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description: The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes (CPCL) – ISSN 2612-0496 is a biannual open-access peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish innovative and original papers on cultural heritage in the built environment as a set of creative practices.
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items: CPCL Vol. 8, no 1. Call for Papers. Exceeding architecture: ornament and ruins
items: CPCL Vol. 7, no 2. Call for Papers. Historical City and Urban Aesthetics: Conceptual Frameworks and Public Spaces
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items: **EDIT:NEW DATES** CPCL Vol 7 no 1 Call for Papers. Mapping beyond the monodisciplinary approach: Exploring the potential of mapping in comparative research methods.
items: **EDIT:NEW DATES**CPCL Vol 6 no 2 Call for Papers "Public Art, Urban Arts: Aesthetics, Practices and Languages in the City"
items: CPCL Vol 7 no 1 Call for Papers. Mapping beyond the monodisciplinary approach: Exploring the potential of mapping in comparative research methods
items: CPCL Vol 6, no 1. Call for Papers. Mediterranean Imaginaries
items: CPCL Vol 5, no 1. Call for Papers. Aesthetics of the Anthropocene
items: CPCL Vol 4, no 1. Call for Papers. Port City Cultures, Values, or Maritime Mindsets: How to define and assess what makes port cities special
items: **EDIT:NEW DATES**CPCL Vol 3, no 2. Call for Papers. Design for people’s autonomy. Rights to independent living.
items: CPCL Vol 3, no 1. Call for Papers. Curating the city: artistic practices and urban transformations
items: Vol 2, no 2. Call for Papers. The new Spaces of the Common: Spatial and Political Models of “Making”
items: Vol. 2, no. 1. Call for Papers. Water Resilience: Creative Practices—Past, Present and Future
items: **EDIT: New Dates** Vol. 1 no. 1. Call for Papers: From Temporary to Cosmopolitan Citizenship: Culture, Public Space, Conflicts and Alternative Living Forms

CPCL Vol. 8, no 1. Call for Papers. Exceeding architecture: ornament and ruins
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description: CPCL Vol. 8, no 1. Call for Papers Exceeding architecture: ornament and ruins The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol. 8, no. 1. Edited by Pierpaolo Ascari, Andrea Borsari, Jörg Gleiter, Annalisa Trentin Download a PDF version of this call. This issue aims to explore two emblematic dimensions of surplus in architecture: ornament, as an expression of formal richness that exceeds structural function, and ruin, as a residue that survives the fall of utility, inscribing the work in the passage of time and collective memory. Far from being mere anomalies or marginal details, ornaments and ruins challenge canonical definitions of architecture, opening up critical spaces for reflection on aesthetics, temporality, ideology, and power. How does ornament exceed function and become meaning? How does ruin interrogate narratives of progress, preservation, and oblivion? What do these “excesses,” “surpluses,” “overflows,” and “exceeds” reveal about the nature of architecture itself? What is their relationship to the sphere of desire and its implications within architectural discourse? In his essay on ornament, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy traces, with his characteristic aptitude for comparing Western and Eastern traditions, the genealogy of two contrasting conceptions of ornament: one rooted in the rhetorical tradition, viewing ornament as the addition of attributes necessary for defining human-made objects; the other emphasizing a profound connection between ornament and the inherent order of matter itself. This duality resonates with a central concern of 20th-century architectural thought—the poetic dimension of the constructive act, the desire for matter to be ‘transmuted’ within us. Similarly, in his Diario de bordo (1960), Fernando Távora, engaged in an intimate critique of the U.S. capitalist-imperialist development model and its cultural impacts on Europe, cites Francisco de Hollanda: “ornament is whatever one neglects to do.” This aphorism i…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2025-07-14

