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Message to the members Conferences Winterschool Publications Job announcements Obituary

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Research committee 21 The Research Committee for the 21st century Sociology of Urban and Regional Development International Sociological Association Editor: Jan Willem Duyvendak

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Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to present our 2009 Summer Newsletter. And of course the Winter Newsletter for you who live in the Southern Hemisphere. I thank our editor, Jan Willem Duyvendak and his assistant, Josip Kesic, at the University of Amsterdam, for an excellent work as you have always done in the past. Included here are the program information about our forthcoming Sao Paulo conference in August, job postings, new publications, an obituary, first RC21-IJURR-FURS School in comparative urban studies during the Sao Paulo conference, and more. Newsletter and MoreNews&Events at the RC21 web page are the only communication tools we have among the members. I‘d like to encourage you to contribute more information about your activities and share your interests with all members in Newsletter. I‘d also like to remind you the deadline for abstract submissions to our program at ISA World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2010. Due is the end of October 2009. Finally, I would very much appreciate if you could renew your membership in the case it‘s expired. Membership fees are very important to keep our organization going. I hope you have a wonderful summer or winter! Kuniko Fujita President, ISA-RC21 July 31, 2009

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2. Conferences RC21 CONFERENCES

2009 ISA-RC21 Sao Paulo Conference Inequality, Inclusion and the Sense of Belonging Time: August 23-25, 2009 Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil Hosts: CEM - Centro de Estudos da Metrópole RC21 - Research Committee 21 Main Organizer: Eduardo Marques ([email protected]) Department of Political Science - University of São Paulo (DCP/USP) Contact: [email protected] Website: http://www.centrodametropole.org.br/ISA2009/index.html The organizing committee:  Adalberto Cardoso - Sociology - IUPERJ  Ana Cristina Fernandes - Geography Department - Federal University of Pernambuco (DG/UFPE)  Ana Fernandes - Faculty of Architecture - Federal University of Bahia (FAU/ UFBA)  Carlos Vainer - Urban and Regional Research and Planning Institute - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ)  Cristina Leme - Faculty of Architecture - University of São Paulo (FAU/USP)  Heloisa Costa - Geography Department - Federal University of Minas Gerais (IGC/ UFMG)  Ilse Scherer-Warren - Sociology Department - Federal University of Santa Catarina (DS/UFSC)  Leila Dias - Geosciences Department - Federal University of Santa Catarina (DG/ UFSC)  Marcio Valenca - Geography Department - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (DGE/UFRN)

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Program Sunday, 23th August Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) Time

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Plenary 1 - Identities and sense of belonging

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Monday, 24th August Centro Cultural São Paulo Time

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Plenary sessions: Sunday, August 23 at 18:30 1. Identities and sense of belonging: Teresa Caldeira (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Ana Clara Torres (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Andreas Novy (University of Viena) Discussant - Ilse Scherer-Warren (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) Monday, August 24 at 9:00 2. Urban Segregation and social inequalities: Enzo Mingione (Milano University, Italy) John Logan (Brown University, USA) Edmond Preteceille (Science Po, France) Discussant - Maria Cristina Leme (University of São Paulo, Brazil) Tuesday, August 25 at 9:00 3. Urban policies in neoliberal times and beyond Patrick Le Galès (Science Po, France) Raquel Rolnik (University of São Paulo, Brazil) Manuel Aalbers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Discussant - Carlos Vainer (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Newsletter July 2009

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Approved Papers 1. International perspectives on housing problems and policies - Márcio Moraes Valença, Federal University of Rio de Grande do Norte,Brazil. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Angelita Bazotti (IPARDES) / Louise Ronconi de Nazareno (IPARDES)

Possibilities to characterize housing conditions in Curitiba‘s metropolitan area during 2000‘s

Anna Badyina / Oleg Golubchikov

The contradictions of dealing with the ―housing question‖ in Russia

Dilorom (EUSP)

The Problems in the State Program‘s of Housing Renewal Realization in Russia

Fernanda Maria Lonardoni (EPFL)

Tenancy inside slums: constrains and alternatives for the housing access in Brazil

Guo Chen (MSU)

The Paradox of Home Ownership for Poor Households in a ChineseCity: A Multi-actor and Mixed-method

Lucia Zanin Shimbo (EESC-USP)

Economic sector of real estate and public programs: faces of contemporary housing policy in Brazil

Luciana de Oliveira Royer (USP)

Market and State in the promotion of housing policy: specificities of the Housing Financial System

Mercy Brown-Luthango (UCT)

Access to Land for the Urban Poor – Policy Proposals for South African Cities

Regina Dulce Barbosa Lins (UFAL)

Comparing Montreal and Brazilian "right to the city" through housing and urban policies

rostom (ISTEUB Tunis)

The Tunisia‘s urban marketing political

Sabina Uffer (LSE)

How is the Internationalization of Berlin‘s Housing Provision Creating an Uneven Spatial Development

Sajida Iqbal Maria (QU, Pakistan)

Barriers to private housing development: Case Study of Bahria Town, Islamabad, Pakistan

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2. The Foreclosure Crisis and the Financial Crisis: Local Configurations and Global Consequences - Manuel B. Aalbers, University of Amsterdam, The Nederlands. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Ben Derudder

Pathways of Growth and Decline: Connectivity Changes in the WorldCity Network, 2000-2008

Breno Bringel (UCM, Spain)

Crisis, cities and food: urban and rural social movements connections through food sovereignty.

