proposals for photo essays should also include five 
high resolution photographs.

Proposal deadline: May 23, 2008. Early submissions are encouraged.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Best regards,
Dinah Winnick

Dinah Winnick
Associate Managing Editor, Anthropology News
American Anthropological Association
2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
703.528.1902 ext. 3005
dwinnick@aaanet.org
 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Apr 22 22:52:54 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Apr 22 21:53:08 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency (U Chicago)
Message-ID: <008901c8a4e4$c18b9bf0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

April 25-27, 2008
ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL COUNTERINSURGENCY
A Conference at the University of Chicago
Department of Anthropology
Free and open to all

For more information and a detailed schedule, see:
http://anthroandwar.uchicago.edu/

ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL COUNTERINSURGENCY:

Recent events have put new stress on the relationship between Anthropology, 
governance and war. In the context of continuing violence in occupied Iraq 
and Afghanistan, the United States military and its planners have taken a 
new interest in culture and ethnography. Hoping to revitalize 
counterinsurgency theory and practice, the post-Rumsfeld Department of 
Defense has called for the production of "knowledge of the cultural 
'terrain,'" in General David Petraeus' words. Simultaneously, global war and 
governance have emerged as significant objects of ethnographic and 
theoretical interrogation. This conference explores Anthropology's 
relationship to the United States' global projection of its power, while 
simultaneously mounting an anthropological inquiry into the nature of that 
power and of the changing world in which it operates.

During World War II, Anthropology was among the social science disciplines 
with the most PhDs in US government service. But at the war's end, which is 
to say, after the United States deployed nuclear weapons against civilian 
populations in two Japanese cities, anthropologists left government service 
at an astonishing rate. As Margaret Mead famously put it, "the social 
scientists...took their marbles and went home." Since then, and until very 
recently, only a small minority of anthropologists has worked for US 
institutions of war and governance-institutions that are increasingly 
objects of anthropological study.
In quest of a professional and scholarly response to these developments, 
this conference calls upon ethnography to widen our understanding of 
contemporary war, American power, and the structures and logics of security 
at domestic and international levels. We seek ethnographic understanding of 
global responses to recent deployments of the US military, and of US 
military actions in comparison to other forms of coercion, compellance, and 
intervention. Reading US military theorists, we seek to understand the 
emerging interest in study of culture in the broad context of military 
responses to US military failures (and opportunities). We pursue the full 
implications of the connection now being sought by the US military between 
culture and insurgency and turn an anthropological lens on the nature of 
violence and order in the current era.

Participants:
Greg Beckett, Jeff Bennett. Amahl Bishara, Kevin Caffrey, Paola Casta?o, 
Rochelle Davis, Kerry Fosher, Roberto J. Gonzalez, Hugh Gusterson, James L. 
Hevia, Kurt Jacobsen, Beatrice Jauregui, John D. Kelly, Joseph Masco, Sean 
T. Mitchell, Christopher T. Nelson, Mihir Pandya, David Price, Marshall 
Sahlins, Brian R. Selmeski, Jeremy Walton, Dustin M. Wax

Sponsored by:
The Workshop on Science, Technology, Society and the State, University of 
Chicago
The Center for International Studies, University of Chicago
The Center for the Study of Communication and Society, University of Chicago
The Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
The Norman Wait Harris Fund
Marion R. and Adolph J. Lichtstern Fund

Organized by:
John D. Kelly, Beatrice Jauregui, Sean T. Mitchell, Jeremy Walton


Visit the website at http://anthroandwar.uchicago.edu/ 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Apr 22 22:57:59 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Apr 22 21:59:08 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Environmental Justice (a new quartly peer-reviewed journal)
Message-ID: <008d01c8a4e5$77ce3d50$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Environmental Justice - Call for Papers Call for Papers

Environmental Justice, a new quarterly peer-reviewed journal, will be the 
central forum for the research, debate, and discussion of the equitable 
treatment and involvement of all people, especially minority and low-income 
populations, with respect to the development, implementation, and 
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. The Journal 
will explore the adverse and disparate environmental burden impacting 
marginalized populations and communities all over the world. The Journal 
will draw upon the expertise and perspectives of all parties involved in 
environmental justice struggles: communities, industry, academia, 
government, and nonprofit organizations

Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington, University of Illinois at 
Chicago School of Public Health, has gathered an illustrious editorial board 
including Kenneth Olden, former director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences. Michael Dorsey, Martin Melosi, David Pellow, 
David Rosner, and Kristin Shrader-Frechette.

The Journal is seeking papers on: human health and the environment, 
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From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Apr 23 11:39:08 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Apr 23 10:40:13 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: ESRC Seminar Series: Gentrification and Social Mix
	(UK)
Message-ID: <009001c8a54f$cbcfece0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

[cross-posted from CRIT-GEOG-FORUM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK]

See below for details of what promises to be a lively discussion/debate. If
any list members are interested in attending, please contact Loretta Lees
(loretta.lees@kcl.ac.uk) as soon as possible, as places are limited.

Thanks,

Tom.


ESRC SEMINAR SERIES
GENTRIFICATION AND SOCIAL MIX
2008-2009

Organisers: Tim Butler and Loretta Lees (King's College London); Gary
Bridge  and Tom Slater (University of Bristol)

Brief Description:

'Social mix' has long been a planning/policy objective, and a sign of a
healthy, liveable urban area, but the concept has recently come under fire
from academics researching gentrification, especially for being too
one-sided - it is mostly in low-income and/or working-class neighbourhoods
where social mix is to be achieved through an influx of wealthier and/or
middle-class residents. Very rarely is social mix planned for wealthier
neighbourhoods, which raises questions about the motivations and the
politics behind the concept.  Furthermore, what kind of social mixing
actually takes place in gentrifying neighbourhoods?  Despite a significant
amount of research taking place that addresses these issues, there has been
no organised debate/interaction between researchers and practitioners, and
this seminar series proposes to bring people together to discuss these
issues in depth.

