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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Recent URBST graduate to speak on Gentrification in Flushing
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Rachel Wu, a recent graduate of the Queens College Urban Studies Department, will be presenting research she conducted on gentrification in Flushing as part of her URBST 370 Service Learning internship with the Queens Historical Society. 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 23 at the Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37th Ave. Flushing, NY 11354. Abstract: Flushing is undoubtedly a racially diverse neighborhood comprised of a pan-Asian and Latino population. Recent and ongoing developments, however, complicate ideas of inclusion and diversity within the community. Implications of gentrification arise and as the relationships between growth, equity, and community are challenged, residents are left with luxury condominiums, less affordable amenities, and a changing environment. In order to track and understand these changes, wage and racial demographic data will be utilized to explain the groundwork through which these eventual changes were able to occur. The project takes a sociocultural approach to researching gentrification in Flushing and adopts the 7-train line as a geographic framework for development. By doing so, it aims to not only contribute to discourse on gentrification as a broad topic, but more importantly, to bring attention to the possibility of gentrification along the rest of the 7-train line. For more information call Richard Hourahan at (718) 939-0647.? The event is free, and open to the public. ? Scott Larson, Ph.D Co-Director and Service Learning Coordinator Office of Community Studies Department of Urban Studies Queens College http://qcurban.org/office-of-community-studies/ https://qc-cuny.academia.edu/ScottLarson

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Oct 13: Getting Back on Track: The New York Transit Crisis
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Getting Back on Track: The New York Transit Crisis Friday, Oct. 13 | 8:30 - 11:30 AM Murphy Institute 25 W. 43 Street, 18th Floor More information and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-back-on-track-the-new-york-transit-cri… This forum will explore the nature and causes of the current mass transit crisis, and will focus on solutions that will enable New York to sustain itself as a world-class city. During the course of two panels, speakers will offer strategies to modernize and maintain the City's transit systems, with responses from local elected leaders on the crisis and policies to remedy it. * Andrew Bata, Regional Manager North America, International Association of Public Transport (UITP) * Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, City College of New York and Director Emeritus, University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) * John Samuelsen, President, TWU Local 100 * City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Chair of the Committee on Transportation * City Council Member I. Daneek Miller, Chair of the Committee on Civil Service and Labor * Kafui Attoh, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, Murphy Institute Additional speakers to be announced.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Oct 6: Greater Gotham: Mike Wallace
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Greater Gotham: Mike Wallace Monday, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM The Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue Room C200, Proshansky Auditorium More information: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/All-GC-Events/Calendar/Detail?id=41551 Graduate Center and John Jay Distinguished Professor Mike Wallace, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gotham discusses his highly anticipated sequel Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919. This volume gives us the city on a whole new scale, as skyscrapers jostle for prominence and the ambitions of the wealthy compete with those of immigrants, radicals, and Harlem's African Americans. Wallace, founder of the Gotham Center, speaks with Sam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent for the New York Times. CLICK TO RESERVE<http://cuny.us14.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a506c1a376da2c73969440fc9&i…> Presented with the Gotham Center for New York City History.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Sept 29: Emerging Public Space in\of the Pearl River Delta
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Emerging Public Space in\of the Pearl River Delta Symposium Friday, Sept. 29 | 9:00 - 4:00 PM Parsons School of Design, 63 5th Avenue, University Center (UL) Room 102 More information: https://events.newschool.edu/event/emerging_public_space_inof_the_pearl_riv… The purpose of the symposium is to discuss variations of the concept of urban public space and multiplicities of public spatial practice that have emerged in the context of the Pearl River Delta's rapid urban development in the last forty years. We are particularly interested in exploring characteristics that make the public space and socio-spatial practices in this region distinct from urban development in China and East Asia in general, as well as searching for research practices and points of view that are currently emerging or have been under-exposed in this context. The symposium brings together fourteen participants who will present different perspectives on this expansive theme from the fields of urbanism, architecture, planning, sociology, and politics both academics and professional practitioners. The talks will be informative in reporting on findings from current research and practice, and are aimed at constituting a series of provocations about the innovative ways of framing and conceptualizing public space in\of Pear River Delta. Organized in collaboration with the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and with the India China Institute<https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/>, The New School.<http://newschool.edu> Sponsored by the School of Design Strategies<https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/design-strategies-school-sds/>, Parsons School of Design<http://newschool.edu/parsons>, Urban@Parsons, and the India China Institute<https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/>, The New School.<http://newschool.edu>

