Istanbul is one of many world cities that turn to culture to establish
a place on the world map. It is also the site of a unique debate on
European integration entwined with the memory of earlier Orientalist
representations. The selection of Istanbul as one of the Cultural
Capitals of Europe in 2010 highlights the social and spatial tensions
of staging cities and imagining citizens as consumers of culture.
Taking this spectacle in the making as a departure
point, this conference brings new research on
technologies of government, carried out in the disciplines of
architecture, planning, sociology, geography, and anthropology,
together with humanistic studies on the
production and consumption of literature, art, and film.
The panels focus on Architectures of Exclusion, Spaces of Nostalgia,
the Cinematic City, Art in the City, and Cultures of Spectacle.
All panel sessions will
take place at the Townsend Center, in the Geballe Room, 220
Stephens Hall, unless otherwise noted.
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