THE 2008 SEMINARS:

SEMINAR 1 (King's College London) MAY 22ND AND 23RD 2008

CHAIR:
Loretta Lees (King's College London)

PAPERS:
Jonny Aspen (Oslo University)
Paul Cheshire (London School of Economics)
Eric Clark (Lund University)
Mark Davidson  (University of Western Sydney)
Chris Hamnett (King's College London)
Mike Savage (University of Manchester)

DISCUSSANTS:
Clare Colomb (Bartlett, University College London)
Kirsteen Paton (University of Glasgow)


SEMINAR 2 (University of Bristol) SEPTEMBER 25TH AND 26TH 2008

CHAIR:
Gary Bridge (University of Bristol)

PAPERS:
Marie-Helene Bacque (Universit? d'Evry Val d'Essonne)
Edmond Preteceille (Sciences Po, Paris)
Damaris Rose (INRS, University of Quebec)
Kate Shaw (University of Melbourne)
Justus Uitermark (University of Amsterdam)
Matthieu van Criekingen (Free University, Brussels)

DISCUSSANTS:
David Webb (University of Newcastle)
TBA



----------------------
Dr. Tom Slater
Centre for Urban Studies,
University of Bristol,
8 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TZ
U.K.

Tel: +44 (0)117 331 0808
Fax: +44 (0)117 954 6756

http://www.bris.ac.uk/sps/research/cus/staff/slater.shtml
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gentrification 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Wed Apr 23 13:39:30 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Wed Apr 23 12:44:35 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]CFP: Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?
Message-ID: <002301c8a560$9dccfe80$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Call for Papers:
"Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?" 
University of California Berkeley
September 26-27, 2008

We are inviting abstract submissions for the interdisciplinary 
conference "Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?" at the 
University of California Berkeley. Taking as a point of departure the 
selection of Istanbul as one of Cultural Capitals of Europe in 2010, the 
goal of this conference is to reflect on how cities and culture have 
become key to imagining communities in a globalizing word.

Please, send your abstract submissions to Deniz Gokturk, Ipek Tureli, 
and Levent Soysal [dgokturk@berkeley.edu, ipek@berkeley.edu, 
levsoy@khas.edu.tr] by May 20, 2008. And please, check 
www.ced.berkeley.edu/istanbulconference for full announcement and updates.
From dhaines1 at gmu.edu  Wed Apr 23 18:58:47 2008
From: dhaines1 at gmu.edu (David Haines)
Date: Wed Apr 23 18:02:30 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]AAA voting
Message-ID: <200804232201.m3NM1Bpo027527@ppoint1.cc.ysu.edu>

To SUNTA members:

You have already received a notice from the
AAA about on-line voting. Please follow up.
We have very good candidates for both
president-elect and councilor and strong
voting from SUNTA members makes those
of us on the board feel we are actually
representing you!

So vote!

David Haines
SUNTA president


From lindsay.w at ucpress.edu  Wed Apr 23 16:08:00 2008
From: lindsay.w at ucpress.edu (Lindsay Wong)
Date: Fri Apr 25 14:24:04 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEW BOOK: Engaging Contradictions
Message-ID: <p0623097ec43563528a2b@[172.16.0.89]>

Dear Urbanth-L:


The University of California Press  is pleased to announce the publication of:

Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics, and Methods of Activist Scholarship

Charles R. Hale is Professor of Anthropology at 
the University of Texas at Austin. For 2006-7, he 
is President of the Latin American Studies 
Association.

http://go.ucpress.edu/Hale





Scholars in many fields increasingly find 
themselves caught between the academy, with its 
demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct 
engagement in social activism. Some advocate on 
behalf of the communities they study; others 
incorporate the knowledge and leadership of their 
informants directly into the process of knowledge 
production. What ethical, political, and 
practical tensions arise in the course of such 
work? In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary 
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_Contributors:_ Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Edmund T. 
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From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Apr 25 15:30:12 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Apr 25 14:31:30 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Indigenous, Immigrant, Migrant Labor and
	Globalization Conference (Vancouver)
Message-ID: <006b01c8a702$68759a50$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Indigenous, Immigrant, Migrant Labour & Globalization Conference
Location: British Columbia, Canada
June 6 - 8, 2008

A joint conference sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Labor History 
Association and the Labor and Working Class History Association
Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre Downtown Campus 515 West Hastings 
Street, Vancouver, BC

Immigrants and indigenous communities throughout North America made their 
own labour and political landscapes as they adjusted to changing economic, 
colonial and cultural contexts. This conference will connect these histories 
with contemporary globalization, and consider how the labour movement can 
respond to the new demands of workers in shifting political and geographical 
locations.

For more information see the conference website: http://www.pnlha.org or 
contact Joey Hartman, pnlha@shaw.ca. or Colleen O'Neill at 
colleen.oneill@usu.edu. Sponsored by the SFU Centre for Labour Studies.

Colleen O'Neill
Email: colleen.oneill@usu.edu
Visit the website at http://www.pnlha.org 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Fri Apr 25 15:33:11 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Fri Apr 25 14:34:19 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]
 CFP: Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics (Hong Kong)
Message-ID: <008101c8a702$d29c9730$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

International Conference on "Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and 
Socioeconomics"
To be held in Hong Kong, December 12-13, 2008

Co-Sponsored by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Washington 
University in St. Louis

Along the recent trend of globalization, perhaps one of the most significant 
focal points is the study on issues related to "Greater China," a notion 
that originally entails potential economic integration of China, Taiwan, and 
Hong Kong (including Macau) and has lately been broadened to include 
Singapore, Southeast Asian Chinese communities, and overseas Chinese in 
other countries. Despite some political repercussions, Greater China has 
become an indisputable economic reality today. But economy is not the 
strongest element at play; rather, a more prevalent and consequential factor 
is culture and the underlying formal institutions and informal social 
customs.

