The Laboratory for Urban Spatial and Landscape Research (Urban Space Lab) invites current Ph.D. students to present work in progress at a one-day colloquium in the Fall of 2025.  Projects may be in any stage of development, from early theorizing to midstream reporting to nearing completion.  This is meant to be a supportive environment, where presenters can bring problems and seek advice.  Our goal is to establish an environment of mutual inquiry.

 

We are interested in projects that explicitly address ‘urban’ questions.  In this sense, urban spaces and landscapes are not simply treated as a backdrop for unfolding dramas that happen to take place there, but rather are constituent in their very formation.  We are also interested in projects that explore the mutual constitution of the urban and the ‘not urban,’ that is, those scalar forms, institutions, spaces and territories that are not reducible to the urban, but rather are entangled with it, e.g., rurality, regions, the peri-urban mosaic, the nation, multilateral organizations, transnational corporations, zones of exception and exclusion, military and technological systems.  Presentations may cover any aspect of urban life, thought, social relations, materiality, and technical forms, in any location in the world.    

 

Papers will be selected by members of the Urban Space Lab.  We are particularly desirous that the colloquium reflects the full diversity of ideas, fields, and experiences among doctoral students.  The event will be held in early November (date TBD).    

 

To submit a proposal, please use this form.  The deadline for proposals is May 15th.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Prof. Joseph Heathcott at joseph@newschool.edu.