Archive for the 'Announcements' Category

thinkToronto: Urban Design Ideas Competition

Friday, June 13th, 2008

From the urbanists at Spacing Magazine, blog, etc. comes an urban ideas competition for individuals and groups no older than 35:
thinkTORONTO invites people 35 years old or younger with creative ideas on how to improve Toronto’s public spaces. The competition will help celebrate the magazine’s 5th anniversary in December 2008. Architects, urban planners, landscape architects, […]

Storycubes, Diffusion Generator, Urban Tagging

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Friday, April 4th, 2008. Edmonton: Panel discussion & workshop featuring renowned artists Giles Lane and Orlagh Woods of the new media, urban-based and community-engaged arts group Proboscis.

Proboscis is an artist-led studio with collaboration at the core of their creative practice and ethic. They work across disciplines & practices to explore social, cultural and creative issues. […]

Mobile anxieties

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Mobile Anxieties - 3rd Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Architecture, Art History & Allied Fields
Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut
April 11 – 12, 2008
Call for Papers (pdf)
“The Mobile Anxieties symposium will take a critical look at the idea that mobility—both literal and metaphoric—subverts the authority of boundaries, allowing for spatiotemporal shifts, which render foundations […]

CFP: Futuresonic Social Technologies Summit

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Futuresonic 2008: The Social - Social Networking Unplugged
Submissions are now invited to the Futuresonic conference and the Social Technologies Summit. Proposals for talks, presentations and workshops plus also session themes are invited. Submissions of innovative formats for social interaction and experimentation are encouraged. DEADLINE 5pm, Tuesday 18 December 2007.
40 years after people took to the […]

Postdoc, MA, Ph.D. Postgrad Student Funding Opportunities

Friday, December 7th, 2007

The University of Alberta is currently accepting applications for competitive graduate awards at the Masters, Doctorate and Postdoctorate levels of research.
Among Canada’s most prestigious research awards, Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to qualified candidates, both domestic and international, who do not currently hold a postdoc or faculty position. Applicants are encouraged to […]

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