This conference is designed to study the causes and consequences of 
globalization from cultural, institutional and socioeconomic perspectives, 
focusing more on topics related to Greater China. It invites scholars to 
investigate:

. What perspectives can we deploy to investigate the different and yet 
similar cosmopolitan cultures of Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, 
Singapore, Macau, Shenzhen, and others?
. How do cultures of these cities work in practice and how are they embedded 
in everyday-life situations as locatable phenomena?
. What approaches can we use to explore the experience of place and space, 
the dynamics between local and global, culture and economy, and the dilemmas 
of knowledge?
. How do states, empires and nations, corporations, shops and goods, 
literature, music, film, etc., figure in our examination of the cultures of 
consumption and production?
. How do places develop meanings for people? What are the struggles over 
defining who belongs in a place?
. What role do travel, information technology, and other means of 
communication play in shaping a global city network among these three cities 
and beyond?

The conference will feature several distinguished keynote and 
plenary-session speakers, including Nobel Laureate Douglass North and 
Professors Frank Dikotter, Robert Hegel, Chang-Tai Hsien, Gordon Mathews, 
Hui Wang, and Shaoguang Wang. All sessions will be held on the Chinese 
University of Hong Kong campus, while the conference dinner will be housed 
at the world-known Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Although we prefer complete papers, submissions of long abstracts will be 
considered. Submissions of organized sessions are also welcome. All 
submissions must be made through e-mail to all the co-chairs of the program 
committee no later than May 31, 2008: Lingchei Letty Chen 
(llchen@artsci.wustl.edu), Ann Louise Huss (ahuss@cuhk.edu.hk), Laikwan Pang 
(crsdept@cuhk.edu.hk), and Ping Wang (pingwang@artsci.wustl.edu). We 
anticipate having the preliminary program posted by June 15, 2008.

Dept. of Cultural & Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Email: crsdept@cuhk.edu.hk
Visit the website at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/crs 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Apr 28 12:22:50 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Apr 28 11:23:48 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: 'Guerrilla Gardeners' Taking over neglected public
	spaces
Message-ID: <01df01c8a943$bc6bbf20$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

'Guerrilla Gardeners' Taking over neglected public spaces
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/25/activists.conservation?gusrc=rss&feed=environment

Richard Reynolds
The Guardian,
Friday April 25 2008

Stand by your beds

Around the world, a shadowy army of plant lovers is on a mission: to make 
their dull, grey neighbourhoods more beautiful places to live. Armed with 
seedbombs and spades, these green-fingered outlaws are stealthily filling 
neglected public land with flowers and shrubs. Richard Reynolds explains how 
he joined their ranks and became a guerrilla gardener

Guerilla gardening

Picture a garden. Step into it. Stroll around. What do you see? Perhaps a 
riot of tumbling terraces, topiary and pergolas, a cheerful blast of a 
blooming border or an explosive vegetable patch. Or maybe you are just 
reminded of a muddy lawn and cracked concrete patio. Whatever you are 
imagining, it is likely that to one side of it stands a house.

You are picturing a garden as most people see one - as an extension of a 
home, a landscaped setting to live in, a private space cultivated for the 
primary pleasure of the permanent occupant. While generous owners allow 
guests to share their garden, ultimately it is theirs and not yours. If you 
want to be a gardener, then you must do so in your own garden or else obtain 
permission to garden someone else's land.

But some people have a different definition of gardening. I am one of them. 
I do not wait for permission to become a gardener but dig wherever I see 
horticultural potential. I do not just tend existing gardens but create them 
from neglected space. I, and thousands of people like me, step out from home 
to garden land we do not own. We see opportunities all around us. Vacant 
lots flourish as urban oases, roadside verges dazzle with flowers and crops 
are harvested from land that was assumed to be fruitless. The attacks are 
happening all around us and on every scale - from surreptitious solo 
missions to spectacular campaigns by organised and politically charged 
cells.

This is guerrilla gardening.

It was 2am one October night in 2004 when I stepped outside the law. I had 
recently moved into a 1970s tower block on a bleak roundabout in Elephant & 
Castle - an area of south London notorious for its labyrinth of pedestrian 
underpasses, garish pink shopping centre and traffic volumes to rival 
Britain's busiest motorways. It is the kind of environment that drives 
people to crime. My crime was gardening on public land without permission 
and battling whatever was in the way.

The split-level flowerbeds beneath Perronet House were a grim tangle of old 
shrubs, builders' debris and litter. Even weeds seemed unwelcome in the 
barren bed next to the tower's front door. Happiest were an old white 
butterfly bush, rampant ivy and periwinkle, but this axis of evil had 
thuggishly taken over what the architect had presumably imagined as splendid 
interlocking beds cascading down from the entrance to the parade of busy bus 
stops below. An official gardener should have been taking care of the beds, 
but all I could see flourishing was litter. Rather than wait for the council 
to sort them out, I decided to do it myself.

So down I went in the early hours, my body charged with tea, to pull out 
weeds, dig in manure and plant red cyclamen, lavender and three spiky 
cabbage palms. I felt like some kind of mischievous tooth fairy or 
green-fingered vandal. I hoped that by gardening at such a strange time I 
would avoid trouble with neighbours and the council, both of whom, I feared, 
would be irritated by a meddling newcomer. That first night I improved the 
patch by the main entrance, but there was a lot more gardening to be done 
and the plants had years of growth ahead of them.

The plants survived the next few uncertain days and I picked up a little 
gossip that the improvement had been noticed by residents. Most assumed the 
council had finally got round to doing something. I was not yet confident 
enough to out myself to the neighbours. I preferred to remain undercover and 
continue my gardening uninterrupted.

Yet it was all too much fun to keep secret. I was happily entertaining 
friends with my exploits, and chose to spread the word further by blogging 
about it. I did not give much thought to the name when I set up the site, 
but GuerrillaGardening.org seemed to sum it up, and for a while I even 
thought I had invented the term. Weeks later, as I surfed around to see how 
my site was performing in search engines, I was amazed to discover all sorts 
of references to guerrilla gardening. There were guerrillas all over the 
place! As they shared their stories with me, I realised that I was part of 
something much bigger.
I'll identify the guerrillas here by the "troop numbers" they were given 
when they signed up at GuerrillaGardening.org. Surnames have been omitted 
because some guerrilla gardeners prefer to remain anonymous.

