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Contact ‘Rethinking the urban experience: the sensory production of place’
An ESRC Research Seminar Series
Seminar Four and Seminar Five will take place on consecutive days in order to allow delegates the opportunity to participate in both, related, events. To register please contact t.edensor@mmu.ac.uk.
Seminar Four: Senses and the rhythms and temporalities of the city
This seminar seeks to explore how the sensual experience of the city is shaped by rhythm and temporality. Regular, synchronised rhythms are organised by commercial, political and bureaucratic power, and become habitual and embodied for urban inhabitants. Yet dominant rhythms are also accompanied by corporeal, seasonal and non-human rhythms, along with people who practice space according to a different beat. Speakers will discuss the rhythms and sensations of bicycle and bus travel, the sensual rhythms of specific locales, the rhythms of urban advertising and attempts to install slower rhythms in place.
Seminar Five: Senses in transition: mobility in the city
This seminar looks at the various ways in which technologies and modes of moving through the city produce particular sensual experiences. The seminar includes presentations which focus on mobile soundscapes, rail travel, and the distinct mobilities of the amusement park.
Convenors: Dr Tim Edensor, MMU (Seminar Four); Dr Michael Bull, Brighton (Seminar Five)
Date: Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st January 2008
Venue: Room 725, Maxwell Building, University of Salford. See building
25 on
map at http://www.salford.ac.uk/travel/maps/campus_map.pdf.
Directions: See http://www.salford.ac.uk/travel/directions
for directions to the university by
train, car and air. Cycling is also possible and there are a number of
cycle facilities at the university. See http://www.salford.ac.uk/travel/access/
for disabled access
Programme Details:
Seminar Four: Wednesday 30th January
| 9.30-10.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | Mags Adams and Simon Guy: Introduction
to Seminar Series Tim Edensor, MMU: Introduction to Today's Seminar Theme |
| 10.15 - 11.45 |
Session 1: Place making and Rhythm Speakers: Anne Cronin, Lancaster University Monica Degen, Brunel University Filipa Matos Wunderlich, The Bartlett School of Architecture
and Planning,UCL |
| 11.45 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 12.45 - 1.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 - 15.00 |
Session 2: Movement, Temporality and place Speakers: Sarah Pink, Loughborough University Paola Jiron, London School of Economics Justin Spinney, Royal Holloway |
| 15.00 - 16.00 | Discussion and coffee |
| 16.00 | Film Show |
Seminar Five: Thursday 31st January 2008
| 9.30-10.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | Mags Adams and Simon Guy: Introduction
to Seminar Series Michael Bull, Brighton: Introduction to Today's Seminar Theme |
| 10.15 - 11.00 |
Michael Bull, University of Sussex. |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Discussion and coffee |
| 11.30 - 12.15 | Laura Watts, Lancaster University The train, the window, and the mobile phone designer: a story of travel time use in the high-speed cellular age |
| 12.15 - 12.45 | Discussion |
| 12.45 - 13.30 |
|
| 13.30-14.15 | Lynn Sally, Metropolitan University of New York Summer Breeze: Making Sense of Coney Island |
| 14.15-14.45 | Discussion |
| 14.45-15.30 | Caroline Bassett, University of Sussex. Listen Again: Technology and Noise in the City |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Group Discussion |
| 16.00-16.15 | Mags Adams and Simon Guy Future Plans |
Attendance at the seminar will be limited to 35 participants. Places will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis within 4 categories: academic/researcher; community-based/voluntary organisation staff; statutory practitioner/policy maker; private sector staff. Please complete and send a request for registration if you would like to attend.