Elisangela Cabral de Meireles (IFRN) / Otomar Lopes Cardoso junior (UFRN)

The Mossoro‘s valley in the exportation of fruits and the financial crisis: end of competitiveness?

Gregory Douglas Squires (GWU)

Segregation and the Subprime Lending Crisis

Mariana Fix (UNICAMP)

Finances and real estate: new connections in

3. Social effects of urban renewal mixed policies - Les “effets” sociaux de la Rénovation urbaine : entre démocratie et mixité sociale - Agnès Deboulet, Ecole d'architecture de Paris la Villette et Ipraus / CNRS and Christine Lelévrier, Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris, Université Paris XII Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Catalina Ortiz (UIC)

Citizenship and equity collide: partial plans for downtown renewal in Colombia

Cem Bico

An Urban Transformation Project in Istanbul: Social Inclusion or Consensual Deportation

Cinthia Kawe Wu (UNICAMP)

Home-Based Enterprising and the garment industry in Sao Paulo‘s Downtown

Ozan Karaman (U Minn)

Urban renewal and the politics of disposses-

tolga islam (YTU)

Implications of an urban renewal project in a Roma neighborhood in Istanbul

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4. The heterogeneity of the urban violence in a comparative perspective - Gabriel de Santis Feltran, Center for metropolitan Studies, Brazil. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Ana Claudia Jaquetto Pereira (IUPERJ)

Criminalizating violence against women in Brazil: the interplay of local and global actors

André Carl Horn (UP)

A Common Theory and Language of Crime? – A South African Perspective

André Zanetic (DCP-USP)

The interface between public and private security: relevant characteristics and impact on policing

Clodomir Cordeiro de Matos Júnior (UFC)

Citizenship in democratic societies: recogni-

Luiz Fábio Silva Paiva (UFC)

Urban violence and daily life: the experiences of residents of an area classified as ―dangerous‖.

MAURA MISITI (IRPPS-CNR)

The Silence and the Words: Domestic Violence

5. Urban conflicts and comparative studies - Carlos Vainer – Urban and Regional Research and Planning Institute/ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Azat Gundogan (Mr)

On the Outskirts of a Mega-City,In the Middle of Industrialization:Conflict in Gebze,Turkey

FELIPE DE JESUS DE ALBA MURRIETA (MIT)

How is constructed the modernity of the water political conflict?...

Jan Dohnke (FU Berlin)

How to acquire your ―right to the city‖ - Strategies of Participation in Buenos Aires and Berlin

Klaus Frey (PUCPR)

Urban conflicts and democracy in the context o a supposed post-neoliberal urban world

Lucia Maria Capanema Alvares (UFMG) / Luiz Felipe Leão Maia Brandão (UFAL) / Breno Pimentel Câmara (IPPUR/UFRJ)

Comparative studies of Urban Conflicts in Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, and Maceió.

Luján Menazzi (IIGG)

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Maria da Glória Marcondes Gohn (UNICAMP)

Urban mobilization in Latin America of nowadays

María José Álvarez Rivadulla (UR)

Squatters and Politics: reflections from the history of urban land invasions in Montevideo.

Maria Lucia Refinetti Martins (FAUUSP)

Planning conflicts are social and economical struggles, not a question of different urban models

Pelletier Mathieu / Trudelle Catherine (UQAM)

Conflict activity and territorial structuration: networking urban conflicts in Quebec city,1965-2000

Rodrigo Corrêa Diniz Peixoto (MPEG)

A grassroots movement and its academic neighbourhood: a debate on identities in the WSF of Belém

SAHANA UDUPA (NIAS)

Differentiated Publics: Mediated conflicts in a globalizing city

Sarwat Viqar

Urban struggles and migrant identity in Karachi,Pakistan.

Stavros Stavridis Manasis (NTUA)

The December 2009 youth uprising in Athens: Glimpses of a possible ―city of thresholds‖

6. Embodied Experiences and Civic In/Exclusion in the City - Susan Buckingham & Dr. Monica Degen, Brunel University – UK Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Eric Sergio Boria (LUC)

REPOSITIONING THE SUBJECT IN THE INDUSTRIALCITY

Jennifer E Petersen (NYU)

Embodying Risk and the Risks of Embodiment: Pedaling Automobility

Jenny Fatou MBaye (LSE)

West African Hip Hop Entrepreneurs : Concrete Utopia of Urban Revival

Monica Degen / Susan Buckingham

Civic Identity and Body Practices: using yoga as a research method

Nikhil Anand (Stanford)

Hydraulic Citizenship, Good Water and its

Yona Ginsberg-Gershoni (Bar-Ilan)

ur Territory their Territory: The Ultra-Orthodox in Tel-Aviv's Metropolis

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7. Conflict and participation on contemporary urban planning - Fabricio Leal de Oliveira – Urban and Regional Research and Planning Institute/ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Abir Saksouk-Sasso / Nadine Bekdache (AUB)

Power Dynamics in the Post-War Reconstruction of Aita el Cha‘ab

Aída Quintar (ICO - UNGS) / Lara Gonzalez Carvajal (UNGS) / María Cristina Cravino (ICOUNGS)

Participation and Complex Scenery in Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires

Graziela Luz Castello (CEBRAP)

How Society Permeates the State: Issue Networks in Health and Social Assistance, São Paulo.