Ava 949, from San Diego, told me how she had "seed-bombed" a 10-mile (16km) 
stretch of Imperial Avenue by lobbing fertile projectiles from her car 
window. Lucy 579, a London artist and self-proclaimed "fairy spreading magic 
dust", targets waste ground near Hither Green railway station, scattering 
wildflower seeds with abandon. She describes her station now as "Dog Daisy 
Heaven", a place where she can pick a flower for her hair in the morning 
before the commuter crush.

Thomas 347, from Davenport in Delaware County, has lined the road that 
passes through his town with daylilies. In Crewkerne, Somerset, Ben 2676 
grew maize in a shabby planter right outside the entrance of his local 
supermarket, with the help of his young daughters Lily 2677 and Noor 2678.
Driving through Hampshire, Stephen 1337 noticed a neglected roundabout by 
Minley Wood, near where the body of murdered teenager Milly Dowler was found 
in 2002. He wanted to cheer the place up, so he planted daffodils.

In New York, Peter 509 filled the median planter that runs down Houston 
Street with more daffodils to give drivers waiting at the junction something 
pleasant to look at. The bulbs had been donated by Hans van Waardenburg, a 
Dutch supplier who pledged to give New York half a million bulbs every year 
to commemorate 9/11. Still without permission, Peter also built planters 
around trees along Houston Street, painting them bright blue with white 
clouds on. His grand dream is of a long roadside garden - a twisting ribbon 
that weaves together the green pockets of New York's gardens.

It was in the Big Apple that the term "guerrilla gardening" was coined in 
1973, by a young painter called Liz Christy. Liz noticed tomato plants 
growing in the mounds of trash that littered derelict lots in her 
neighbourhood. The plants had clearly sprouted from fruit in the discarded 
rubbish, and their germination promised potential in the landscape. Likewise 
local children were finding places to play in the urban wastelands. Taking 
inspiration from what they saw, Liz and her friends scattered their own 
seeds in vacant lots, before deciding to create a community garden. 
Thirty-five years on, the garden she and her friends made on the corner of 
Bowery and Houston streets holds a grove of weeping birch, flowering 
perennials, vegetables and a grape arbour. A family of turtles swims in a 
large pool, and the hive is full of bees.

Guerrilla gardeners do not restrict their horticultural aspirations to the 
ground, however. When Helen 1106 walks around London she looks up and 
imagines a romantic alternative metropolis, a landscape of towering 
buildings covered with vegetation rather than glass and steel. She has begun 
her mission by planting ivy in nooks and crannies near the Bank of England. 
A few miles to the north, Sean 2350, despite being blind, has trained 
climbers up the telegraph pole and along the cable outside his house in 
Kentish Town.

One excellent reason for cultivating someone else's land without permission 
is hunger. Mama Afuwa 3187 lives near Kagoma, Uganda, and rents a small 
bungalow. She has no land, but when Lyla 1046, from London, visited her she 
was shown a fine crop of onions planted on the common scrub beside her home. 
Elsewhere in Uganda, Lyla came across land set aside for road expansion that 
had been illegally planted with maize, and unemployed residents growing 
plantains in what was once one of the largest industrial estates in East 
Africa.

My own guerrilla activity has moved beyond Perronet House, with the help of 
friends and family such as Joe 004, Clara 005 and My Mother 008. Joe and 
Clara had no experience of gardening, but when the subject was raised at the 
end of a boozy dinner, they immediately joined me in planting herbs on a 
traffic island. This was no drunken one-night stand, as three years later 
they are still among the regular troops.

A typical project was a neglected roundabout in the shadow of the 
300-year-old limestone obelisk on St George's Circus, Southwark. Two years 
ago, its elliptical bed contained just two shaggy cabbage palms and a desert 
of compacted soil and litter. Now, with the help of many volunteers, it has 
become a thriving herb garden and shrubbery. Two spiky New Zealand flax 
squat at either end of a swath of small azaleas, Michaelmas daisies, 
heathers of various shades, pittosporum, a bed of lavender and rosemary 
underplanted with tulips and a Christmas tree.

Guerrilla gardening can, of course, put you in conflict with the landowner 
and those who are employed to enforce rules. While trespass is only an issue 
if the land is private, gardening anywhere without permission can be treated 
as criminal damage. Potentially you are creating obstruction, defacement, 
pollution and disorder, even though that is not the intention of most 
guerrilla gardeners.

In Reading's shabby Katesgrove district, just off the deep-cut dual 
carriageway of the Inner Distribution Road, Stuart 1952, a painter and 
decorator, led a team of guerrilla gardeners in creating the Common Ground 
Community Garden on some neglected waste ground. They cleared a large area 
of needles, used condoms and broken glass and replaced it with a small lawn, 
wood chippings, seats hewn from logs and pots of purple petunias.

Stuart reached out very publicly to the community, inviting them to enjoy 
the reclaimed space with an inaugural barbecue. This, however, alerted 
Reading borough council, which obtained an injunction on the grounds of 
"health and safety", an excruciating claim given the state the land was in 
before. The barbecue carried on regardless, 200 people came, and the 
guerrillas set about fighting a legal battle for the right to continue. The 
garden was still looking splendid when I visited in August 2007, but Stuart 
and his team continue to face legal challenges.

I have had several encounters with the authorities. The most frustrating was 
with a street cleaner in Southwark, over "my" use of "his" rubbish bins. 
When he saw me putting litter from some nearby flowerbeds into the bins 
(together with some garden waste) he challenged me: "You're filling them up 
too quickly." I tried to reassure him that in our own way we were doing the 
same job, but he seemed unsatisfied. The next morning I found the entire 
contents of one bin emptied over my freshly sown seedbed. The situation was 
resolved when the local newspaper picked up the story. "Guerrilla gardener 
goes ape," screamed the headline. Since then Southwark council seems to have 
been shamed into accepting my free rubbish collection.