CPCL Vol. 7, no 2. Call for Papers. Historical City and Urban Aesthetics: Conceptual Frameworks and Public Spaces
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description: CPCL Vol. 7, no 2. Call for Papers Historical City and Urban Aesthetics: Conceptual Frameworks and Public Spaces The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol. 7, no. 2. Edited by Francesco Di Maio, Claudia Nigrelli. Download a PDF version of this call. This call for papers aims to explore the relationship between the historical city and urban aesthetics. Aesthetics offer a unique lens through which to examine the critical and often conflictual bond between theoretical and political reflections on the city, bridging conceptual frameworks and public spaces. In urban studies, the concept of the ‘historical city’ allows us to consider urban agglomerations in their historical, temporal, and aesthetic dimensions. This definition does not seek to attribute positive value to a part of the city that is considered historic and characterized by an exclusive relationship with tradition, such as the classical ‘historic center’ where a ‘first’ city is opposed to the peripheral ‘second’ city. Instead, extending the historical dimension to urbanity as a whole enables us to understand urban development in all its internal stratification and differentiation over time. Theoretical explorations of the city in its broader historical context have long been advanced by authors such as G. Simmel, W. Benjamin, and S. Kracauer. They reflected on the early evolutions of urban life in its metropolitan form, i.e. the large or major city or Groβstadt. Aesthetics played a crucial role in these investigations, as evidenced in the artistic production of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which highlighted the metropolitan experience as a privileged object. Industrial production transforms cities, societies, and perceptions, creating new infrastructures, public spaces, and political-economic arrangements. Urban life then manifests itself in different forms that require analysis in their physical and social dimensions, individual and collective experiences, and in rel…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2024-09-04

Erratum
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description: Towards an Island-based Narrative of the Western Mediterranean Borderscape – Continental Islands as Condensers and Laboratories Traeger, Isabella. 2023. “Towards an Island-Based Narrative of the Western Mediterranean Borderscape – Continental Islands as Condensers and Laboratories.” European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes 6 (1):52-67. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2612-0496/16885. When the article above was initially published online on May 21st, 2024, a mistake in the editorial process resulted in the release of a draft version rather than the revised version by the author, Isabella Traeger. The draft version included the abstract: “This article proposes to contribute towards this aims by analysing through a borderscaping approach the remote micro-islands and enclaves which constitute the EUro-mediterranean Southern border, namely Ceuta, Melilla, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar and the Pelagie islands. The article examines these territories as precursors and testing grounds in the implementation of ‘Fortress EUrope’; before focusing on their historical role as core of highly-integrated cross-border regions. It concludes on the potential of these territories as testing grounds of novel trans-Mediterranean narratives and political practices.” The abstract has now been corrected to: “The article focuses on six Western Mediterranean micro-islands and enclaves which act as condensers and catalysers of the region’s multifaceted bordering phenomena. While these territories have become the principal theatre of Europe’s muscular re-bordering brought to its paroxysm by the ‘migration crisis’, they are also the core of (historically) highly integrated cross-border regions. As such, they constitute privileged testing grounds for the development of more nuanced and equitable trans-Mediterranean narratives and political practices.” The author’s affiliation has been corrected from: “Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy” to: “Politecnico di Milano, Italy” Th…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2024-05-30

**EDIT:NEW DATES** CPCL Vol 7 no 1 Call for Papers. Mapping beyond the monodisciplinary approach: Exploring the potential of mapping in comparative research methods.
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description: Call for papers. Download this call in PDF. The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol 7, no 1 (2024). https://cpcl.unibo.it | cpcl@unibo.it Humanity is facing a wide range of transitions (e.g. climate crisis, energy transition, migration, digitalisation) that are playing out at different scales. Urban landscapes, as well as rural and uninhabited environments, are affected by similar or mutually reinforcing challenges in relation to sustainability. In some spatial areas, these global challenges are cumulative: think of mining regions or other areas where the global demand for rare metals originates, capital cities or urban regions where policy and decision makers congregate, cross-border regions on the fringes of national states, or port city territories or other areas on the intersection between land and water. The scale and urgency of these challenges require innovative and interdisciplinary approaches that take into account the social, economic, environmental and political dimensions of cities and landscapes. Critical mapping approaches can help by providing a means to visualise, analyse and communicate complex information about (urban) landscapes in transformation. The academic literature recognises the role of mapping approaches in facilitating the communication and visualisation of complex information and in clarifying inter-spatial flows and relationships (e.g. Clarke & Stillwell, 2004; Wood, 2010; Bodenhamer, Corrigan & Harris, 2010; Monmonier, 2010; Gregory & Geddes, 2014; Edney, 2019). Increasingly, academics, planners and policy makers are integrating maps and mapping into their research and design, using different sources and techniques (Hein & Van Mil, 2019). However, the work of, especially scholars, is often focused on select temporal, spatial and disciplinary perspectives, or specific case studies, confined to national contexts, selected languages or disciplinary approaches (Hein & Van Mil, 2019). To address today’s chal…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2024-01-15

