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Summer Institute in Economic Geography
The sixth Summer Institute in Economic Geography will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, July 1-7, 2012.
The Summer Institute provides an opportunity to investigate leading-edge theoretical and methodological questions, along with a range of associated professional development issues, in the field of economic geography, broadly defined. The meeting features contributions from internationally renowned figures in economic geography.
http://www.econgeog.net/zurich2012/index.html
Guest lectures
Prof. Dr. Marc Böckler - 27./28.09.2012
Performativity
Iris Dzudzek - 3.5.2012, 11:00-12:00h, Y25L40
Dr. Siobhan McGrath - 23.04.2012, 16:15-18:00h
Unfree Labour - Definitions and Debates
Prof. Olivier Graefe - 17.04.2012, 16:15-18:00, Y25H79
Communal Land Reform and the new struggle
over land in Namibia
Prof. Kevin Ward - 27.03.2012, 16:15-18:00h, Y25H79
Transatlantic travels: Financing urban economic
development in an age of financial austerity
Stefan Ouma - 21.03.2012, 13:00-14:15h, Y13M12
Farming as a Business: Zur "Integration" von Kleinbauern in (globale) Märkte
Prof. Nancy Peluso - 14.03.2012, 18:15-20:00, Y03G95
Situating forest violence in «post-conflict» landscapes
of Southeast Asia
Prof. Dr. Gillian Rose - 08.12.2011, 18.15-20.00h, Rämistr. 71, KOL F 109
Now you see it, now you don’t: the strange relation between contemporary visual culture and visual research methods
Dr. Shaun French - 22.11.2011, 16.15-18.00h, G55
Making a Market out of a Crisis: Mapping Biofinancialisation
Dr. Martin Hess - 15.11.2011, 16.00-18.00h, H86
Global Production Networks and Regional Development: Towards A Cultural Political Economy
Prof. Dr. Linda McDowell - 10.11.2011, 10.00-11.00h, D68
Becoming Men / Doing Gender: Workplace Identities in Uncertain Times
Newly published books
Kaspar, Heidi 2012: Erlebnis Stadtpark. Nutzung und Wahrnehmung urbaner Grünräume.
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. Book View
Schwiter Karin 2011: Lebensentwürfe. Junge Erwachsene im Spannungsfeld zwischen Individualität und Geschlechternormen. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. Book View
Elisabeth Bühler, Heidi Kaspar und Frank Ostermann 2011: Sozial nachhaltige Parkanlagen. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag. Book View