Some guerrillas find they become invisible to busybodies simply by putting 
on a high-visibility jacket. However, a word of caution. I tried this 
approach late one night while cutting a new bed for nasturtiums in the tatty 
turf that covers the north roundabout in London's Elephant & Castle. By 
coincidence, many other men in fluorescent jackets were also in the area 
that evening, busy renovating the nearby underground station. In theory my 
jacket and I should have blended into the Day-Glo blur, but I could not have 
been more conspicuous. While they were all wearing orange jackets, mine was 
yellow. A gang of four soon came over, curious to see what I was up to. I 
explained I was just gardening but they observantly inquired, "Why is there 
a bus company's name across the back of your jacket?" If you are going to 
assume a disguise, do your research.

Surprisingly, perhaps, I have had little trouble with police and security 
guards. One uniformed duo arrived with lights flashing and siren blaring - 
called out on suspicion that I was stealing plants - but I showed the 
officers that my tub was full of dandelions. Luckily for me, they recognised 
weeds and, looking puzzled (I was gardening alone at 12.30am), let me 
continue.

My most serious problem with the police was while driving to a dig. They 
pulled me over under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, suspecting my car was 
laden with high-explosive fertiliser (it could have been, but that day it 
was woodchip mulch). More recently, passing police have recognised us as 
guerrilla gardeners and quite happily shared a cup of tea and supported what 
we were doing (though they have not yet dug alongside us). Generally they 
have more serious disturbances to deal with.

And, on the whole, public opinion is increasingly on the guerrilla 
gardeners' side. Well-wishers have sent me cheques with instructions to take 
volunteers out for a slap-up meal. While I was digging on a traffic island 
near Blackfriars Bridge in London, a security guard called Sikander came 
over from a nearby office and took requests for fresh fruit juice and 
bananas. And I have had drivers spot me, pull over to the kerb and thrust 
money into my muddy gloves when they realised what I was doing. The first 
time this happened there was a moment of ambiguity about what service was 
expected from me, but there was no negotiation - they expected nothing but 
to drive past flowers.

? Extracted from On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without 
Boundaries, by Richard Reynolds, to be published by Bloomsbury on May 5 
priced ?14.99. To order a copy for ?13.99 with free UK p&p go to 
guardian.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 836 0875

What to plant?
A guerrilla gardener should consider applying elements of "shock and awe" to 
planting. There are three key horticultural tactics you can deploy for 
maximum impact:

Colour
? Daffodils (Narcissus eg 'Jetfire' or 'Vulcan') and tulips (Tulipa eg 
'Emperor' or 'Kingsblood') should be planted in autumn. By spring they will 
have become a legion of bright trumpets marching 15cm (6in) high, and they 
will return year after year.
? Canna lilies (Canna eg 'Tropicana' or 'Bengal Tiger') have brightly 
coloured flowers and striking, paddle-shaped, tropical-looking leaves. The 
canna is a herbaceous perennial and is available with flowers in all sorts 
of shades of red, pink, yellow and orange. It is also known as 'Indian Shot' 
because its tiny hard seeds make good bullets.
? Primroses (Primula eg 'Wanda Supreme Series') are herbaceous perennials 
that form neat spots of colour, with bell-shaped flowers of assorted 
blinding colours that pop up from a base of ground-hugging broad leaves. 
They flower from winter to mid-spring.

Incongruity
? Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) radiate their yellow sunshine from stalks 
up to 5m (16ft) high. Although they prefer moist ground, you can grow them 
up to about 2m (6ft 6in) high in dry soil (and you can eat the seeds). They 
help break up compacted soil and also extract lead from the ground, but 
avoid eating the flowers if you are using them to clean land in this way.
? Christmas trees (Picea abies) are common additions to urban centres for a 
couple of months, but only as depressing dying specimens. Grow one that the 
community can enjoy throughout the year. If you have room, go for a 40m 
(130ft) beauty. Otherwise try a dwarf cultivar such as 'Gregoryana'.
? Coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) or giant redwood (Sequoiadendron 
giganteum) are the tallest trees in the world. They are tolerant of winds 
and pollution and can live for thousands of years. Unfortunately, they will 
only tower over insect life while we are alive, but why let time hold you 
back from aiming high?

Fragrance
? Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) has fragrant leaves all year round and 
sweet-smelling flowers during the summer. It is also tolerant of fairly 
poor, dry soil and attracts bumblebees.
? Common sage (Salvia officinalis) is an evergreen perennial that bears 
fragrant hairy leaves of up to 8cm (3in) long all year round. Available in a 
variety of flower colours, and edible too, it enjoys full sunshine.
? Mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) is a deciduous shrub, 3m (10ft) tall 
with very fragrant, white cup-shaped flowers in early summer. It is native 
on scrubland and rocky hillsides around the world, so will survive in a 
fairly poor, previously neglected environment, and it loves alkaline soil.

What is a seedbomb?

Scattering seeds is the easiest way to guerrilla garden. It is gardening in 
an instant, free from tools. Some plants will perish, some will flourish. 
You do not even need to stop moving to do it - Tony 830 releases handfuls of 
Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) seeds while driving along the M60 near 
Barton Bridge, Lancashire. These yellow poppies will grow in both damp and 
dry conditions and are virulent self-seeders, ideal for carpet-bombing in 
this way.
Seeds must have soil and water to germinate, however, so they need to land 
in favourable conditions. If you are trying to turn a mountain of rubble and 
litter into something a bit more beautiful, just throwing seeds is not 
enough. Using seed bombs is the smart approach; these include soil and water 
to help the seed get off to a good start, and are packaged like grenades so 
that they can be more easily fired into otherwise inaccessible places.

Kathryn 079, a professor of art in California, has been seedbombing since 
1991 with avocado-shaped projectiles made by mixing and pressing together 
compost, native plant seeds and dextrin (a corn-starch derivative used as a 
binder in candy bars and cattle feed). Her inspiration came during a drought 
in Santa Barbara, when she saw the once beautiful landscape looking dead.