**EDIT:NEW DATES**CPCL Vol 6 no 2 Call for Papers "Public Art, Urban Arts: Aesthetics, Practices and Languages in the City"
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description: Call for papers. Download this call in PDF. The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol 6, no 2 (2023). https://cpcl.unibo.it | cpcl@unibo.it Edited by Alice Borchi, Filippo Fimiani, Enrico Chinellato, Francesca Sabatini. Art is a grammar of urban space. As tangible or intangible products of human action imbued with symbolic and aesthetic value, ‘works of art’ proliferate on the streets and squares of cities, partaking in expressing relations, catalysing social life, embodying power, and entailing conflict. By being either an integration to, or an intervention in the urban space, art has assumed over time a variety of context-specific forms and languages, diversely responding to the expressive patterns of local cultures and political formations. As a result, it is necessary to examine the relation between different manifestations of the ‘arts’ and their use in either asserting or contesting power. Indeed, many artistic interventions in urban public spaces have been enacted to articulate ideologies, achieve consensus, enforce political agendas, or memorialise and celebrate people and events - sometimes in the guise of community - and public-centred endeavours. Urban spaces and their transformations, as well as the very notions of ‘public’ and collective memory, have grown into increasingly critical, complex, and fragmented subjectivities. At the same time, we observe a significant proliferation of artistic practices situated in the contested terrain of social struggles and urban futures, often in the form of ephemeral agencies by performative artefacts (e.g., installations, performances, murals, graffiti, sculptures, and many others). This momentous surge of culturally diverse and politically conflicting artistic expressions is centred on pressing contemporary matters. Critical events such as the COVID-19 pandemic have shifted the relationships among humans, and between humans and the environment, whether built, natural, or digital. While…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2023-07-03

CPCL Vol 7 no 1 Call for Papers. Mapping beyond the monodisciplinary approach: Exploring the potential of mapping in comparative research methods
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description: Call for papers. Download this call in PDF. The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol 7, no 1 (2024). https://cpcl.unibo.it | cpcl@unibo.it Humanity is facing a wide range of transitions (e.g. climate crisis, energy transition, migration, digitalisation) that are playing out at different scales. Urban landscapes, as well as rural and uninhabited environments, are affected by similar or mutually reinforcing challenges in relation to sustainability. In some spatial areas, these global challenges are cumulative: think of mining regions or other areas where the global demand for rare metals originates, capital cities or urban regions where policy and decision makers congregate, cross-border regions on the fringes of national states, or port city territories or other areas on the intersection between land and water. The scale and urgency of these challenges require innovative and interdisciplinary approaches that take into account the social, economic, environmental and political dimensions of cities and landscapes. Critical mapping approaches can help by providing a means to visualise, analyse and communicate complex information about (urban) landscapes in transformation. The academic literature recognises the role of mapping approaches in facilitating the communication and visualisation of complex information and in clarifying inter-spatial flows and relationships (e.g. Clarke & Stillwell, 2004; Wood, 2010; Bodenhamer, Corrigan & Harris, 2010; Monmonier, 2010; Gregory & Geddes, 2014; Edney, 2019). Increasingly, academics, planners and policy makers are integrating maps and mapping into their research and design, using different sources and techniques (Hein & Van Mil, 2019). However, the work of, especially scholars, is often focused on select temporal, spatial and disciplinary perspectives, or specific case studies, confined to national contexts, selected languages or disciplinary approaches (Hein & Van Mil, 2019). To address today’s chal…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2023-06-05