Guadalupe Margarita González Hernández (UAZ) / José Roberto González Hernández (UAZ)

Transnational social participation in shaping the urban structure of small towns in Zacatecas,México

Iluminada Esther Hernandez Medina (Brown)

―Co-Constructing the City‖: Defiance and Collaboration in Mexico City‘s Urban Policy

Ivana Socoloff

Construction of ‗public-private partnerships‘ in urban transformation. Buenos Aires during the 90s

Lisa Bornstein

―If we participate, will they listen?‖ - participatory processes and mega-projects in Montreal

Lorena Anaya González (ITESM)

Participative Urban Planning: A Challenge in Monterrey‘s Metropolitan Area

Luis Régis Coli Silva Jr. (UFRJ)

Participatory Mapping in Brazilian Urban Mas-

Luís Tôrres Barros (IPPUR)

The citizen participation at the urban policies

Nilton Ricoy Torres (USP)

EMERGING INSTITUTIONS OF PLANNING

Pappinissery Puthan Veettil Balan (CRRID)

Participatory Planning and Social Accountability: Experiences from Kerala (India): P.P. Balan

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8. Contemporary Urban Environment: public space or private planning?, trends and tensions – Manoel Alves e Cibele Risek, Department of Architecture, University of São Paulo at São Carlos, Brazil. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Alvaro Luis dos Santos Pereira (FDUSP)

Projecting a new highlight in the city. The ero-

Ana Paula Soares Carvalho (IUPERJ)

URBAN PLANNING: THE PRIVATE SECTOR LOGIC AND THE STRATEGIC USE OF CULTURAL SPACES

Fereniki Vatavali (NTUA)

Home consumption as a key element in the

Irena Ehrenfeucht (UNO)

Re-urbanization or Privatization? Rebuilding New Orleans after the 2005 Hurricanes

Junji Nishikawa (Kyoto University)

Inclusion and exclusion in the urban space - A case study of convenience stores in modern Japan -

Márcio Moraes Valença (UFRN)

A PUBLIC SPACE. An essay on Harveyan

Siddharth Sareen (IIT-M)

Public Spaces in Chennai: Transport Equity, Inclusiveness and Stakeholders in Urban Planning

Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Engaging, absorbing and contesting the con-

Verônica Sales Pereira (FEBASP)

Remembering process and the crisis of the legal legitimacy: the old industrial areas in

9. Race and Migration Beyond the Global City - Jerome Hodos Department of Sociology -Franklin & Marshall College, USA Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Annsilla Nyar (GCRO)

What possibilities for city-regional governance?

Carlos Eduardo Dias Souza (PUC-Rio)

And Samba got the train: suburbanization and associative forms among afro-descendents in Madureira

Jeniece Tyria Williams (MA)

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Approved Proposals (continued) Renato Rivera Rusca

The Integration of Migrants into Multi-Cultural Societies: As seen in London and Tokyo case studies

Rosângela Rosa Praxedes (PUCSP)

Black middle class in the city of Maringá

Thomas J Vicino (Wheaton)

New Metropolitan Realities: Implications for the US and Global Regions

Tingwei Zhang (UIC)

Urban Problem, Rural Solution

11. Large scale urban projects in practice: explorations on their social and spatial impacts – Ute Lehrer, York University Canada; Pedro Novais, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil and Nadia Somekh, Universidade Mackenzie, Brazil. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Alberto de Oliveira (UFRRJ)

Labor, economy and transparency in large ur-

Andre Leirner (FGV-SP)

Civil society participation in public urban projects: the IADB stance on the Procentro Program.

Anna Mayr (MA)

Citizenship and Urban Governance in Globalizing Cities – Delhi and the Commonwealth Games

Beatriz Elena (CEUR-CONICET)

Megaprojects, changes in the urban core and conflicts of interest. Notes on the Argentine experience.

Carlos Leite

Implementing Urban Sustainable Redevelop-

Catherine Gingras (UdeM) / Breux / ThomasMaret

Large scale urban residential developments: consequences on individual housing trajectories

Eulalia Portela Negrelos (USP)

Large urban projects in Sao Paulo as new capitalist strategies in the production of the city

faranak Miraftab (UIUC)

Downtown Development Projects: From Colonial to Contemporary Cape Town, South Africa

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Federico (AMIDSt)

Innovation, legitimacy and efficacy in development: solving the dilemma in Paris and Amsterdam.

FERNANDA ESTER SANCHEZ GARCIA

Rio 2007 Pan-American Games and its lega-

Gavin Shatkin

The Politics of Privatopolis: For-profit New Towns in Indian Cities

Guillermo Jajamovich (CEDET - UNSAM)

From Parque España to Puerto Madero: urban projects and management between Argentine and Spain

Jussi Matias Kulonpalo (HY)

Critical Perspective On Implementation of Urban Planning Policy in Helsinki, Finland.

Latendresse Anne (UQAM)

Restructuring Montreal : Mega Projects and Urban Movements

MARIA LUCIA PIRES MENEZES (UFJF)

Logística e negócios na geografia urbano regional de Juiz de Fora. Minas Gerais.

Neha Sami

From farming to development: An alternative approach to real estate development in Pune, India

Rosa Moura (IPARDES)

Metropolitan Axle/Green Line: re-functionalizing of the space or recycling of the Curitiba-model?

