Call for proposals CKC 2019
12th Feb 2019
CKC 2019: Rethinking, Resisting, and Reimagining the Creative City
12-13 September, 2019, Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE Bristol
Proposal Deadline: 29 March, 2019
In July 2018, the Digital Cultures Research Centre at the University of the West of England convened the first Creativity, Knowledge, Cities (CKC) Conference to critically explore the tensions between the creative sector, cities and universities. Scholars are invited to build on these productive debates by submitting proposals for CKC 2019: Rethinking, Resisting, and Reimagining the Creative City.
Using three themes of Rethinking, Resisting, and Reimagining, and foregrounding the notion of Inclusivity of all forms and at all scales, proposals are welcomed for organised panels, individual paper presentations, roundtables and interactive workshops.
Topics may include:
- Creative economy and university as policy objects
- Creative Industry Cluster programmes
- Co-creation, knowledge production, innovation
- Creative labour, ownership and justice
- Creative networks, ecologies, platforms
- Post/anti-disciplinary research and activism
- Cultural value, metrics, critical evaluation practices
- Cultural production, manufacturing and digital fabrication
- Placemaking, regeneration, gentrification
- Inequality, mobility, representation, belonging
- Creative citizenship, commoning, governance
- Circular economies and sustainable development
- Urban and university futures
Proposals are invited from international scholars representing diverse backgrounds, research and practice disciplines, including urban studies, cultural studies, cultural policy, arts, geography, sociology, economics, and technology studies.Research representing a diverse mix of global, national and local contexts is of particular interest.
PROPOSAL GUIDELINES and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION here: https://uwe.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/ckc2019
Contact [email protected] to discuss alternative methods for submission.
IMPORTANT DATES
Proposals due: 29 March, 2019
Decisions announced: 26 April, 2019
Participant confirmation required: 17 May, 2019
Early bird registration deadline: 30 June, 2019
Conference: 12-13 September, 2019
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Early bird registration: £175
Regular registration: £250
Concession rate (students, activists, cultural workers): £100
There are limited funds to support Early Career Researchers and PhD students. Please email [email protected] for further details.