CPCL Vol 6, no 1. Call for Papers. Mediterranean Imaginaries
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description: The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol 6, no 1. Edited by Paolo De Martino, John Hanna, Carola Hein. Download this call in PDF. Writers, scholars and politicians have historically recognized ‘the Mediterranean’ as a unique space and the cradle of multiple ancient civilizations. This liquid space ­–roughly defined by the sea and its coasts– has been continuously reimagined, redefined, negotiated, and challenged, sometimes to validate political ends, other times to contest mainstream geographical imaginaries. In resonance with the disciplinary and theoretical developments of mid-20thcentury, the historian Fernand Braudel famously placed the Mediterranean at the center of his analysis and his temporal exploration. His spatial understanding of the temporal concept of the long-durée, has influenced historical and geographical approaches over several decades. During this time, the Mediterranean Sea and its surroundings has also changed, both in terms of geography and imaginaries. This special issue inquires: How can a reconceptualization of the Mediterranean from a sea-based perspective be generative of new theoretical and methodological approaches? What creative methods and tools could be useful for understanding, rethinking and reimagining the Mediterranean Sea, its islands, and its surrounding coasts in light of the increasing challenges of climate change, energy transition, supply chains, migration and mobility? Scholars have called for a reconceptualization of cities, of sea and land, notably through proposing concepts such as planetary urbanization or urbanization of the sea. With its 46000 kms of coastline and 450 million inhabitants, the Mediterranean Sea is a water basin shared by 24 countries that is currently facing numerous environmental, social and political challenges. Those challenges call for a rethinking of the sea space and the coastal regions of the Mediterranean as a space where many uses, flows and infrastructures can…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2023-01-10

CPCL Vol 5, no 1. Call for Papers. Aesthetics of the Anthropocene
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description: The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol 5, no 1. Edited by Pierpaolo Ascari, Andrea Borsari. Download a PDF version of this call. Since the beginning of the new millennium, the notion of Anthropocene has progressively asserted itself in literature and in public discussion, changing the way in which the past, the present condition and the future scenarios of the planet are represented. In the attempt to attribute a beginning to the geological protagonism of human beings, the scientific community has referred from time to time to the explosion of the atomic bomb, to the industrial revolution or to the "long sixteenth century", without excluding the possibility that the origins of the Anthropocene can be traced back to the time when men began to master fire. However, what is difficult to question today is the prevailing role assumed by human action, since the birth of industrial capitalism and the system of life related to it (for which we also tend to speak of Capitalocene), on the reproduction of the life cycle on earth and, through the use of fossil fuels, on the climate of the planet. The relationship between aesthetics and the so-called Anthropocene does not only concern the last twenty years, but can also refer to the way in which philosophical reflection, literature, social formations and art history have engaged a series of problems. Only today do we start to understand the complexity of this problems in their systemic scope. This Call for Paper has a number of objectives. It aims (1) to investigate the ways in which the Anthropocene is interpreted by current artistic productions or film, television and variously narrative and performative representations. It seeks (2) to understand the latencies or prefigurations of the Anthropocene in past forms of knowledge and expression. It invites reflection on (3) how to actualize the conceptual and metaphorical heritage elaborated by the philosophical-aesthetic tradition in the course of…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2022-01-12

CPCL Vol 4, no 1. Call for Papers. Port City Cultures, Values, or Maritime Mindsets: How to define and assess what makes port cities special
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description: The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol 4, no 1. Edited by Carola Hein, Sabine Luning, Paul van de Laar Download a PDF version of this call. Many scholars agree that port cities are a particular type of cities. They point to their location at the border of land and sea, their global connections, their particular port related infrastructure, or their often cosmopolitan lifestyles. Yet, there is no clear understanding whether these port-cities also have a particular port city culture, how to define it, how to measure it or even how to attach names to it. Multiple words exist to identify this particular state of port city culture in different disciplines. The maritime archaeologist Christer Westerdahl introduced the notion of “maritime cultural landscape” (Westerdahl 1992). The historians Jerry Bentley, Renate Bridenthal, and Kären Wigen have coined the term seascapes (2007). The planning historian Carola Hein has proposed the concept of port cityscapes, arguing that the reach of the port into its neighboring city and region merits comprehensive investigation (2011; 2016). Other planners and landscape architects have explored issues of design, water, and heritage: the work on hydrobiographies stands as an example (maybe) (J.W. Bosch, C. Soree 2016). Beatrice Moretti employs the notion of “portuality” (Moretti 2019). The study of port city culture(s) or values invites researchers to reconceptualize concepts such as ‘culture’. Historically, culture has been associated with bounded communities and systems of thought. Social scientists have started to conceptualize the particular character and the selflogic of cities (Löw 2016), offering new approaches. Port cities provide a particularly challenging terrain for innovative approaches. As (scalar) localized hubs defined by their global connections, heterogeneous networks with shared interests in branding port-cities’ distinctiveness (Warsewa 2011), and superdiversity (van de Laar and van der …
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2020-06-22