Sébastien Pradella

Governing urban mega-project in Paris and Brussels: unintended political effects of elusive policies

Thomas Maloutas (UTH/EKKE) / Johyn Sayas (NTUA) / Nicolas Souliotis (UTH)

Consequences of the 2004 Olympic Games on the sociospatial structure of Athens

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13. After Neo-liberalism - impact on cities - Raquel Rolnik – Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism/University of São Paulo, Brazil and NeilSmith, Anthropology, City University of New York. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Alessandra Cristina dos Santos (IFCH)

Construction of More Egalitarian Cities: is it possible?

Andréa Casa Nova Maia (IFCS/UFRJ) / Valnei Pereira (FAUUSP)

Nostalgic Landscapes of a metropolis: socialgeographic changes as portrait of liberalism policy

Asuman Turkun (YTU) / Besime Sen (MSGSU)

Radical Transformations in Historic Urban Centers and Squatter Housing Neighborhoods in Istanbul

Badrinath Rao (teste)

Urban fantasies and the politics of space in neoliberal India

Cenk Saracoglu / Neslihan Demirtas-Milz (IEU)

Neoliberal urban transformation and Turkey: reflections from Izmir

Francesca Fois (La Sapienza)

Neoliberalism, the Argentinean crisis and people‘s responses in Córdoba and La Rioja

14. Construction and Urban Practices: Urbanization, Labor and Culture - Maria Lucia Gitahy and Fernando Atique, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism/ University of São Paulo and São Franciso University,Brazil. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Edmundo Werna (OIT - ONU)

Decent work in urban areas: role of local authorities and the case of the construction sector

José Francisco Bernardino Freitas (UFES)

Port activities and landfills in Vitória (ES): choices and outcomes.

Luciana Massami Inoue (FAUUSP) / Marcos Virgílio da Silva (USP)

Formation, construction and representation of São Paulo´s suburb 1940 -1960

Maria Margarita GONZALEZ CARDENAS (EHESS)

Urban analysis. A revision to the sixties‘ urban planning criticism.

Michaël Deinema (UvA)

Cultural industries and the trajectories of Dutch

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16. Inner cities under redevelopment revisited - Ana Cristina Fernandes, Rovena Negreiros, Zoraide Amarante I. Miranda. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Adrian Francisco Guachalla Gutierrez (UoW)

THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE AND COVENT GARDEN: A romance between a cultural flagship and its urban milieu

Beatriz Kara José (FAUUSP)

―Urban-cultural‖ interventions at São Paulo‘s downtown: what kind of policy?

Carolina Maria Pozzi de Castro (UFSCAR); The Center and the centrally: an investigation Claudio Cesar de Paiva (UNESP); Claudio on the development policies in ―railroad cities‖. Cesar de Paiva (UNESP); Kelly Cristina Magalhães (UNESP) Manuella Marianna Carvalho Rodrigues de Andrade (UFAL)

The Information Paradigm and the Bairro of Recife: an urbanistic reflection on the DigitalPort

18. The Uneven Development of Urban Inequalities - João Sette Whitaker Ferreira/ Laboratório de Habitação e Assentamentos Humanos – FAU/ Universidade de São Paulo Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto (PROURBUFRJ)

Discussing new perspectives to reduce urban inequalities in water and sanitation services in Brazil

Angela Seixas Pilotto (LABHAB/FAUUSP/ AMBIEN) / Simone Aparecida Polli (UFRJ / IPPUR)

Urban disparity in Curitiba: two case studies on segregation

Armando Garcia Chiang (UNACAR) / MYRNA Delfina Lopez Noriega (UNACAR)

GATED COMMUNITIES IN CIUDAD DELCARMEN, CAMPECHE, MEXICO.

Clarissa F. Sampaio Freitas (UNB) / Lucia Cony Faria Cidade (UnB)

Environmental inequalities in Brazilian Federal District eastern urban fringe

Danilo Veiga (FCS UDELAR)

Socioeconomic inequalities and socio-spatial changes in Montevideo

Delario Lindsey (WPUNJ)

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Flavio Alex de Oliveira Carvalhaes (IUPERJ) / Juliana Frizzoni Candian (IUPERJ)

Cultural and economic capitals in a brazilian city. Distinctions or fractions?

Hilda María Herzer (UBA) / Maria Carla Rodriguez (IIGG-FSOC-UBA) / María Mercedes Di Virgilio (UBA) / Mariana Gómez Schettini (UBA) / Gabriela Merlinski (UBA)

The New Urban Social Question in Buenos Aires Downtown.

Humberto Prates da Fonseca Alves (UNIFESP) Environmental Inequality in São Paulo: differential exposure of social groups to environmental risk Leeta Mohanty

Urban theories and their effects on inequality and inclusion in India under Globalization

Mariana Fialho Bonates (UFRN)

MILITARY HOUSING. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BRAZIL AND THE US

Omar Pereyra

Parallel Cities: Urban Form, Urbanization and

Orlando Alves dos Santos Junior (IPPUR/ UFRJ)

Discussing new perspectives to reduce urban inequalities in water and sanitation services inBrazil

Renata Cunha Borges Ralid (Sorbonne)

Role of sustainable development policies on urban inequality in the suburbs of Paris and Brasilia

Sudeshna Mitra (CU)

Cities of Desire: Producing space for Information Technology in urban India

Tara Kaye Vogel (UvA)

Unpacking Urban Inequalities: The StrategicRelational Livelihoods Approach

19. Between us and them, do we hold something in common? Daily modes of conviviality in border - marked cities - Daniela Vicherat Mattar, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Abir Saksouk-Sasso / Nadine Bekdache (AUB)

The Politics of Retrieving Ein el Meraisse

Ebru Soytemel (CRESC)

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Goran Janev

Construction of symbolic borders and the ethnic division of Skopje - Macedonia

Gustavo Rivera Jr. (U-Chicago)

Oncotô: Favela, Public Housing and Inbetweens

John Joe Schlichtman

Local Place Gives Way to Global Space: En-

Marcos Vinícius Teles Guimarães (UPC)

Bordering Urban Landmarks: The Mountains and the Acropolis within the City of Belo Horizonte

20. Disperse Urbanization: Challenges to Planning and Environment Preservation - Ester Limonad; Fluminense Federal University Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Arnaldo Lôpo Mont'Alvão Neto (UFMG) / Neuma Figueiredo de Aguiar (UFMG)

Urban dislocations and social inequalities: an analysis of the population daily movement

Camila Pradi Bonilha (U de M) / Thomas-Maret

Can we rebuild less vulnerable communities after a disaster? The case of Holy Cross, New Orleans

Cilene Gomes (UFRJ-IPPUR) / Edja (UFRN)

Integrated perspectives for analysing the disperse expansion of Natal (RN)

EBRU KAMACI / OGUZ ISIK

Changing pattern of residential mobility in a globalizing city:: Istanbul from 1990 to 2000

Felipe Nunes Coelho Magalhães

The city-region as a new metropolitan spatial fix: notes on the morphology of peri-urban spaces

Gabriel Nogueira Duarte

THE EMERGENCE OF INTERMEDIATE NETWORKS Mobility Flows and Informal Commercial Specialization

Heloisa Soares de Moura Costa (UFMG)

Local and metropolitan planning: a tale of conflicting expectations

Jay Mittal (UC)

Role of Voluntary land protection in increasing dispersion of economic activities

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Maria Floresia P. de S. e Silva (UFBA)

Between the disperse and the concentrated urbanization trends a key element: the gated communities

NIKOLAIDOU SOFIA (N.T.U.A)

JOB DECENTRALISATION AND RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY PATTERNS IN THE METROPOLITAN PERIURBAN AREA OF ATHENS.

Rainer Randolph (IPPUR/UFRJ)

Gated communities inside and outside of metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro. Challenges for planning

23. Social Cohesion in the City – Andreas Novy, Department of City and Regional Development at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Debruyne Pascal / Stijn Oosterlynck

Beyond physical planning interventions:fostering new social relations through urban renewal in Ghent

Alberto Vanolo (Diter)

European spatial policy between competitiveness and territorial cohesion: shadows of neoliberism

Marisol Garcia (UB)

Governance, Citizenship and Social Cohesion in Cities

Ismael Puga Rayo

Inequality Legitimation in the SegregatedCity: Santiago de Chile

Sergio de Azevedo (UENF) / Luiz Cesar de The ―metropolitan-effect‖ on the exercise of Queiroz Ribeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ) / Orlando Alves political citizenship in Brazil dos Santos Junior (IPPUR/UFRJ) Catharina Cornelia Martina Adriaanse

The importance of norms; behavioral game theory as a tool to postdict neighborhood events

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24. A Homesick World: The Nostalgic Logic of „Feeling at Home‟ - Jan Willem Duyvendak, Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Nederlands. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Ernani Shoiti Oda (Kyodai)

Claiming a far away home: Japanese Brazilians‘ politics of memory in Kobe, Japan

Leslie Laczko (U of O)

HOW IMPORTANT ARE LOCAL AND URBAN ATTACHMENTS? A CROSS NATIONAL COMPARISON

Peter van der Graaf (SOFI)

The Lost Emotion: Feeling at Home in a Placeless Sociology

Vera Angelico

Brazilians Abroad: how do they deal with the sense of belonging on foreign soil?

25. Economic transformations and socio-territorial structures and changes in large cities: comparing European and Latin American metropolises - Carlos de Mattos, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile and Edmond Preteceille, Science Politiques, France. Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Anna Guseva

The Identification of Suburbanization Patterns and Changes in Urban Growth: Moscow Example.

Felipe Link (PUC/UDP)

Transformation of the metropolitan labor market and its impact on the urban structure of Santiago

Jesus Leal (UCM)

Segregation and local housing provision in European cities. Jesus Leal

Lucia Maria Machado BÓGUS (PUC/SP) / Suzana Pasternak (FAUUSP)

Intra metropolitan dinamic and social organization in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region

Maria Maloutas (UoA) / Thomas Maloutas (UTH/EKKE)

An overview of sociospatial change in a Mediterranean metropolis. Athens since the 1980s

Pedro Abramo (UNA)

The "COM-FUSED" City. The steel hand of the market and the production of urban structure in Latin American metropolis

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26. Land regularization and upgrading in urban areas: discussing recent experiences - Geraldo Magela Costa, Graduate Program in Geography; Federal University of Minas Gerais Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Ana Lourdes Vega Jimenez de la Cuesta (UAM)

Land regularization. The case of Netzhualcoyotl, Mexico City.

Kathryn Lacy (UNO)

Measuring Empowerment and Social Inclusion in Urban Development: Belo Horizonte

Maria Camila Loffredo D'Ottaviano (USF) / sergio luis quaglia-silva (USF)

Habitamparo: a guide project for land tenure

Shkelqim Daci (UN-HABITAT)

Informal Settlements - land management

YANNAN DING (ISEG)

ViC, a critical review on informal housing in Chinese cities

Zainab Bawa (CSCS)

Between State and Developmental Visions The Case of Rehabilitation and Resettlement in Mumbai

28. Urban Poverty – Fernando Diaz Orueta, Department of Sociology II, University of Alicante, Spain, and Yuri Kazepov, University of Urbino, Italy Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Bediz YILMAZ BAYRAKTAR (MEU)

Impoverishing while (alleging at) modernising: Urban renewal and urban poverty in Turkish cities

Brooke Sykes (ESUSPE)

Neighbourhood and school poverty as driving forces in individual disadvantage? Examining evidence and policies in the Netherlands

Daria Zelenova

Informal settlements in Contemporary South Africa: Fighting Poverty and Repression from Below

Dorian Singh

Unequal Health Outcomes: The Role of Access to Health Care in Urban Romani Populations in Romania

Gabriela Spanghero Lotta (USP)

Health Public Policy and the Street-LevelBureaucracy as strategy against the social exclusion.

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Geraldo Márcio Timóteo (UFMG) / Jorge Alexandre Neves (UFMG)

Spatial Segregation, Labor Market and Poverty in the City of Belo Horizonte

Jeremy Seekings (UCT)

Risk, individuation, class and poverty in the South African city

Licia Valladares

Undergraduates and graduates of the favelas

Lizandra Serafim (UNICAMP E CEBRAP) / Monika Dowbor (CEBRAP) / Júlia Moretto Amâncio (CEBRAP)

Poverty reduction programs and local collective actors: social accountability in São Paulo

Luiz Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro (IPPUR/UFRJ) / Mariane Campelo Koslinski (UFRJ)

Urban Frontiers and educational opportunities: the case o Rio de Janeiro

Maira Machado Martins (IFU - LTMU/ LAB'URBA)

Popular gated communities in Rio de Janeiro

Manoj Kumar Teotia (CRRID)

Rethinking Social Development in Urban India

Maria Encarnación Moya Recio (DCP-USP)

Survival and mobility: the role of social rela-

Matthew Marr (FIU)

Exiting Homelessness in Los Angeles and Tokyo: Urban Poverty in Comparative Perspective

Ozgur Avcuoglu (KU)

The Governance of Local Social Assistance Schemes

Renata Mirandola Bichir (IUPERJ)

New policies against poverty: conditional cash transfer programs in São Paulo, Brazil

Tales Bohrer Lobosco Gonzaga de Oliveira (UFBA)

Spatial practices on Brazilian slums: segregation and everyday life

Walter Musakwa

Local Economic Development (LED) programs, and the cycle of poverty in South Africa‘s high density suburbs.

Yeqing Huang (FBE in MQ)

Beyond Hukou: An Analysis of Social Exclusion of Rural-urban Migrants in Transitional China

Yumi Garcia dos Santos (CRESPAA-GTMCNRS)

The role of public policies for female headed households in Brazil, in France and in Japan

Zoltan Gluck (CEU)

Sociospatial Exclusion: Reflections on Urban and Rural Advanced Marginalities in Hungary

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30. Approaches to analysis of Mega Cities in the XXI Century - Lucio Kowarick, Department of Political Science, University of São Paulo, Brazil and Lícia do Prado Valladares, University of Lille, France Approved Proposals Author(s)

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Anete Brito Leal Ivo (UCSAL e UFBA) / ANGELA MARIA CARVALHO BORGES (UCSAL)

The territories of social vulnerability and new standards for social protection

Changcheng Zhou (ufmg)

A Survey on Subjective Quality of Life in WuhanCity

DEBOULET (ENSA-PLV)

Neo-liberal restructuring, urban vulnerability and recognition, examples from Cairo and Mumbaï.

Flávia de Paula Duque Brasil (FJP) / Maria de Lourdes Dolabela Pereira (ADRMBH)

Metropolitan Governance and its challenges: an analysis of the new governance system in the RMBH

Hoelzl (UFZ)

The future of Megacities in Latin America. Governance perspectives for Santiago de Chile.

Jayaraj Sundaresan

Planning in Mega cities as performance

Juan Miguel Kanai (UM)

In-between Cities

Le Galès patrick (Sciences Po)

Mega city and why size matters for urban governance

Peter M. Ward (UT-Austin)

Prospects for Effective Metropolitan Governance in the Federalist Americas,

Reinaldo José de Oliveira (PUC/SP)

Racial city, Relations and Social Vulnerability: the black trajectories in São Paulo in century XX

RC21 Call for Papers XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 11-17, 2010 The call for papers has appeared at ISA web page http://www.isa-sociology.org/ congress2010 . Your paper abstract including paper title, short description (within 200 words), and name, affiliation, country and email addresses as paper author(s) should be sent to session organizers as well as conference coordinators: Fernando Diaz Orueta ( [email protected] ) and Kuniko Fujita ( [email protected] ) by October 31, 2009. Newsletter July 2009

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3. Winterschool First RC21-IJURR-FURS Winter School 2009 in „Comparative Urban Studies‟ São Paulo (Brazil), 17-22 August 2009 More information can be found at: http://shakti.uniurb.it/winter2009/Programme.htm

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Arrival of participants Introduction to the 1st Joint IJURR-FURS-RC21 ‗Comparative Urban Studies‘ Firstschool 2009 (Rationale, format, expectations...) Welcome reception

The practicalities of scientific work: publishing, raising funds Jeremy Seekings Eduardo Marques Yuri Kazepov

Publishing articles: premises, opportunities and the peer review process in international scientific journals in urban studies. How to prepare a sound research proposal for comparative research and get funded: challenges and opportunities on a global scale.