Ella 1305 and Aimee 1306 have constructed an elaborate biodegradable 
device - a kind of seed shell - by sucking out the contents of a chicken's 
egg, pouring in wildflower seeds and a little compost and writing a message 
of hope on the outside.

More powerful forms of seedbombing have been developed. Christopher 1594 in 
Richmond, Virginia, creates "seed guns" by moulding red clay, organic 
compost, water and an assortment of seeds into the shape of 9mm pistols. A 
Danish collective developed the N55 Rocket System - a large weapon fuelled 
by a mixture of polyethylene and laughing gas that can be towed on the back 
of a bicycle.

"Won't that all get pinched by the morning?" has been the reaction of 
sceptical passersby when they see us installing showy new plants where 
before there was nothing. In most cases their pessimism is unfounded, but I 
cannot deny that thieves and vandals are a problem when gardening in 
publicly accessible space. Two years in a row now, my great big red poppy 
(Papaver orientale) outside Perronet House has been torn from its stem 
almost as soon as it has bloomed. Luc 158 in Montreal, who plants a long, 
L-shaped bed at the foot of a pavement wall along Sherbrooke East, suffers 
an attack at the same time each year. Andrew 1679 had a Washington palm 
(Washingtonia robusta) and a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stolen from a bed 
in Hackney. We take such thefts on the chin, as disappointing but acceptable 
losses in battle.

Matt 1764 and Jennifer 1765 in Fillmore Street, San Francisco, have learned 
to find fun in the ups and downs of their streetside guerrilla gardening. A 
vandal rips up their wild flowers in the tree pits and destroys their 
fencing, but they call their creepy pest the Grumple. They say "for every 
act of vandalism he does we are coming back with double the amount of love 
... If you are going to do this you have to stay strong. The amount of good 
the flowers do far outweighs the pain caused by the Grumple." They even turn 
their ripped and strewn wildflowers into bouquets to take home.

Adam 276 in New York does not take it on the chin; he fights back. When one 
vandal peed on his flowers, he retaliated by directing his hosepipe directly 
into the offender's open-top BMW. Now Adam has installed a defence against 
urination - a piece of clear plastic sheeting that he proudly calls the 
"piss panel".

If you cannot face the battle head on, what you can do is make your garden 
less obviously showy. Dramatic, exotic plants attract attention, so if you 
use them try to do so where pedestrians are less likely to linger or reach 
over. Or plant them en masse, so that one does not stand out as a tempting 
beacon, and so that you can afford to lose some. Be encouraged by the words 
of Chance, the gardener from the Oscar-winning horticultural comedy Being 
There: "As long as the roots are not severed all is well. And all will be 
well in the garden."

Watch this: A band of guerrilla gardeners attempts to brighten up a south 
London roundabout and nearly gets arrested in the process. Plus, Richard 
Reynolds demonstrates how to make a seedbomb - and use it.

Video: Guerrillas conquer the Elephant 
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/apr/25/guerrilla.gardening)

Video: The guerrilla gardener's seed bomb recipe 
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/apr/25/seedbombing) 


From j.r.beaumont at rug.nl  Sun Apr 27 18:10:39 2008
From: j.r.beaumont at rug.nl (Justin Beaumont)
Date: Mon Apr 28 15:17:39 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Second call for papers: The postsecular city
Message-ID: <CPSMTP-EML109u8eb4U000109c8@cpsmtp-eml109.kpnxchange.com>

Apologies if you receive this second call for papers more than once.  Please
also feel free to forward your colleagues who may be interested in the
session.  Thank you very much!

 

 

-----

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

The postsecular city

 

A paper session of the ISA-RC21 Conference, Landscapes of Global Urbanism:
power, marginality, and creativity, Tokyo, Japan, 17-20 December 2008

 

Justin Beaumont, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The
Netherlands, j.r.beaumont@rug.nl

 

This proposed session addresses new and innovative approaches for theorizing
and conceptualizing the postsecular city. The primary focus is relations
between public religion, deprivatization of religion and theorizations of
modernity and modernities, with the newly emergent focus on postsecular
urbanism. The starting point is what might be referred to as "postsecular
society" following Habermas or what Taylor (2007) calls the "secular age",
with the closely related focus on faith-based organizations (FBOs) as actors
for social justice in cities across the globe. A number of recent events
reveal a growing recognition of these hitherto distinct realms but while
important in their own right suggest limited theorization in the academic
literature. In exploring the ambiguous and contested role of religion in
urban life in the contemporary context of neoliberalization, the session
relates to a number of pressing concerns among theorists across disciplines:
the mutually constitutive relations between the "social" and the "spatial",
especially the "urban", as well as new approaches to religion, modernity and
modernities, critical social theory, urban theory and political action in
theory and practice. Prospects for a new international research agenda will
be an underlying factor throughout the discussions.

 

The proposed session seeks theoretical enrichment and empirical advance
through paper presentations and discussion in the context of one or more of
the following themes:

 

(1) innovative relations between urban theory, on the one hand, and theories
of religion, faith and belief in a postsecular context on the other;

(2) links between religion, politics and post-secular urban society at the
political economy and humanist nexus in the current era of
neoliberalization;

(3) connections between neoliberalization, deprivatization of religion,
reenchantment of the real, the Weberian secularization thesis and the
revalorization of FBOs and religions more generally in the social and
political processes of cities;

(4) relations between religion, modernity and modernities and postsecularism
in contemporary urban societies;

(5) urban governance and politics and changing roles of religions and
diverse FBOs in the socio-political frameworks of cities; and

(6) shifting interfaces between church (and FBOs more generally) and state
at a variety of scales for social and political processes in urban areas.

 

Please send the title and abstract of your paper to me (j.r.beaumont@rug.nl)
and the ISA-RC21 Tokyo Conference Organizing committee
(rc21-tokyo@mbe.nifty.com) by May 15, 2008. The abstract of your paper
should be limited to 150 words and include your name, affiliation and email
address.

