RATES
180€
Speaker (normal)
70€
Speaker (student) and residents in Asia, Africa and/or Latin America
30€
As audience
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Western philosophy can be argued to have originated from the cities, among other factors, as a response to the challenges that the city as a space, a technical object and as a community brought with itself. However, when facing the question about the nature of the city itself, it is difficult to provide an answer, due to the city’s heterogeneity, evading clear definition. It cannot be understood solely as an architectural model or a static political organization; rather, it is a human space, inextricably linked to the human agents on the eternal movement(s) of various kinds, where they come into interaction with human and non-human Others. Thus, both: the exploration of the human identity and the urban identity of a place is crucial to the consideration of the identity problem in the context of cities. The city can be said to be the space for exploring the self vs the Other dynamics, and for fostering empathy. It is especially important nowadays, when the cities are experiencing the dynamization of the social space caused by massive and varied migrations, whether we are talking of economic or scientific mobility, or the refugees fleeing war and natural disasters or climate change consequences. It appears that the city always has to be thought of as the meeting space of various actors and realities. In the words of Eric Corijn (Brussels Urban Summit 2023), “a good city is one that we make together”.
The aim of the IV Congress on Philosophy and the City: Movement(s) and Identity is to face the above-sketched challenges from philosophical, interdisciplinary and multicultural viewpoints.
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Urban philosophy: philosophy for the contemporary city.
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Utopian and dystopian cities.
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Approaches to identity in the context of urban space.
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Self vs the Other in the urban space.
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Identity of the cities in the context of the natural environment/climate changes.
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Approaches to migrations and human geographies.
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Managing migrations in contemporary urban spaces.
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Artistic and literary response to migrations within cities.
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The urban management and leadership approaches.
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Cities as spaces of inclusion or exclusion.
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Cosmotechnics, digital objects, AI and the city.
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City facing a war.
FORMAL RULES
For abstract submission
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The title, abstract and keywords should be sent in Spanish and English.
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The abstract should have a minimum length of 250 words and a maximum of 275 words.
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The number of keywords will be 5.
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If the communication has been produced in the framework of a research project obtained in competitive concurrence, tise information may be indicated in the section “observations” without counting in the number of words.
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It is compulsory to indicate the thematic line in which you want the abstract to be evaluated, and, on a voluntary basis, a subsidiary thematic line in case the evaluation committee considers that the content of the communication does not fit with the thematic line to which it has been sent.
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The abstract must be sent to asociacionfilosofiayciudad@gmail.com
SCHEDULE
Dates and deadlines for authors
31
march
Submission of abstracts
30
april
Acceptance of abstracts
30
june
Registration deadline
19-20
september
Holding of the Congress
31
december
Submission of texts for publication
Preliminary program
September 19
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9:00 |
Keynote lecture (Artur Blaim) |
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10:00 |
Coffee break |
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10:30 |
Concurrent sessions |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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14:30 |
Concurrent sessions |
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17:00 |
Coffee break |
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17:30 |
Keynote lecture (Yuk Hui) |
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19:00 |
Conference dinner |
September 20
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9:00 |
Keynote lecture (Adedoyin Teriba) |
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10:00 |
Coffee break |
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10:30 |
Concurrent sessions |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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14:30 |
Concurrent sessions |
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17:00 |
Coffee break. The closing of the Congress |
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17:30 |
The Nowa Huta walk |
Keynote speakers
Artur Blaim
Artur Blaim is an employee of the Department of English Translation Studies, Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Gdańsk, a member of the Academia Europea and the board of the Utopian Studies Society (Europe), and the author and scientific editor of more than 20 books on utopian studies, cultural semiotics and the works of William Shakespeare, among others Gazing in Useless Wonder. English Utopian Fictions 1516-1800, Peter Lang, Oxford 2013, Robinson Crusoe and His Doubles. Peter Lang. Frankfurt am Main 2016, Utopian Visions and Revisions. Peter Lang. Frankfurt am Main 2017, a special issue of Utopian Studies titled 'Solidarity and Utopia' and 2 volumes in the series Bibliotheca Utopiana: English Utopia of the Enlightenment Period. An Anthology. UG Publishing House, Gdańsk 2018 [introduction and academic co-editor] and Simon Berington. Memoirs of Gaudentia di Lucca. UG Publishing House, Gdańsk 2020 [introduction and academic co-editor].
Yuk Hui
Yuk Hui is a Hong Kong philosopher and professor of philosophy at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Hui has been described as one of the most interesting contemporary philosophers of technology. Hui studied Computer Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, wrote his doctoral thesis under the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler at Goldsmiths College in London and obtained his Habilitation in philosophy of technology from Leuphana University in Germany. Hui has taught at the Leuphana University, Bauhaus University, and has been a visiting professor at the China Academy of Art and the University of Tokyo. He has been the convenor of the Research Network for Philosophy and Technology since 2014.
Adedoyin Teriba
Adedoyin Teriba specializes in modern and contemporary architecture & urbanism — focusing particularly on such traditions in West Africa and its diasporas. Teriba's teaching and scholarship investigate the ways in which folklore, orality, language, art, dance, and music are used as tools — historically and presently — to generate an architecture that creates a sense of place. Teriba is also interested in the ways that performance-based ways of creating architecture have been a staple of architectural design in parts of Africa and its diasporas for the last two hundred years or more. At Dartmouth University, Teriba teaches topics on modern and contemporary architecture that include the idea of architecture and urban spaces as mysterious entities; the intersection between architecture, place, and identity; the connection between industrial design and architecture; and courses on modern and contemporary architecture in various regions and nations in Africa.
Curricular results
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Registration gives the right to present up to a maximum of two different communications, as long as they deal with problems not directly related to each other, and each one is presented at a table with a different thematic line, and has been accepted by the specific scientific committee of each thematic line.
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Certificate of participation in the IV International Congress City and Philosophy.
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Those registered as listeners will receive a certificate of attendance specifying the number of hours of duration and the program of lectures and communications.
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Publication of the abstract in the Proceedings book published by the City and Philosophy Association.
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Regardless of the number of communications presented at the congress, registration gives the right to submit a single text for the publication of a monographic number submitted to a peer review process in indexed journals.
Organizing Committe
Anna Bugajska
Associate Professor and the Head of the Language and Culture Studies Department at the Jesuit University Ignatianum in Cracow, Poland.
Marek Liszka
Assistant Professor in the Language and Culture Studies Department at the Ignatianum University in Cracow, Poland.
Jacek Poznański SJ
Assistant Professor and the Head of the Institute of Philosophy at the Ignatianum University in Cracow, Poland
Julia Urabayen
President City and Philosophy Asociation, Professor of Philosophy, University of Navarra, Spain.
Jorge León Casero
Vicepresident City and Philosophy Asociation, Assistant Professor, University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Students that collaborate:
Nicolás de Navascués, University of Navarra, Spain.
Mikel Martínez Ciriero, University of Navarra, Spain.
Travel Information
From Kraków Airport im. Jana Pawła II to the Central Train/Bus Station – train leaves every 30 mins, buses no. 252, 208 are depart three times per hour. Learn more.
From Central Train/Bus Station to the Conference Venue – 6 mins walk.
Where to eat in Krakow
Restaurants
Papryczki 5
U Babci Maliny
Chimera
Pizzeria Cyklop
Polakowski
Restauracja Polska Gąska
Sushi 77
Miód Malina
Boscaiola
Cafe
Cupcake Corner. Bakery and Cafe
Bunkier Café
Nowa Prowincja
Lajkonik
Tektura Cafe
TriBeCa Coffee
Charlotte
Where to sleep in Krakow
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