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Presentation of the participants, of their research interests and projects (details will be provided to the selected participants)

Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might be in Portuguese)

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Wednesday Knowing the city: São Paulo 19-08-2009 9:00-17:00

São Paulo Urban Tour

This tour will take participants to different kinds of neighbourhood in the city, including Favela Jaguaré, Berrini, etc. We shall travel by subway and bus, leaving from the hotels at about 08h30, and from Vila Madalena subway station at 09h00.

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What has been seen: a discussion on São Paulo

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Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might be in Portuguese)

Northern and Southern cities: Different? Similar? Edmond Preteceille (Sciences Po, Paris FR) John Logan (Brown University, USA) Raquel Rolnik (University of São Paulo)

Similarities and differences in the study of urban segregation, inequality and poverty: what should be considered and how it should be done: travelling concepts and methods?

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Friday 21-08-2009

Urban inequalities, poverty and social exclusion: north and south

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Enzo Mingione (University of MilanBicocca, IT) Nadya Guimarães (University of São Paulo, BR) Francisco Sabatini (Catholic University of Chile)

Similarities and differences in the study of urban segregation, inequality and poverty: what should be considered and how it should be done: travelling concepts and methods?

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Saturday 22-08-2009 9:00-13:00

Documentaries and films about urban topics at the Centro Cultural (might be in Portuguese)

Belonging and Excluding in the City Details to be confirmed. Jan Willem Duyvendak (University of Amsterdam, NL) Ilse Scherer-Warren (UFSC, Florianopolis, Brazil) 1 other speaker to be confirmed

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Tour / RC21 Conference

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Additional São Paulo Tours

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Monday 24-08-2009 Morning

Speakers at opening plenary session include: Teresa Caldeira (University of California, Berkeley, USA), Ana Clara Torres (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and Aihwa Ong (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

RC21 Conference: Plenary session on “Urban Speakers at plenary session include: Enzo Segregation and Urban Mingione, John Logan and Edmond Preteceille Inequalities” See conference programme

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Parallel conference sessions

RC21 Conference: Plenary session on “Urban Speakers at plenary session include: Patrick Policies in Neoliberal Le Gales (Science Po, FR), Times and Beyond” Raquel Rolnik (University of São Paulo, BR), Manuel Aalbers (University of Amsterdam, NL) See conference programme

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4. Publications "Urban Justice and Sustainability", a special issue, Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, Vol. 14, No. 5, May 2009. The special issue is based on the RC21 2007 Vancouver conference. A few more papers from the same conference will also appear in the same journal in the subsequent issue. Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, Jasmeet Sandhu and Balwinder Arora: Urban Poverty in Developing Countries. Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Cities (2009, Bookwell). ISBN: 978-81-89649-85-9 Urbanization got an impetus during 1980s and 1990s due to advances in transportation and telecommunication and further momentum was provided by globalization. During this period many Asian Countries experienced both economic boom and population increase. UN HABITAT (2006) pointed out that Asia and Africa will host largest urban population in 21st century and cities will continue to be sites of extreme inequality. It is feared that Asian cities may not be able to cope with the ongoing urbanization and urbanization of poverty further adds to the challenges. This edited volume addresses to the challenges thrown by urban poverty for sustainable cities in developing countries and also presents some strategies adopted in these countries to deal with these challenges. The volume contains seventeen articles which are divided into three sections. Section-1, entitled 'Urban Poverty in Developing Countries: Some Issues', contains five articles dealing with urban poverty and delineates certain issues related to it. Section-II, entitled 'Urban Poverty in India: Empirical Reality', contains five articles which present the empirical situation of urban poverty in India. Section-III, entitled 'Urban poverty and Strategies for Sustainable Cities', anthologizes seven articles dealing with some strategies to grapple with the problem of urban poverty in developing countries and the outcome of these efforts. All these efforts to achieve sustainable cities are not producing desired results. Cities cannot be sustainable if rural areas, neighborhoods and communities are not sustainable. So focus must shift to these settlements as well.

