DOWNLOAD IGU - BARCELONA CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 2008

 

 

Monday 28th July 2008:

 

Venue: Sala Gran (4th Floor), Facultat de Geografia i Història,

c/ Montalegre, 6. 08001-Barcelona

 

Registration: 9.30-10.00

 

Conference Opening: 10.00-10.30

• Prof. Mª Ángeles del Rincón, Dean of the Faculty of Geography and History

• Prof. Walter Leimgruber, Secretary of the IGU Commission on Marginalization, Globalization, Marginalization and Regional and Local Responses

• Prof. Dolores Sánchez-Aguilera, Coordinator of the Organization Committee

 

PLENARY ADDRESS: 10.30-11.00

• Prof . Lennart Anderson, Karlstad University: Methodological aspects on analyses of marginality: the case of Karlstad University.

 

Coffee Break 11.00-11.30

 

SESSION 1a: 11.30-12.45

TOPIC: Urban and Regional Change I

Chair: Prof. Márcio Moraes Valença

 

• Jorgen Amdam, Volda University College:Region building and economic change in Western Norway

• Mikel Dierssen, University of Barcelona: The spatial and social marginalization of Nordhausen in the Autonomous Region of Thuringen in eastern Germany.

• Jordi Nofre, University of Barcelona: “Cholos” and “Cholas”. Suburban Youth and Marginal Way of Life in Barcelona.

 

Lunch Break 13.15-14.30

 

SESSION 1b: 14.30-15.45

TOPIC: Urban and Regional Change II

Chair: Prof. Alison McCleery

 

• Hugo Capellà, Universidad de Concepción - Chile: Chilean Pacific Islands: from merge to gate.

• Sergio Moreno Redón; Sergio Martínez i Rigol; Observatori del Comerç Urbà, University of Barcelona: Economic and social changes through the retail equipment. The case of el Raval in Barcelona.

• Jordi Tresserras Juan, University of Barcelona: Dark tourism or reality tourism in "marginal" urban areas: the cases of Barcelona, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.

 

SESSION 2a: 15.45 – 17.45

TOPIC: Rural Areas, Marginalization and Social Movements I

Chair: Prof. Walter Leimgruber

 

• Maria Eugenia Cepparo, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo-Conicet: Advances and backward movements of the marginality in the context of rural areas. Malargüe.Mendoza (Argentina).

• Toivo Muilu, University of Oulu: Village associations as actors in rural policy in Northern Finland.

• Ana Matos Fernandes, University of Barcelona: From the countryside crisis to the countryside ideal – an urban reinvention.

• Abdullah Jamalunlaili, Mara University of Technology: River Communities along Pahang National Park, Malaysia.

• Dolores Sánchez-Aguilera; Jaume Font-GaroleraUniversity of Barcelona: From economic units to rural patrimony: the conservation of the “mas” in Catalonia.

• Tomáš Havlíček, Charles University: Regional identity as example of human and social capital in the rural peripheral regions of Czechia.

 

Coffee Break 17.45-18.15

 

COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING: 18.15-19.15

 

TUESDAY 29TH JULY

 

Field Trip "Local responses to marginality: examples in Southern Catalonia".

Meeting Point: Plaça Universitat, in front of the Building of the University of Barcelona

(see attached plan).

Departure: 8.30 / Return Time: 19:30

 

 

WEDNESDAY 30TH JULY

 

SESSION 3: 8.30 – 10.30

TOPIC: Infrastructure, Mobility and Transport in Marginal Areas

Chair: Prof. Jaume Font-Garolera

 

• Jarmo Rusanen and Ossi Kotavaara, University of Oulu: Plans for closing a railway and opening a mine – two opposed movements in Northern Finland.

• Steven Kale, SR Kale Consulting: Regional and local social movements toward Renewable Engery Development and Energy Self-Sufficiency in Marginal Areas of the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

• Fátima Vélez de Castro, Universidade de Coimbra: Mobility in marginal areas: a regional study of the Portuguese Border.

• Josep Coma Guitart, University of Barcelona: Social movements and new infrastructure in the marginal areas of Catalonia (Spain). Approaches to territorial disputes related to new infrastructure.

Coffee Break 10.30-11.00

 

SESSION 4: 11.00-13.15

TOPIC: Housing and Communities:

Chair: Prof. Francesc López-Palomeque

 

• Márcio Moraes Valença, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte:  Housing provision systems and neoliberalism.

• Mariana Fialho Bonates, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Spatial segregation and social housing: the case of the rental housing program in João Pessoa - Brazil.

• Ernandy Luis Vasconcelos de Lima, University of Barcelona: Informality and precarious housing: an irregular local urban occupation in Brazil.

• Márcio Moraes Valença; Mariana Fialho Bonates, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Military Housing – Housing The Military in Brazil

• João Paulo Diniz Abud, University of Barcelona: Irregular occupation processes in the Northern Coast of São Paulo, Brazil: The “Morro dos Mineiros” case.

Lunch Break 13.15-14.30

 

SESSION 5a: 15.00-16.15

TOPIC: Regional Development, Universities, Local political and

Grassroots Movements I

Chair: Prof. Lennart Andersson

• Samuele Patelli, University of Fribourg: Local political movements: a way forward or a way backward ? A Swiss regional example.

• Walter Leimgruber, University of Fribourg: Freedom and democracy – preconditions for regional development.

• Román Rodríguez and José Antonio Aldrey Vázquez, University of Santiago de Compostela: The planning as a basis for territorial development.

• Mohd Salleh Daim, Mara University of Technology: The role of university in encouraging community-based

   

Coffee Break 16.15-16.45

 

SESSION 3b: 16.45-18.15

TOPIC: Regional Development, Universities, Local political and

Grassroots Movements II

Chair: Prof. Mohd Salleh Daim

 

• Alison McCleery, Napier University: Intangible Cultural Heritage as Social Glue: a role for ICH in combating marginality, celebrating diversity and promoting citizen engagement?

• Francesc López-Palomeque; Francesc García Pascual, University of Barcelona- University of Lleida: Policies, instruments and actors in local development: new strategies for territorial development of tourism in inland Catalonia.

• Mª del Pilar Leal Londoño, University of Barcelona: The social movement in the “Doña Juana” landfill during the “Social Action Plan (2006)” of the Mayor of Bogota-Colombia.

• Paola Andrea Quintero Puentes, University of Barcelona: Tourism in a marginal territory: The improvement of housing family in the Wayuy indigenous community with tourist purposes (La Guajira, Colombia).

CLOSING SESSION: 18.30

 

Thursday 31st July 2008- 1st August 2008:

 

Post Conference Trip: Dynamics of marginality in Catalonia. A view from the

Pyrenees: Berguedà and Cerdanya.

Accomodation: Hotel HUSA Moixeró (Prats i Sansor)

Meeting Point: Plaça Universitat, in front of the Building of the University of Barcelona

(see attached plan).

Departure: 31st July 8.30 / Return Time: 1st August 19:30

 

Saturday 2nd August 2008:

 

Barcelona Walk 10.00-13.00