December 4-5, 2014 in Mexico City

   

Keynote Speaker: Eduardo Mendieta
featuring invited talks by Cynthia Willett and Achille C. Varzi

   

What do philosophers have to say about urban life?
Can they help solve the challenges of today’s urban environment?      

   

Building on the success of the 2013 conference in Brooklyn New York, the 2014 meeting in Mexico City examines these questions in an international, 21 st century, globalized and fully urbanized context. We welcome presentations in any area of philosophy of the city. Topics of interest include:   

           
  • What is “Philosophy of the City?” 
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  • Is “Philosophy of the City” philosophy for the city?
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  • How long should Rosa ride? Ethics of commuting and transportation
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  • Architecture & urban aesthetics
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  • The city, polis and demos in the history of philosophy
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  • Big data, surveillance and social epistemology
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  • Is mold the new lead? Justice and urban public health
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  • The intimate limits of local democracy
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  • The Capabilities Approach in urban planning
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  • Spatial Racializations of the urban: slum, sprawl, street, and ghetto
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  • International law and the global city
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  • City identity: understanding, framing and context
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  • Decolonizing cities
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  • Community management and energy policy
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  • Participatory budgeting and planning
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  • Ecological challenges for built environments
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  • The relevance or irrelevance of citizenship in future cities
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  • Kshama Sawant, Seattle’s socialist city council member
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  • A just, sustainable future
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  • Emerging issues: climate change, emergency responses and future cities  
   

Abstracts   

Send abstracts of 150-200 words to Shane Epting , at [email protected] by September 15, 2014 . Accommodations for presenters needing earlier notifications for travel/funding requirements will be made. For these cases, please submit as soon as possible. The “official” language of the conference is English, but presentations/submissions in Spanish are acceptable.   

Para preguntas en español, por favor contacte las siguientes:   

Luis Ruben Diaz Cepeda         
[email protected]         
Doctorante en Filosofía Moral y Política        
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Iztapalapa

   

Víctor Manuel Hernández Márquez         
[email protected]         
Cuerpo Académico 82, Estudios Filosóficos de la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez   

           

Confirmed Speakers    

Keynote Speaker : Eduardo Mendieta         
featuring invited talks by Cynthia Willett  and  Achille C. Varzi .   

           

Confirmed Sessions   

Some description Philosophy of The City II Schedule   

           

Conference Location & Registration   

Casa Rafael Galvan         
Zacatecas No. 94.        
Col. Roma Norte, C.P. 01000        
Del. Cuahutemoc, Mexico, DF.   

* Please send questions concerning registration to Shane Epting .   

* Members of Community-Based Organizations are eligible for free admission. For more details, please email Shane Epting .

   

Registration fees are as follows:       

           
  • All Full-time Faculty: $75 ($77.55 w/service fee).
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  • Graduate Students, Part-time and Adjuct Faculty: $25 ($26.06 w/service fee).
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  • General Admission (non-academic): $50 ($51.80 w/ service fee).
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  • Mexican Nationals: 200MX / $15 ($15.76 w/service fee).
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  • UAM Students:  Free .
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  • Pre-Approved Community-Based Organization Members:  Free  - Email Shane Epting  for registration.
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Hotel Reservations   

Casa de la Condesa         
Plaza Luis Cabrera No. 16 (Entre Guanajuato y Zacate-Cas)        
Col. Roma Norte, C.P. 06700        
Del. Cuahutemoc, Mexico, DF.

   

Phone:         
(5255) 5574-3186        
(5255) 5584-3089

   

           

Sponsors   

  This conference is brought to you by The Philosophy of the City Group and sponsored by: