[movimenti.bicocca] social movements conference - april 2011

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Author: Tommaso Vitale
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> From: mujinga <spaceman@???>
> Date: 31 ottobre 2010 21.37.07 GMT+01.00
> To: squattingeurope@???
> Subject: [Squattingeurope] social movements conference - april 2011
> Reply-To: squattingeurope@???
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> hi everyone, this conference looks quite interesting so i thought i would forward along the details...
>
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>
> SOCIAL MOVEMENTS CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PAPERS
> abstracts due by Monday 14h March 2011
>
>> From 1995 to 2010, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted a series of
> very successful annual international conferences on 'ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
> and POPULAR PROTEST'.
>
> We're very happy to announce that the Sixteenth AF&PP Conference will be
> held, between Monday 18th April and Wednesday 20th April 2011.
>
> The Conference rubric remains as in previous years. The aim is to explore
> the dynamics of popular movements, along with the ideas which animate
> their activists and supporters and which contribute to shaping their fate.
>
> Reflecting the inherent cross-disciplinary nature of the issues, previous
> participants (from over 60 countries) have come from such specialisms as
> sociology, politics, cultural studies, social psychology, economics,
> history and geography. The Manchester conferences have also been notable
> for discovering a fruitful and friendly meeting ground between activism
> and academia.
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> We invite offers of papers relevant to the conference themes.
> Papers should address such matters as:
>
> * contemporary and historical social movements and popular protests
> * social movement theory
> * utopias and experiments
> * ideologies of collective action
> * etc.
>
> To offer a paper, please contact either of the conference convenors with a
> brief abstract:
>
> EITHER Colin Barker, Dept. of Sociology
> OR Mike Tyldesley, Dept. of Politics and Philosophy
> Manchester Metropolitan University
> Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West
> Manchester M15 6LL, England
> email:c.barker@???
> Tel: M. Tyldesley 0161 247 3460
> email:m.tyldesley@???
> Fax: 0161 247 6769 (+44 161 247 6769)
> (Wherever possible, please use email, especially as Colin Barker is a
> retired gent. Surface mail and faxes should only be addressed to Mike
> Tyldesley)
>
> CONFERENCE PAPERS
>
> Those giving papers are asked to supply them in advance, for inclusion on
> a CD of the complete papers which will be available from the conference
> opening.
>
> * Preferred method: send the paper to Colin Barker as an email attachment
> in MS Word. Any separate illustrations etc. should be placed at the end of
> the paper, in .jpg format.
>
> * if this is impossible, post a copy of the text to Mike Tyldesley on a CD
> disk in MS Word format
>
> * Final date for receipt of abstracts: Monday 14th March 2011
>
> * Final date for receipt of actual papers: Monday 28th March 2011
>
> CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS AND COSTS
>
> The conference will run from lunch-time Monday 18th April until after
> lunch on Wednesday 20th April.
>
> Cost, inclusive of three lunches, teas/coffees and copies of the
> Proceedings on CD, will be ?135 (students and unwaged ?80).
>
> Unfortunately, the previous arrangement we had with the University of
> Manchester to provide bed and breakfast accommodation in student halls is
> not available in 2011. We are therefore obliged to refer conference
> participants to local hotels and hostels. These are plentiful, as the
> briefest search on the web shows.
>
> Two relatively cheap hotels are available, only a few minutes? walk from
> the conference venue on Oxford Road. They are Ibis, Charles Street,
> Manchester. {www.ibishotel.com/gb/booking/hotels-list.shtml"
> }www.ibishotel.com/gb/booking/hotels-list.shtml
> and
> Holiday Inn Express, 2 Oxford Road, Manchester.
> {www.hotel.info/en.hotels/Manchester_112854/Holiday_Inn_Express_Manchester_CC-Oxford_Road_272041/hotel.aspx"
> }www.hotel.info/en.hotels/Manchester_112854/Holiday_Inn_Expre
> ss_Manchester_CC-Oxford_Road_272041/hotel.aspx
>
> There is information about Manchester hotels at
> {www.hotelscombined.com/City/Manchester.htm"
> }www.hotelscombined.com/City/Manchester.htm.
> We?re told that delegates can request a 10 per cent reduction in
> hotel bills if they visit
> {www.hotelscombined.com/Education_Support"
> }www.hotelscombined.com/Education_Support, and we?ll be
> interested to gather people?s experiences with this.
>
> There are two hostels only slightly further away, and still with walking
> distance of the conference venue:
>
> Hatters, Newton Street, Manchester
> Hilton Chambers, Stevenson Square, Manchester.
>
> These are both part of the same chain, with Hilton Chambers being slightly
> more upmarket and thus slightly more expensive (but still pretty cheap).
> Both can be accessed viawww.hattersgroup.com.
>
> We cannot do hotel or hostel bookings for you.
>
> Conference participants will be invited to dine together at two local (and
> not too expensive) restaurants on the two conference evenings. Payment for
> dinners should not be made in advance, but directly to the restaurants on
> the night.
>
> BOOKING FORM
>
> ALTERNATIVE FUTURES and POPULAR PROTEST XV
> 18th April to 20th April 2011
>
> Name __________________________________
>
> Address _________________________________
>
>                   ___________________________________

>
> __________________ postcode_________
>
> Tel No.    _____________________________

>
> Email    _____________________________

>
> Conference fee                     135.00      .............
> Student fee
> (post-&  under-grad)              80.00      .............

>
>     TOTAL       ? stlg                      .............

>
> Cheques should be made payable to "Manchester Metropolitan
> University"
>
> Credit or Debit Card payment (Visa and Mastercard only)
>
> Card Number ......... ......... ......... .........
>
> Expiry Date         ...... / ......

>
> Three-digit security code (on back of card) ?.
>
> Please let us know of any dietary or other requirements.
>
> Please return the Booking Form by email to Colin Barker
> (c.barker@???), or by email, fax or post to Mike Tyldesley
> (m.tyldesley@???; fax +44 161 247 6769; Dept of Philosophy and
> Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building,
> Rosamond Street West, Manchester M15 6LL, England)
>
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