**EDIT:NEW DATES**CPCL Vol 3, no 2. Call for Papers. Design for people’s autonomy. Rights to independent living.
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description: Dear all, the present message is to announce the EXTENDED DEADLINE for the Call for Paper titled Design for people’s autonomy. Rights to independent living. for next “CPCL Vol 3, no 2". In light of the current coronavirus emergency, the Scientific Editors and Organizing Committee have decided to postpone the deadline of the Call for Papers to April 30th 2020. The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, vol 3, no 2. Edited by Valentina Gianfrate, Micaela Antonucci, Francesc Aragall. Download this call in PDF format. The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, puts in evidence that "an Accessible City is a city able of producing a public programme, services and spaces usable by all kind of people" in the broadest sense possible without the need for adaptation or specialized modifications, without excluding, in some cases, assistance tools for particular groups of people with disabilities where necessary. The contribute of light, material and immaterial infrastructures, enabling technologies and new services, helps the definition of a barrier-free built environment suitable for satisfying the citizen's well-being in an equitable manner. A progressive and radical change at cultural strategic level has been registered during the last years about accessibility; this paradigm change ultimately implies that accessibility involves all the fields (culture, environmental and urban planning, mobility, health and wellness, research and development, education, etc.) and all levels (local, regional, national, European, global) to achieve an effective widespread. The European Council from 2007 assumes a more inclusive definition dealing with public space fruition for disabled people ensuring autonomy and social integration, extending at the same time the concept of disability to some categories such as elderly (usually affected by degenerative pathologies), temporary injured person (affected by some limitations compared to…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2020-02-11

CPCL Vol 3, no 1. Call for Papers. Curating the city: artistic practices and urban transformations
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description: The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, vol 3, no 1. Edited by Annalisa Trentin, Anna Rosellini, Amir Djalali Download a PDF version of this call. Since the end of the 1970s, exhibitions, museums and artistic events have gained a central role in shaping the transformation of the city. Art, culture and knowledge have become the instruments through which cities have faced the crisis of industrial economy and the rise of new paradigms and values of urban development. Art has a demonstrated impact in urban regeneration processes. While the presence of artists has been linked to the rise of the financial attractiveness of neighbourhoods, private and public museum institutions are leading actors in urban development, reclaiming former industrial sites and boosting land value in low-income neighbourhoods. At the same time, Biennials, Triennials, summer festivals, concerts and cultural events are seen by city administrators and planners as opportunities to promote investments in the city, attract capitals and visitors, and improving the image of the city. Cultural events and initiatives are not only instruments in the hands of urban planners, but they are changing the way in which the city is planned and designed. Curatorial practices seem to have become the new paradigm for all the other disciplines traditionally involved in the transformation, design and construction of the city. Architecture and urban planning are more and more becoming curatorial activities, borrowing their methods from artistic and museum practices. Urban planning is no longer made by systematic decisions and long-term strategies that take in consideration the entire city and its territory, but through occasional interventions in specific areas. Design is more and more the act of selecting, organizing and integrating existing elements, resources and ideas in temporary assemblages, avoiding the definition of a clear political programme for the future. At the same time, the c…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2019-06-25

Erratum
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description: Esra Akcan, Vando Borghi, Amir Djalali, "The Open Architecture To Come: an Interview with Esra Akcan," The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes 1, no. 1 (2018), https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2612-0496/8862. When the above article was first published online on January 31st, 2018, the title contained a spelling error and the word "interview" was spelled "intervew". This has been now corrected in the online version of the article. CPCL's editorial team apologizes for this error. Bologna, March 1st, 2019.
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2019-03-01

