CfP: Networks of Power and Knowledge. Ann Arbor, 9-10 March 2018

Call for Papers: Networks of Power and Knowledge. Ann Arbor, 9-10 March 2018

University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Planning and Architecture Research Group (P+ARG)

The fourth biennial graduate conference of the Planning and Architecture Research Group (P+ARG) of University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning welcomes graduate student contributions on the theme of “Networks of Power and Knowledge.” This interdisciplinary conference engages the fields of architecture and planning, as well as neighboring fields from the humanities and social sciences.
Graduate students at different stages of study in the U.S. and abroad are invited to submit contributions spanning across history to the present, and encourage cross-cultural, cross-continental and interdisciplinary perspectives on the networks of power and knowledge within the built environment.
The full call for papers can be downloaded here.
Please submit an abstract (300 words max.) along with a resume (250 words max.) to part-taub@umich.edu by 3 January 2018. Applicants will be notified of the status of their submission by 10 January 2018.

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