 

 

----

Room 3.04, Landleven 1

Faculty of Spatial Sciences

University of Groningen

The Netherlands

Tel: 00 31 50 363 6910/ 3895

Skype: justin9712

Web: www.rug.nl/staff/j.r.beaumont/index

 

International Conference: Religion, Politics and the Postsecular City,
Groningen, 12-15 November 2008

 

EU-7FP FACIT project: Faith-based organizations and exclusion in European
cities

 

Book Reviews Editor: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
(TESG)

 

 

From jancius at ohio.edu  Mon Apr 28 16:40:14 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Mon Apr 28 15:41:24 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]FUNDING: Rotary World Peace Fellowships
Message-ID: <000501c8a967$b03ea400$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

2009-11 Rotary World Peace Fellowships
Fellowship Deadline: 2008-07-01

The Rotary Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2009-11 Rotary 
World Peace Fellowship. Pursue a master's degree in international studies, 
sustainable development, peace, and conflict resolution at one of the six 
Rotary Center at: University of California, Berkeley; Duke University; 
University of North Carolina; University of Bradford; International 
Christian University; University of Queensland; Universidad Del Salvador.
Applicants must be committed to peace and have a minimum of three years 
professional experience, be proficient in a second language and have 
demonstrated a commitment to world peace and conflict resolution.

Laura Tell
The Rotary Foundation
1560 Sherman Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
Email: laura.tell@rotary.org

Visit the website at 
http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/RotaryCentersForInternationalStudies/Pages/ridefault.aspx 


From john.mccreery at gmail.com  Tue Apr 29 16:01:35 2008
From: john.mccreery at gmail.com (John McCreery)
Date: Tue Apr 29 10:14:10 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: 'Guerrilla Gardeners' Taking over neglected
	public spaces
In-Reply-To: <01df01c8a943$bc6bbf20$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>
References: <01df01c8a943$bc6bbf20$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>
Message-ID: <8659f5a00804282301p7e255c8ah43c163dd34e63@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Angela,
Ruth and I have been guerrilla gardeners since 1998 or so. We were just out
this morning, weeding the space we care for, a bit of land owned by the
condominium in which we live. Started out as a a little triangle of land in
a hillside just above the complex. Lost a bit to a parking lot but are
soldiering on. We are also leaf rustlers. When plastic bags of leaves raked
up from local parks are left waiting for trash pick up, we grab them first
for our compost heap. Our most deviant behavior so far? Had to be the year
we snuck up to the big park farther up the hill to rake up three or four
bags of fallen cherry blossoms.

John

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Angela Jancius <jancius@ohio.edu> wrote:

> 'Guerrilla Gardeners' Taking over neglected public spaces
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/25/activists.conservation?gusrc=rss&feed=environment
>



-- 
John McCreery
The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN
Tel. +81-45-314-9324
http://www.wordworks.jp/
From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Apr 29 11:15:15 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Apr 29 10:16:47 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]ANN: Two Internships, European Council on Refugees and
	Exiles
Message-ID: <008101c8aa03$746614d0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON REFUGEES & EXILES


TWO INTERNSHIPS:
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
 ON REFUGEES AND EXILES
 
CONSEIL EUROPEEN
SUR LES REFUGIES
ET LES EXILES

* Research Intern (Legal)

* Research Intern (Policy)


STARTING MAY / JUNE 2008 IN BRUSSELS


The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an umbrella
organisation established in 1974 to facilitate co-operation between
non-governmental organisations in Europe concerned with refugees. ECRE
currently has more than 60 Member Agencies across Europe. Its principal
activities can be summarised under four main headings: policy analysis
and advocacy; legal analysis and networking; information and
documentation; and capacity building in eastern Europe. The ECRE
Secretariat is based in Brussels, with a staff of approximately 20
including interns. 

The post holders will work closely with the two Research Officers in
contributing to the achievement of activities within ECREs 2008
Activities Plan. A job description for each of the two internships is
available at www.ecre.org. 

The posts are offered for a period of 6 months, full-time and are
unpaid. A small compensation to cover daily travel expenses within the
Brussels public transportation area and lunch is offered.  The
successful candidates will be responsible for providing their own
accommodation and other living expenses.

The post holders will be expected to be able to work independently,
using their initiative and able to manage their own workload.  They will
need to do their own administrative work and assist the Research
Officers as well as the Head of Advocacy & Development with general
office tasks if necessary. The interns will each report to aa research
officer.

* The Research Intern (Legal) should hold a degree from an
institute of higher education in law;

* The Research Intern (Policy) should hold a degree from an
institute of higher education in relevant field i.e. political or social
sciences, human rights, international relations, development studies
etc.

Both Research Interns should have good knowledge of the EU institutions
and proven knowledge of and interest in international and European
asylum, refugee and human rights issues. 

The post holders will be expected to be fluent in oral and written
English. Typing ability and knowledge of Microsoft Office packages are
essential. A working knowledge of another European language is useful.  


Please send:
1) a curriculum vitae, 
2) a sample piece of written work (max. 4 pages) 
3) and a covering letter stating:
- Which of the two internships you are applying for (or
both);
- What you hope to achieve through the completion of an
ECRE internship;
- Any relevant experience or skills you have;
- When you could start.


The DEADLINE for receiving applications is: TUESDAY 7 MAY 2008


Please mark clearly in the header of your e-mail for which of the two
positions you apply or if you are applying for both!