Vol 2, no 2. Call for Papers. The new Spaces of the Common: Spatial and Political Models of “Making”
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description: CPCL Vol 2, no 2. The new spaces of the common. Spatial and political models of “making” Edited by Manola Antonioli, Abir Belaïd and Simon Bertrand Today we are witnessing (in the fields of architecture and design, but also in the context of emergence and spread of a social and solidarity economy) a renewed interest in “making” and a revival of the tradition of Do It Yourself (DIY), which concerns as much the professionals of culture than the representatives of civil society. Thus we rediscover craftsmanship, but in the current context characterized by the power of new digital tools (many observers can thus speak of a new “digital” or “industrial” craftsmanship). “Third places” therefore appear (especially in urban areas) that try to create intermediate spaces between the private domain and the public domain, relational spaces where the meetings that occur have a greater importance than the things produced, places whose identity is built around links, so that “making” again becomes a way of acting in common. This issue of CPLC aims to construct a typology of these places and their functions in contemporary spaces. Contributions are asked to explore the following topics: A mapping of the “third places”. It is very difficult to propose a mapping and a typology of these new places because they appear, are transformed and disappear at high speed and because they associate physical places and virtual spaces. What are the common points, but also the differences and the specificities, of places as diverse as cafés, business incubators, manufacturing spaces, spaces for meetings or work, which nevertheless still fall under the very vague label of “third places”? New places and policies of “making”. In 1958, in her book The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt explored the opposition between “making” and “acting” as two different forms of the vita activa, opposition established on the division between public and private spaces. Labor encloses the worker in the private space of its …
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2019-01-21

Vol. 2, no. 1. Call for Papers. Water Resilience: Creative Practices—Past, Present and Future
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description: CPCL Issue 2 invites contributions that explore creative practices and cultures of water as well as the physical structures that can promote societal resilience. Today, clean fresh water remains elusive for a good part of humankind. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) identify universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, as well as equitable sanitation and hygiene, as key goals. Water in rivers, lakes and seas is key to global transportation and under threat from pollution. Moreover, floods and sea-level rise but also changing precipitation patterns and droughts challenge human lives. Highly recognisable bodies of water and extensive tangible networks of water infrastructure characterize European cities and landscapes. A rich world of narratives, laws, and practices established over centuries has created a complex framework that frames preservation, use and reuse practices today as well as the construction of new fresh and salt-water systems. European choices have shaped colonial and post-colonial practices around the world, making water an indicator of cross-cultural practices. Researchers have looked at themes of water and heritage but often without recognizing it as an overarching research theme. This special issue posits that water and heritage need to be considered in a connected way. It calls for papers that overcome current disciplinary divides. It aims at arguing that culture plays a key role in people’s engagement with water, water heritage, and sustainable development practices. It invites contributions that place past creative practices connected to water in relation with those of the future, contributions that explore theoretical and methodological investigations and tie them to case studies based on primary analysis. Authors are encouraged to conclude with future oriented proposals on policies, practices, and spaces to create resilient futures for cities, landscapes, and bodies of water. Contributions will explore (but wi…
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2018-07-13

**EDIT: New Dates** Vol. 1 no. 1. Call for Papers: From Temporary to Cosmopolitan Citizenship: Culture, Public Space, Conflicts and Alternative Living Forms
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description: The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, Vol. 1 no. 1. Edited by Andrea Borsari, Vando Borghi and Gregor Fitzi Call for Papers From Temporary to Cosmopolitan Citizenship: Culture, Public Space, Conflicts and Alternative Living Forms **EDIT: Deadline postponed** CPCL Issue 1 explores the concept of cosmopolitan citizenship, understood as the recognition of the active participation of temporary city dwellers in the social, cultural and political community. Public spaces in European Cities are increasingly crossed by various subjects commonly characterized by what can be defined as a temporary, living condition. Migrants, refugees, students, seasonal, domestic or precarious workers, homeless individuals, tourists, city-users, commuters, peddlers and teenagers at once enrich and violate the consolidated historical balance of urban spaces and their life with new cultures, unexpected practices and different ways to experience and transform public space. Culture plays a pragmatic role in these processes. Rather than a repository of past values to be preserved from external contaminations, culture can instead become a capacity projected towards the future. Through culture public space can also become the locus for unexpected conflicts and encounter, political clashes and alliances, social turmoil and innovation. While public spaces play a primary role for consolidating and developing a culture of integration in Europe, the contribution of temporary forms of urban life is still not acknowledged in terms of civil rights and democratic duties. Citizenship is still understood as a formal and legal status whose access is bureaucratically restricted and politically negated. A cosmopolitan approach to citizenship, instead, means reinterpreting democratic rights and duties through an open process of negotiation among different subjects, political voices and institutions. The first issue of CPCL has the ambition to explore the ways in which public spaces …
creator: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
date: 2018-04-30