2nd Young Academics Meeting: Planning, policies and institutions for integration - St.Petersburg, 6-8 February 2008 06-02-2008 Introduction The 2nd Young Academics Meeting – ‘Looking Beyond One’s Nose: Planning,
Policies and Institutions for Integration’ – aims to gather young researchers
and students from a variety of cultural and disciplinary backgrounds. It also
wants to discuss and encourage the exchange of ideas and research.
Description
‘Borders’ constitute both ‘spaces’ and ‘places’ for integration and
discontent. They are historically embedded and context-specific. In other words,
whilst these ‘spaces’ and ‘places’ can be perceived as the beginning or end of
particular territorial and socio-cultural understanding, they also can emerge as
a link or a means of integration between different realities. With this view in
mind the 2nd YA Meeting will concentrate on the notion of the ’border’ as a
multidimensional concept, exploring how its differing conceptualizations are
incorporated in the ‘spaces’ and ‘places’ of planning and development.
The conference discussion and debate will begin by identifying four specific
dimensions of this multidimensional concept:
1. Territorial borders and the way in which it has implications for planning
and development;
2. Operational borders and the way in which differences in institutional and
operational arrangements characterise different contexts and affect the transfer
of good practice;
3. Cultural and Social borders and the way in which they can contribute to
social exclusion phenomena as well as integration;
4. Disciplinary borders and the way in which the limits and challenges of
planning at the border are addressed in the incorporation of differing knowledge
sources.
Source: Planum
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