FWD: Theorizing Space and Time at the End of the Millennium

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>Colleagues:
>
>I am posting the Call for Papers for the 1999 Georgia Conference. The
>theme is "THEORIZING SPACE AND TIME AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM."
>Please find below a description of the conference aims and the form to
>submit with abstracts.
>
>Andy Herod
>Dept. of Geography
>University of Georgia
>
>_________________________________________________________
>CONFERENCE AIMS
>
>Contemporary processes of social, economic, and political change are
>dramatically transforming how space and time are produced both as
>material entities and as organizing categories. Such changes are
>having significant effects on the ways in which people live their
>lives, constitute their identities, and understand their places in the
>world. As a result, long-standing notions of time and space are being
>challenged, reworked, and reconstituted.
>
>This mini-conference seeks to bring together scholars from around the
>globe to address these and related issues. The conference is planned
>as a forum for a focused and informed discussion of the central issues
>concerning changing theorizations of time and space. Papers that
>develop both theoretical and empirical points are preferred. Issues
>which might be discussed at the conference include, but are not limited
>to:
>
> ? Labor and new geographies of social regulation
>
> ? Analytical and contextual approaches to space and time
>
> ? Sex, sexuality and space
>
> ? Environmental (dis)function
>
> ? The changing political economy of space and time
>
> ? Place and the politics of identity
>
> ? Globalization and localization
>
>
>PARTICIPATION AND FORMAT
>
>The conference will be held in Athens, Georgia from Friday, April 9 to
>Sunday, April 11, 1999. (The 1999 AAG meeting runs from March 23 to
>March 27).
>
>The conference is scheduled to begin with a plenary address by Julie
>Graham & Kathy Gibson ("J.K. Gibson-Graham") on Friday, April 9. Paper
>presentations and discussion sessions will be held on Saturday, April
>10 and Sunday, April 11, 1999. The final program will be put together
>by the conference committee after submitted abstracts have been
>reviewed. Whilst efforts will be made to include as many papers as
>possible, there may be some scheduling constraints. Please submit
>abstracts by October 15, 1998. Persons submitting abstracts will be
>informed of paper acceptance and the conference program by November 15,
>1998.
>
>FUNDING
>
>The conference is sponsored by the Department of Geography at the
>University of Georgia. The registration fee is $25.00 and must be
>received by February 1, 1999. Efforts are being made to secure travel
>funds for partial assistance for program participants.
>
>LOCATION
>
>The conference will be held in the Department of Geography and at the
>Holiday Inn in Athens, Georgia, adjacent to the University of Georgia
>campus. The city has much historical and architectural interest,
>including many well-preserved ante-bellum mansions. In addition to the
>University, founded in 1785, Athens is internationally known for its
>music scene (both REM and the B52s hail from Athens).
>
>Athens is located approximately 65 miles east of Atlanta and is
>accessible by automobile from Atlanta by four-lane highway. Athens can
>be reached from Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport via the AAA
>Athens/Atlanta Express shuttle service. Reservations are necessary
>[call toll free 1 (800) 354-7874; outside N. America 1 (770) 725-5573].
>The cost is $25 one way or $45 round trip and the journey takes
>approximately one and a half hours. The Athens airport is served by
>USAIRWAYS with connections through Charlotte, North Carolina.
>
>The Holiday Inn, situated next to the University of Georgia campus, is
>also adjacent to downtown Athens, with its college atmosphere and its
>many selections of restaurants, shops, and bars.
>
>ACCOMMODATIONS
>
>Accommodation arrangements should be made directly with the Holiday
>Inn, P.O. Box 1666, Broad and Lumpkin Streets, Athens, Georgia 30603,
>U.S.A.; phone [1 (800) 549-4433; outside N. America 1 (706) 549-4433]
>or fax [1 (706) 548-3031]. The conference rate is $76 (plus 14% tax) a
>night per room (2 double beds or 1 queen). Please book by March 9,
>1999. For information on other hotels and motels, please call the
>Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau toll free: 1 (800) 653-0603;
>outside N. America 1 (706) 357-4430.
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION
>
>Andrew Herod
>Department of Geography
>University of Georgia
>Athens, GA 30602-2502
>Ph. (706) 542-2366
>Fax. (706) 542-2388
>E-mail. aherod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Paul Plummer
>Department of Geography
>University of Georgia
>Athens, GA 30602-2502
>Ph. (706) 542-2329
>Fax. (706) 542-2388
>E-mail. pplummer@xxxxxxx
>
>Melissa W. Wright
>Department of Geography
>University of Georgia
>Athens, GA 30602-2502
>Ph. (706) 542-1753
>Fax. (706) 542-2388
>E-mail. mww@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FORM
>
>_____ I am interested in participating in the conference and am
>enclosing one copy of an abstract (and a version on disk if possible)
>of up to 300 words of the paper I would like to present.
>
>_____ I am interested in attending the conference but do not wish to
>present a paper. Please send me the conference program and keep me
>informed regarding arrangements.
>
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>_____ I will require child care facilities for ______ children. Please
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>If you require special services, facilities, or dietary considerations,
>please contact the Holiday Inn.
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>
>Submit this form and a copy of your abstract by mail, fax, or e-mail by
>October 15, 1998 to:
>
>
>
> Dr. Andrew Herod
> Department of Geography
> University of Georgia
> Athens, GA 30602-2502
> U.S.A.
> Fax: (706) 542-2388
> e-mail: aherod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>Alternatively, visit the Department of Geography web page at:
http://www.uga.edu/geography
>
>_____________________
>Dr. Andrew Herod
>Associate Professor
>Department of Geography
>204 GGS Building
>University of Georgia
>Athens, GA 30602, USA
>
>Tel: 706 542 2856
>Fax: 706 542 2388
>Email: aherod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>When I give food to the poor, they call me a Saint.
>When I ask why the poor have no food, they
>call me a Communist.
>
>Dom Helder Camara
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