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Symposium: The politics of space in the age of terrorism
Symposium: The politics of space in the age of terrorism
A symposium reflecting on the role of architecture and design post-S11
Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July, 2005
Keynote Speakers: Catherine Ingraham, Pratt Institute, New York and Daniel Ross, Monash University, Melbourne
Brief and Call for Papers
The fall of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre, New York, on September the 11 th , 2001, signalled an event, a punctum par excellence , which has resounded throughout the global community. Even now the ramifications of this event in innumerable socio-political fields are being keenly experienced in the destruction of homes, the increasing vigilance of mechanisms of surveillance, the control of borders and migratory flows, and the reduction of civil liberties for asylum seekers and others. For the most part a critical voice in response to what has been decisively named a terrorist act has been suppressed. Rather than open discussions addressing the usefulness of ethical frameworks, we hear the accent of a close to religious fervour expounding the application of strict moral codes. Australia has subsequently cemented its empathetic identification with the States, which has led us alongside them into a generalised war on terror'. (...) http://politicsofspace.tce.rmit.edu.au/Brief.htm
for more details: http://politicsofspace.tce.rmit.edu.au
A symposium reflecting on the role of architecture and design post-S11
Friday 1 July Saturday 2 July, 2005
Keynote Speakers: Catherine Ingraham, Pratt Institute, New York and Daniel Ross, Monash University, Melbourne
Brief and Call for Papers
The fall of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre, New York, on September the 11 th , 2001, signalled an event, a punctum par excellence , which has resounded throughout the global community. Even now the ramifications of this event in innumerable socio-political fields are being keenly experienced in the destruction of homes, the increasing vigilance of mechanisms of surveillance, the control of borders and migratory flows, and the reduction of civil liberties for asylum seekers and others. For the most part a critical voice in response to what has been decisively named a terrorist act has been suppressed. Rather than open discussions addressing the usefulness of ethical frameworks, we hear the accent of a close to religious fervour expounding the application of strict moral codes. Australia has subsequently cemented its empathetic identification with the States, which has led us alongside them into a generalised war on terror'. (...) http://politicsofspace.tce.rmit.edu.au/Brief.htm
for more details: http://politicsofspace.tce.rmit.edu.au
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