We invite contributions for a conference on everyday life in the segmented city to be held in Florence this July 22-25, 2010. The presentations will be grouped into the following subject areas:

- Cinematic urbanism: Images and representation of the segmented city; emergent symbolic economics of consumption and production; tourism and visual consumption of the city.
- Governance and planning: Multicultural cities and ethnic spaces; strategies to govern the multicultural city; citizenship and participation in the segmented city.
- Suburbanization and the post-urban city: Suburban growth and urban sprawl; revolt of the banlieues; social exclusion in the inner suburbs; urbanity and urbanism in the suburban fringe.
- Appropriations of urban space: Emerging patterns of social exclusion and personal security; privatization and surveillance of urban space; reclaiming public space.
- The right to the city: Migration and immigration in the 21st century metropolis; social participation in the segmented city; contested urban spaces.

Papers on cinematic urbanism: Dr. Lorenzo Tripodi Berlin Email: lorenzo.tripodi@googlemail.com

Papers on governance and planning: Dr. Camilla Perrone, Università degli Studi di Firenze Email: camilla.perrone@unifi.it

Papers on Suburbanization and the post-urban city: Dr. Gabriele Manella, Università degli Studi di Bologna Email: gabriele.manella@unibo.it or Richard Wolff, INURA Email: (wolff@inura.ch)

Papers on appropriations of urban space: Dr. Circe Monteiro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Email: monteiro.circe@gmail.com

Papers on the right to the city: Dr. Milan Prodanovic, University of Novi Sad Email: ecourban@eunet.rs Dr. Ray Hutchison University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Email: hutchr@uwgb.edu

DEADLINES:
April 15: Submission of the Abstracts
May 15: Selection of papers and definition of preliminary program
June 30: Early bird Registration and payment

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION For further information please write to hutchr@uwgb.edu

The conference is scheduled as part of an on-going series of scholarly activities coordinated by the Del Bianco Foundation in Florence. In the past our meetings have been scheduled in the held in the Sala Ferri (the Renaissance library) of the Palazzo Strozzi (shown below) in the center of Florence and in other locations in the city center.
Selected papers from the conference will appear in special edited volume titled Everyday Life in the Segmented City (a volume in the series Research in Urban Sociology, published by Emerald Press).

ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
For Registration, Hotel Accommodation or further information please contact:
PROMO FLORENCE EVENTS - Soc. FLY EVENTS srl
Via del Giglio 10
50123 Firenze
Tel. +39 055 285588 – Fax +39 055 283260
e-mail info@promoflorenceevents.com

REGISTRATION FEES
Reduced fee until June 30,th 2010 Euro 310,00 Full Fee from July 1, & ON SITE Euro 410,00 Fee for students & Eastern Conference Euro 250,00 The Participation Fee includes the following: Attendance in all Academic Sessions at Auditorium al Duomo (July 22 to 24) 3 coffee breaks Special entry to some Florentine State Museums Staff assistance