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Visualizing the Street

Visualizing the Street

University of Amsterdam, 16-­‐‑17 June 2016
Location: Nina van Leerzaal, Allard Pierson Museum, Oude Turfmarkt 127, Amsterdam
Organized by ASCA Cities Project, the international conference “Visualizing the Street” explores the impact of contemporary practices of image-­making on the visual cultures of the street.

Keynote speaker:      Professor Gillian Rose (The Open University)

The conference is open to the public.

For further inquiries, please contact the organizers: Pedram Dibazar p.dibazar@uva.nl and Judith Naeff j.naeff@let.ru.nl

CONFERENCE  PROGRAMME

Day 1: Thursday, 16 June 2016

09:15 – 09:30 Welcome

09:30 – 10:00 Introduction (Judith and Pedram)

10:00 – 11:30 Panel 1 (Visualizing the Revolutionary Street)

Images of Revolution: Looking for the Everyday Life in Rojava
Asli Ozgen Tuncer (University of Amsterdam) and Suncem Kocer (Kadir Has University, Istanbul)

“Poetry is on the Street”: An Urban Movement (Re)Narrating the Street through poetry and amateur
images
Asli Duru (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Streetscape in Transition and Contradiction: Derivative Work and Power Struggle since the Umbrella
Movement in Hong Kong
Wing-­‐‑Ki Lee (Hong Kong Baptist University) 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:00 Panel 2 (Framing the Street in Social Media)

Negotiating Change through the Medium of Instagram
Megan Hicks (Western Sydney University)

It’s About Time: Disappearing Acts in Live Cities
Ginette Verstraete (Free University, Amsterdam) and Kyle Fageol (Free University, Amsterdam)

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:30 Panel 3 (Mapping the Street)

Cartography at Ground Level: Performing the Street Differently through Mapping and Art
Simon Ferdinand (University of Amsterdam)

Following Lumumba: A Streetview of Post-­‐‑Colonial Memory in the Context of Globalization
Ryan Pescatore Frisk (University of Antwerp), Robbert Jacobs (University of Antwerp) and Gustavo
Racy (University of Antwerp)


15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00 Panel 4 (Surveillance and the Everyday)

Electric Law: The Visualization, Documentation and Discipline of Public Conduct
Connor O’Callaghan (York University, Toronto)

The Palestinian City through an Israeli Military Lens
Rebecca L. Stein (Duke University) 17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break
17:30 – 18:30 Panel 5 (Smart Streets)

Sights, Sounds, Smartphones: Impromptu Learning on the Streets of Amsterdam
James Lamb (University of Edinburgh), Michael Sean Gallagher (University College London) and Jeremy
Knox (University of Edinburgh)

Street Smarts for Smart Streets
Rob Coley (University of Lincoln)


Day 2: Friday, 17 June 2016

09:30 – 10:00 Coffee

10:00 – 11:30 Panel 6 (Documenting the Dynamics of the Street)

100 Days of Leake Street: A Study of Repeat Photography as a Graffiti Research Method
Sabina Andron (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London)

Street-­‐‑life: Masquerades in redemption and capital
Jyoti Mistry (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

Visualizing the street market: a hybrid geography of Ten Katemarkt
Kirsten Seale (Western Sydney University) 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:00 Keynote Lecture

Professor Gillian Rose (The Open University)
Visualizing the street of the future: digital visions

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30 Panel 7 (Urban Communities and Social Media)

Social Media: Gated Communities? Young Londoners’ Digital Urban Imaginaries
Koen Leurs (Utrecht University) and Myria Georgiou (LSE, London)
The Uncanny Likeness of the Street
Karen Cross (University of Roehampton, London) 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 panel 8 (Visualizing the Urban Archive)
Navigating Urban Archives
Nanna Verhoeff (Utrecht University)
Ward One: A Geo-­‐‑locative Interface Between Local Stories and Historical
Heidi Rae Cooley (University of South Carolina)

Dis/Integration
Heather Zwicker (University of Alberta) and Maureen Engel (University of Alberta)

17:30 – 17:45 Short Break
17:45 – 18:15 Publication Meeting (For all Presenters)