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Call for papers "URBAN FUTURES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC"Deadline extended to 1 MarchAccédez à l'annonceThe _Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies_ (GJAPS) invites submissions from graduate students for a special issue: Urban Futures in the Asia-Pacific.Cities are centres of economic, social, political and cultural activity, but they can also be areas of intense poverty, unhealthy environments, dangerous spaces and captivity. With the current unprecedented rates of growth in the Asia-Pacific unlikely to abate it is of great importance that we maximise the potential of urban spaces while avoiding the multitudinous harm that cities can cause. The Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies is calling for papers that provide perspectives on the possible future of urban spaces in the Asia-Pacific.Such a theme is open to both quantitative and qualitative perspectives on urban spaces and encourages artistic, empirical or theoretical contributions that relate (but are not limited) to any of the following major themes:· Examining urban policies that are argued to promote sustainable urbanism and create more resilient, liveable urban spaces.· Assessing the potential of future technologies and/or transport initiatives that offer solutions to urban problems.· Investigating layers of urban governance structures and how they impact on urban environments and their development, either as a constructive or restrictive force.· Analysing our understandings of urban spaces and providing critical review of the current values that underpin urban practices.· Detailing and evaluating methodological innovation in the field of urban studies, including new tools and technologies that provide novel ideas and a better of understandings of our urban world.Contributions are welcome from all fields, including: social sciences and the humanities, architecture and planning, politics and policy analysis, or any other form of urban study.GJAPS interprets the designation "Asia-Pacific" in the broadest sense, to encompass East, Northeast and Southeast Asia, the Malay Archipelago, Australasia, Polynesia and Oceania, the West Coast of the Americas, including California, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, British Columbia, Central and South America.Arts and Culture Editor :* We are also seeking artists (graduate students or recent graduates) to be featured on both the cover for this issue and in an interview-style essay written by the Arts and Culture Editor within. The theme is open towide interpretation: we welcome artwork which deals with any Asia-Pacific theme. Please send your CV, and up to 8 high quality images of your artwork.* We are also interested in critical art essays on Asia-Pacific art from students in fine arts, art history and visual studies disciplines.Email article submissions to the Editor, Simon Opit at gjaps@auckland.ac.nz&#60;mailto:gjaps@auckland.ac.nz&#62;, as attachments using 'Word Template for GJAPS Authors' (download from: http://tinyurl.com/khyjwyz&#60;http://tinyurl.com/lq2n3ve&#62;) Submissions should be received by 1st of March 2014