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Free Screening of Pomonok Documentary!
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17

Queens Memory is happy to co-sponsor a free screening of the independent documentary, Pomonok Dreams, on Sunday, October 15 (3-5 pm). The film, which was recently featured at the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema at the Queens Museum, focuses on the history of the Pomonok Public Housing project, located just across Kissena Boulevard from the Queens College campus. Filmmakers Alan Stark and Terry Katz, lifelong Queens residents and educators who grew up in Pomonok, will be on hand along with other guests for a post-screening discussion. Join us at P.S. 201, in the heart of the Pomonok community, for this special event. See attached flyer for more details, or contact Lori Wallach<mailto:Lori.Wallach@qc.cuny.edu> for further info. No tickets necessary! Hope to see you there! Lori Lori Wallach Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator queensmemory.org Center for Teaching and Learning, Razran 316 Queens College Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu (718) 990-8532 _______________________________________________ Socrates mailing list, Queens College Center for Teaching & Learning Socrates(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu To unsubscribe or change your preferences goto https://lists.qc.cuny.edu/ mailman/listinfo/socrates -- Natalie B. Vena, J.D., Ph.D. Phone (773) 401-1496

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Event 10/24: After-Effects of the High Line, Panel Discussion with Prof. Rosa
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

After-Effects of the High Line October 24, 2017 ▪ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Urban Democracy Lab, NYU 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003 To mark the publication of Deconstructing the High Line: Postindustrial Urbanism and the Rise of the Elevated Park (Rutgers University Press), the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU is hosting a panel discussion with the book’s co-editors, cultural theorist Christoph Lindner (University of Oregon) and urban geographer Brian Rosa (Queens College/CUNY Graduate Center), along with sociologist Julia Rothenberg (Queensborough Community College). Exploring the after-effects of the High Line—both in New York City and beyond—these three urbanists will lead a discussion on the consequences, implications, reverberations, and distortions implicated in the contemporary fascination with infrastructural re-use. Exploring questions about the cultural, social, economic, and physical transformations that surround the High Line and other similar projects, the panelists will dissect the “High Line Effect.” Key themes will be the relationship between parks creation and gentrification, infrastructural reuse, the aestheticization of post-industrial landscapes, and the explosion of projects mimicking the High Line in cities throughout the world.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Insurgency from Below and the Future of American Democracy Conference - Wednesday, October 11, 2017 (9am-5pm)
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Insurgency from Below and the Future of American Democracy The election of Donald J. Trump, an inexperienced and unpredictable billionaire real estate mogul endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan, stunned the world. Within hours of Hillary Clinton conceding the election to Trump, thousands took to the streets in protest against the victory of a candidate who lost the popular vote by the largest margin of an Electoral College winner in the nation's history - nearly three million votes. Trump is a right-wing populist whose message against trade deals that have hurt American workers strongly resonated in white communities where the declining power of trade unions has left people vulnerable to his bigoted and xenophobic appeals. The complex dynamics of our social movement and populist era, the intricate (and poorly understood) connections between movements and electoral politics, and what the Trump presidency means for American democracy are the themes of our conference. The conference will be held on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, from 9am to 5pm in the Elebash Recital Hall. Admission is free, but you must register for the conference; please visit: www.pivenconference.eventbrite.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__pivenconference.eventb…> After the conference, we will continue the conversation at 6:30pm with an evening plenary in the Proshansky Auditorium (C200). The Panelists include Barbara Ehrenreich, author, Nickel and Dimed; Ai-jen Poo, director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, professor of law, Columbia and UCLA; and Frances Fox Piven, distinguished professor of political science and sociology, emerita, at the GC, and moderated by Laura Flander, journalist and host of The Laura Flanders Show/GRITtv. To attend, you must register for this portion of the event separately; please visit:http://www.gc.cuny.edu/All-GC-Events/Calendar/Detail?id=41552 The conference and keynote event are co-sponsored by the CUNY Graduate Center's Ph.D./MA Program in Political Science, the Sociology Program, and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-NY Office; additional support from the Advanced Research Collaborative, the Office of the Provost, and the JCF/Helenia Fund at the recommendation of Craig Kaplan. [cid:image003.jpg@01D332D1.E38EB310] ________________________________

