[Kaupunkitutkimus] Finding your way in the invisible world mini-symposium

[Ruoppila Sampo]

Moi,

Terveisiä Päiviltä - ja muistutuksena itse kullekin, että voitte laittaa listalle suoraan viestejä kierrättämättä niitä kauttani. Postit vaan tuohon ylläolevaan osoitteeseen.

Sampo

> On 05 Oct 2016, at 12:07, Päivi Rannila <paivi.rannila at utu.fi> wrote:
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> Hei Sampo,
> 
> Pystyisitkö laittamaan tämän kaupunkitutkijoiden listalle? Abstraktien dl tulee aika pian, mutta kyllä tässä vielä ehtii :)
> Terv. Päivi 
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
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> FINDING YOUR WAY IN THE INVISIBLE WORLD
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> Mini-symposium, November 1–2, 2016, University of Turku, Division of Geography
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> Many topics that a social scientist studies are invisible: relations, limits, practices, norms, laws and ethics, for instance. Some aspects of the world remain invisible for various reasons: they may be spatially or temporarily absent; they may be beyond concepts and categories; they may happen in the private sphere; or they may be normalized to the extent that they are not recognized. In everyday life, individuals and social groups may be rendered invisible because of religion, homelessness, illness, or being displaced, for instance.
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> The symposium will discuss the invisible in its many forms, and ask how it can be studied, understood and talked about. The purpose of the symposium is to add knowledge of the current research, and to approach the invisible as a methodological question, as well.
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> The keynote lecture will be given by Professor Emeritus Gunnar Olsson from Uppsala University. Olsson’s research has concentrated on the critique of power and cartographic reason, and on the attempt to understand how we know about the world, and how it is linked with the language we are writing in. Olsson has authored several books, including Abysmal: A Critique of Cartographic Reason (2007), Lines of Power/Limits of Language (1991) and Birds in Egg/Eggs in Bird (1980). His research is also widely presented in the book GO: On the Geographies of Gunnar Olsson (2012, ed. by C. Abrahamsson & M. Gren).
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> The event is multidisciplinary, and we welcome scholars from all fields of study. The symposium is free of charge, but the number of participants is limited. The forms of participation include short presentations (15 min), in which you can introduce either your finished research or “work in progress”. We also encourage participants to suggest alternative modes of presentation (videos, posters, performances, artistic works etc.). To enroll in the symposium, please send your abstract proposal (max 200 words) to Päivi Rannila (paivi.rannila at utu.fi) by October 15, 2016. Information about acceptance will be sent by October 21, 2016. Further information can be received from the same address.