Call for a contribution to a book „The Global Financial Crisis and the city-new spaces of socio-economic disadvantage‟ Edited by Scott Baum Proposed Bentham e-book in the Series ‗Contemporary issues in the social and human geography of the city‘ There can be little doubt that one of the most talked about issues of our time is the current global economic crisis. How this crisis will impact on the cities of the world is of interest, especially as the rate of urbanisation at a global scale continues unabated and the Newsletter July 2009

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reach of the downturn continues. The global financial crisis will likely impact across several interlinked arenas, but is likely to have impacts and the shape and distribution of social equity, inclusion and exclusion in cities on a global scale. Cities of the past have been under increasing pressure as a result of a range of factors including economic, demographic and policy impacts. The current economic crisis will refocus interest in understanding the social vulnerability of cities and may raise questions about the social sustainability of our current city forms and the lives of residents in disparate communities. This edited book will build on a rich history dedicated to understanding the big social questions that are associated with cities and urban life. Several key themes are suggested for inclusion in this edited book: social concentration and segregation in the city experiences of social exclusion and inclusion impacts of globalization and cosmopolitanism on city life social justice, civil society and civic renewal The dynamics of urban labour markets, including skill shortages, migrant labour, unemployment, and workplace relations; Being an e-book we can expect publication early in 2010 and so would be looking for contributions to be finalised by November. Contact: Associate Professor Scott Baum Urban Research Program Griffith School of Environment Griffith University Telephone: 61+ (0)7+3735 5430 Fax: 61+ (0)7+3735 4026 Mobile: 0400 647011 Website: http://www.griffith.edu.au/urp

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5. Job announcements The University of Luxembourg invites applications for the following vacancy in its Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, for its Research Unit IPSE A Professor in Social Sciences (M/F) Specialised in migration (ref. FLSHASE/F3-080001) Full-time (40 hours per week) IPSE (Identités. Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces) is a multi and transdisciplinary research unit studying society and its developments over time and in space. It responds to the needs of Luxembourg society to reflect upon itself, in order to understand the important evolutions that society is currently experiencing in its double context of the ―Grande Région‖ and of the European Union. The Unit comprises researchers from the fields of history, geography and spatial planning, literature and linguistics, the arts, philosophy, political and social sciences. The main objective is to study, in a comparative way, the construction of new identities seen as a plural and dynamic concept as well as its correlations of diversity and integration. Luxembourg with its quite heterogeneous society, a challenge but also an opportunity, could in this way be a unique test case in the European area. Activities: Actively implement and develop research in the priority research area ―Etudes Luxembourgeoises‖ of the University of Luxembourg, and the research of the interdisciplinary research unit IPSE (Identités. Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces). Focus areas in research and teaching will be: Sociology of migration and integration policies Border studies Social structures and social milieus Pluri – and transculturalism The methodological approach will be strongly empirical. The Professor will deal with the migration issues in Luxembourg and in the Greater Region. The fields of research mentioned above will be the subject of lectures and seminars to be introduced into the BA and MA programmes already operating as well as future ones (―Bachelor in European cultures‖; ―Master in Luxemburgish language, literatures and cultures‖,…). She/he will also supervise PhD students. Newsletter July 2009

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Profile:  a relevant doctorate (PhD), a post-doctoral qualification (habilitation) or equivalent qualifications in research and teaching  strong competence in empirical research  experienced in developing and managing research and study programmes,  a proven record of teaching at all relevant academic levels  additional competences in linguistic sociology (multilingualism, interferences, linguistic markets, etc) would be an advantage  Command (written and spoken) of at least two of the following languages: French, German and/or English. Fluency in Luxembourgish will be considered as an asset. For further information please contact: Prof. Dr. Michel Pauly ([email protected]) Laboratoire de recherche en histoire or Prof. Dr. Peter Gilles ([email protected]) Laboratoire de linguistique et de littératures luxembourgeoises Candidates should submit the following documents:  cover letter  curriculum vitae  list of given courses  publication record  copies of 5 recent publications relevant for the field in question  copies of diplomas Please address yoour application until October 15, 2009 Professor Michel Margue Dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE), University of Luxembourg Campus Walferdange BP. 2 L - 7201 Walferdange Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer. Newsletter July 2009

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Pat Mullins Pat died on 3 September 2008 after a long battle against Multiple System Atrophy. Pat was very active on the international scene and will be remembered by many RC21 members. I first came across his work as one of his PhD examiners in the late 1970s and later he spent a sabbatical leave at the University of Kent. His doctoral study of the anti-freeway movement in Brisbane led to important papers in IJURR (1979) and Sociological Review (1987). For example, counter-intuitively, he showed the irrelevance of prior social networks to the mobilization of residents into the movement. He then developed an idea suggested by Ivan Szelenyi (in Dear and Scott) about the role of the state in Australian economic and urban development. This led to two papers in ANZJS (1981a and 1981b) whose importance was that they captured the distinctiveness of Australian economic and urban development rather than apply a ready-made analysis from Western Europe or North America. This led Pat on to some original thinking about the petite bourgeoisie in Australia and about tourism urbanization. (See his seminal papers in IJURR, 1989 and 1991). In this regard, Pat was one of the first scholars to identify the emergent blending of life style, investment and mobility especially in relation to the making of new kinds of ‗places‘ devoted primarily to pleasure and consumption. His work in this area was taken further with colleagues at the University of Queensland in extensive analyses of the changing character of the South East Queensland metropolitan area. Pat was actively involved in Australian urban and regional scholarship and a stalwart of RC21, serving as Board member and Newsletter Editor. Most recently, in 2002, he organized a very successful set of RC21 sessions at the 2002 World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane. Pat was a warm companion and will also be remembered for his encyclopedic memory of the network of scholars of which he was part (who was trained where and when, who worked where and when, who they taught etc.) He will be greatly missed. Our thoughts go out to his wife Chris and daughter Caitie. Chris Pickvance (and with help from Chris Paris) Newsletter July 2009

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