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Fall 2017 Princeton Mellon Research Forum on the Urban Environment: Infrastructure and Materiality
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Fall 2017 Princeton Mellon Research Forum on the Urban Environment: Infrastructure and Materiality Organized by Andrew A. Johnson and Curt Gambetta<https://www.facebook.com/curt.gambetta?fref=mentions> 12pm, South Gallery, School of Architecture. Lunch will be provided. The Fall 2017 research forum focuses on materials that are important to urban life and infrastructure, including water, cargo, carbon, biota, air and building materials. Materials pose unique problems to our understanding of the built environment. Their scope ranges in time and scale from global networks and longue durée processes, to fleeting, microscopic phenomena, challenging scholars to rethink how they observe, theorize and tell stories about architecture, landscapes and the people that inhabit them. In order to explore new approaches, we present a series of dialogues between scholars of anthropology and architecture. Each dialogue focuses on a particular material, examining how materials shape the possibilities for human worlds, be they social, political, religious, cultural, or otherwise. September 25 - Biota Stuart McLean (Minnesota) Peder Anker (NYU) October 9 - Air Erik Harms (Yale) Enrique Ramirez (Ball State) October 16 - Carbon Gokce Gunel (Arizona) Ateya Khorakiwala (Princeton Mellon) November 15 - Cargo Jessie Le Cavalier (NJIT) Janell Rothenberg (UCLA) November 28 - Building Materials Diana Martinez (Tufts) Catherine Fennell (Columbia) December 6 - Water Nikil Anand (Penn) Mitch McEwan (Princeton)

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Student Volunteer Opportunity - Margaret Mead Film Festival
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Student Volunteer Opportunity - Margaret Mead Film Festival I'm writing to share some information regarding volunteer opportunities at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History in hopes that you might share it with your students and colleagues. Volunteering is a great way to get in to the festival, engage with the filmmakers, and experience the various films and events over the weekend of October 19-22. We ask volunteers to help us either before the festival with promotion and quality checking the films and during the festival with ensuring a positive patron experience. Students who are interested may sign up by visiting this link: Mead Volunteer Application<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_forms_…> Many thanks in advance for helping to spread the word! Best regards, Charles Jabour Volunteer Coordinator Margaret Mead Film Festival American Museum of Natural History

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Call for Proposals: Open Engagement 2018—SUSTAINABILITY
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Call for Proposals: Open Engagement 2019--SUSTAINABILITY Closes October 31, 2017 11:59PM PST More information: http://openengagement.info/apply/ 2018 will mark the tenth Open Engagement (OE) conference. OE is dedicated to expanding the dialogue around, and creating a site of care for, the field of socially engaged art. OE supports radical imagination, nourishes partnerships, and illuminates pathways to creative change. This grassroots, artist-led conference has evolved into an unparalleled hub for practitioners and audiences to assemble. As the conference embarks on exploring the theme of SUSTAINABILITY in 2018, we are announcing that this will be the final year of the conference in its current form. We are currently accepting proposals for Open Engagement 2018. Local, national, and international artists, activists, academics, cultural producers, administrators, curators, educators, writers, thinkers, doers, and makers of all ages with a vested interest in art and social practice are encouraged to propose programming through our free call. Open Engagement 2018 – SUSTAINABILITY will take place May 11 – 13 at the Queens Museum and a constellation of sites throughout New York City. This year’s conference will feature presenters Lucy Lippard and Mel Chin. Both of their longstanding, diverse practices have touched on themes of sustainability ranging from micro to global scales, and have covered issues of equality, place, justice, health, and access. OE supports emerging and established artists and organizers, highlights the voices of students alongside professionals, and posits large-scale public institutions in conversation with DIY initiatives. Proposals can address this year’s theme of SUSTAINABILITY, or the field of socially engaged art more broadly. We invite you to share your works-in-progress, failures, and successes. We are also accepting site-specific proposals that take place inside of Queen Museum’s Panorama of the City of New York<http://www.queensmuseum.org/2013/10/panorama-of-the-city-of-new-york> or Relief Map of the New York City Watershed<http://www.queensmuseum.org/2013/10/from-watersheds-to-faucets-the-marvel-o…>. Proposals are reviewed by volunteer committees comprised of local and national partners, artists, activists, students, community members and scholars. The Open Engagement team works to honor and support multiple methods of discourse and dialogue, myriad forms of knowledge and knowledge-sharing. We embrace non-traditional conference forms. We prioritize marginal and radical perspectives. Open Engagement aspires to maximize accessibility for all. Conference presenters are not charged to present or attend. Open Engagement 2018 – SUSTAINABILITY marks the final chapter of a three-year narrative, beginning with POWER in Oakland, and followed by JUSTICE in Chicago.

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