Cristina Temenos posted a really interesting call for papers on BlueSky that I wanted to share. This is a copy-paste of the text of the thread.
How do we understand crisis as it unfolds through space? From housing precarity to climate shocks, cities are increasingly shaped by overlapping emergencies. But crisis is never neutral—it’s spatialised through power, exclusion, & resistance.
Urban crisis is not just about events—it’s also about long, ongoing conditions. This 2-day workshop explores how crisis becomes urbanised, and how spatial practices—from planning to everyday life—mediate, resist, or reproduce these crises.
We’re looking for critical, grounded contributions that challenge dominant narratives of crisis & foreground situated, embodied, collective responses. Themes include:
- ?? Spatial politics
- ? Climate & care
- ?? Infrastructure & exclusion
- ? Everyday vs. Eventful crisis
Send abstracts (250 words) to Cristina Temenos
?? Deadline: 22 May 2025
? Notifications by: 29 May 2025
No registration fee. Coffee & lunch provided. Travel/accommodation not covered.
This is an invitation to think with cities, not just about them. Join us to theorise crisis as spatial, situated, and collective. Please share with colleagues working on urban studies, geography, planning, crisis & care.