Send applications by email to:

For the Research Internship (Legal) For the Research
Internship (Policy)
Paul McDonough (pmcdonough@ecre.org) Annette Bombeke
(abombeke@ecre.org)

Or by post or fax to
Rue Royale, 146
1000-Brussels
Fax: 0032 2 514 5922

Regrettably, due to the large number of applications we usually receive,
it is not possible to write to you should you not be short-listed.  If
you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, please
assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

ECRE is committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and encourages
applications from refugees.
From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Apr 29 11:46:55 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Apr 29 10:48:02 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEW BOOK : Nicole Newendorp's Uneasy Reunions:
	Immigration, Citizenship and Family Life in Post-1997 Hong Kong
Message-ID: <00ad01c8aa07$e077cde0$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

From: Nicole Newendorp <newendor@fas.harvard.edu>

Dear List Members,

I would like to announce the publication my ethnography: Uneasy Reunions:
Immigration, Citizenship, and Family Life in Post-1997 Hong Kong
(Stanford University Press).


http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?book_id=5813


Migrating to reunite with family members is one of the most common forms of
migration in the world today. This book focuses on the family reunion 
migration
that takes place between mainland Chinese wives and their Hong Kong husbands 
in
post-1997 Hong Kong. Despite sharing one formal citizenship status (that of 
the
Peoples Republic of China) and strong similarities of culture, ethnicity, 
and
history, mainland Chinese wives wait for periods of up to ten years to join
their husbands and other family members in Hong Kong. Once there, they
experience significant social and economic marginalization. Nicole Newendorp
follows the paths these immigrant women take: from marriages to Hong Kong 
men
and long periods of waiting, to the downward mobility and familial struggles
they face in Hong Kong. When these immigrant women seek help from Hong Kong
social workers and other government officials, they receive an education in 
the
qualities of civility idealized in Hong Kong discourses of belonging.
Throughout, the author focuses on the ways in which ideologies of membership
are constructed in Hong Kong, and how these normative ideals influence 
mainland
Chinese immigrants' everyday experiences of inclusion and exclusion in Hong
Kong.


Reviews:
"Uneasy Reunions is a fresh, accessible contribution to ongoing discourses
concerning citizenship, nation-state formations, gender and migration, and
post-colonial formations. Newendorp's emphasis on the experiences of PRC
migrants in Hong Kong offers an important counterpoint to the bulk of
scholarship emphasizing Hong Kong's concerns regarding 
reunification."-Madeline
Hsu, University of Texas at Austin

"This book provides a compelling contribution to the topic of marital
immigration from China and sheds light on the new challenges Hong Kong faces 
as
a post-colonial society. By integrating issues central to the transnational
world in which we live, Newendorp delivers an engaging and well-researched
ethnography of citizenship."-Sara Friedman, Indiana University, author of
Intimate Politics: Marriage, the Market, and State Power in Southeastern 
China


Nicole Newendorp

Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies
Committee on Degrees in Social Studies
Harvard University

59 Shepard St.
Hilles Library 4
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel. 617-496-5819

--
Nicole Newendorp, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies
Committee on Degrees in Social Studies
Harvard University
59 Shepard St.
Hilles Library 4
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel. 617-496-5819 


From jancius at ohio.edu  Tue Apr 29 16:59:13 2008
From: jancius at ohio.edu (Angela Jancius)
Date: Tue Apr 29 16:00:27 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: 'Guerrilla Gardeners' Taking over neglected
	public spaces
References: <01df01c8a943$bc6bbf20$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>
	<8659f5a00804282301p7e255c8ah43c163dd34e63@mail.gmail.com>
	<48176694.7000408@rci.rutgers.edu>
Message-ID: <00d401c8aa33$8292ec60$1effa04c@D7ZX4M91>

Hi John and Virginia,

Thanks for your messages.  I've done community gardens and edible landscapes but haven't done any guerrilla gardening as of yet. But I love the idea, and Baltimore, where I now live, could certainly benefit from it.  It also matches the trend toward freecycling and free stores that has become very popular here.

Glad you enjoyed the post.

Angela 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dr. Virginia Cornue 
  To: jlm@wordworks.jp 
  Cc: Angela Jancius ; urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [URBANTH-L]NEWS: 'Guerrilla Gardeners' Taking over neglected public spaces


  Hi John, I passed this post on to friends who are GGs. One is a lit agent and she is passing on to her huge list. I'm a member of  a Backyard Habitat Group. I write a blog called www.vaboomer.com and will make a post calling all to become GGs . Cheers, Virginia

  John McCreery wrote:

Thanks Angela,
Ruth and I have been guerrilla gardeners since 1998 or so. We were just out
this morning, weeding the space we care for, a bit of land owned by the
condominium in which we live. Started out as a a little triangle of land in
a hillside just above the complex. Lost a bit to a parking lot but are
soldiering on. We are also leaf rustlers. When plastic bags of leaves raked
up from local parks are left waiting for trash pick up, we grab them first
for our compost heap. Our most deviant behavior so far? Had to be the year
we snuck up to the big park farther up the hill to rake up three or four
bags of fallen cherry blossoms.

John

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Angela Jancius <jancius@ohio.edu> wrote:

  'Guerrilla Gardeners' Taking over neglected public spaces

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/25/activists.conservation?gusrc=rss&feed=environment

    


  
From d-slater at sophia.ac.jp  Tue Apr 29 22:59:47 2008
From: d-slater at sophia.ac.jp (David Slater)
Date: Wed Apr 30 00:15:17 2008
Subject: [URBANTH-L]Call for Papers ISA-RC21 Tokyo Conference in December,
	2008
In-Reply-To: <000b01c8a517$458bcd80$50ccd1dc@your33bec43c54>
References: <000b01c8a517$458bcd80$50ccd1dc@your33bec43c54>
Message-ID: <83a2e12e0804290559j11a471fie15f4efe384f24aa@mail.gmail.com>

Call for Papers:
ISA-RC21 Tokyo Conference in December 17-20, 2008
'Landscapes of Global Urbanism: Power, Marginality, and Creativity'

The deadline for abstract submission:  May 15,  2008.

Our apologies for multiple posting.  Takashi Machimura.

Dear All

We would like to remind you, if you have not submitted already, that the
deadline for the submission of abstracts for the ISA-RC21 Tokyo conference
in December 17-20, 2008, 'Landscapes of Global
Urbanism: Power, Marginality, and Creativity', is approaching.

The deadline for abstract submission is the 15th of May 2008.
Attached is a session list of the conference.
Visit the following web-site if you require futher details.
http://www.shakti.uniurb.it/rc21
http://www.rc21tokyo.com

Best Wishes

Takashi Machimura
cs00035@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp
ISA-RC21 Tokyo Conference Organizing Committee
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University



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David H. Slater
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Sophia University, Tokyo

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