25-26 April 2007: Call for papers – Research and Activism 4th Urban Studies Days at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia.

The tools of urban planning and policy can poorly address a range of important contemporary urban issues. Finding cultural and creative uses for old industrial areas, fighting social polarisation, achieving a liveable multicultural milieu and redefining urban character as a political project are questions where forms of urban activism have recently played decisive roles. Multicultural festivals, temporary cultural uses and community based new media are examples of fresh approaches, the “Research and Activism” conference aims at bringing together.

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