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Rethinking Urban Inclusion: Spaces, Mobilisations, InterventionsVenue: Faculty of Economics (FEUC) at the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)Dates: 28-30 June 2012The Conference aims to understand and ultimately rethink social inclusion at the urban scale, as the product of broader dynamics and the interaction of different actors and languages. It will focus on emerging modes of contesting the centrality of the state and market pervasiveness, new varieties of counter-hegemonic positions and projects, and alternative visions of urban democracy and justice that inform bottom-up and participatory approaches to urban inclusion. By mixing academic with social movement and civil society “expertise,” experiences of both the global North and the global South, and the languages of social science and policy with those of the humanities and art, the Conference aims to contribute to an “ecology of knowledges” that gives visibility to new forms of collective action and community experimentation reshaping contemporary cities in different contexts.See the call for papers here:http://www.ces.uc.pt/eventos/citiesareus/pages/pt/call-for-papers.phpSee the list of keynote speakers here:http://www.ces.uc.pt/eventos/citiesareus/pages/pt/speakers.phpPlease, distribute widelyThanks!Stefania BarcaCentro de Estudos SociaisUniversidade de CoimbraColégio S. JerónimoLargo D. Dinis3001-401 Coimbra, PT00351 239 855595http://www.ces.uc.pt/investigadores/cv/stefania_barca.phpvice-presidentEuropean Society for Environmental History (ESEH)