NYC: Conference “The Privatization of Public Space? Resisting Enclosure”

Markus Euskirchen | 19. April 2010 | Filed under: Debates: Theories/AlternativesPublic GoodsPublic SpacePractical StrugglesDates/Events | Leave a comment

Neoliberalism continues to transform public space in geographically uneven and variegated ways, with far reaching and profound consequences.  On the first day, the conference will provide context for various means of privatization and elaborate on language and visions for discussing this issue.  On the second day, workshops will bring together students, activists, artists, and organizations Continue reading →

Conference: Surviving in the »Creative Industries«

Markus Euskirchen | 6. November 2009 | Filed under: Upcoming EventsDebates: Theories/AlternativesCulturePractical StrugglesDates/Events | Leave a comment

The »Creative Industries« are considered key to the city development in the 21st Century. Cities such as Berlin put them at the center of image and location policy. The debates are mainly of benefit to the economy and capital development at the forefront – the changed living and working conditions of creative people are in Continue reading →

Anual ppg-network conference in London

Markus Euskirchen | 4. November 2009 | Filed under: Upcoming EventsDebates: Theories/AlternativesDates/Events | Leave a comment

State projects between neoliberal restauration and ‘postneoliberalism’ (ppg-network and RLS in cooperation with the University of Vienna and Historical Materialism) at Historical Materialism in London, 27.-29.11.09, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H OXG.

Call for papers: What is the common?

Markus Euskirchen | 30. March 2009 | Filed under: Upcoming EventsPublic GoodsDates/Events | Leave a comment

University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is calling – submission deadline: September 5th, 2009: In the shadow of the global crisis of capitalism, the common, somehow obliterated in the recent past, has emerged as an indispensable and central notion. The conference addresses this notion both as a real movement and as an already present horizon, a dynamic Continue reading →

PRESOM final conference

Markus Euskirchen | 4. March 2009 | Filed under: Upcoming EventsDebates: Theories/AlternativesDates/Events | Leave a comment

Berlin: Forth and final international PRESOM conference. See Programme and Flyer

Annual ppg-conference “Crisis of Privatisation”

Markus Euskirchen | 14. December 2007 | Filed under: Inside the NetworkPrivatization | 1 Comment

The 5th annual conference of the ppg network (Privatisation/Public Goods) worked around the topic of the “Crisis of Privatisation”.

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