CALL FOR PAPERS
Contemporary Cultural Utopias
June 16-18, 2016
Nîmes University (France)
Deadline for proposals: June 15, 2015
The 7th Cultural Geography, Anthropology, and Cultural Studies International Conference in
Languedoc-Roussillon will focus on contemporary cultural utopias. It wishes more
specifically to explore how they are currently being formalized, their meaning, and their
social and spatial localizations. At a time when the world is often described as saturated with
technological innovations and communication flows, when humanity’s craziest dreams seem
to have become reality, how can we give a fresh meaning to the notion of utopia and
understand its unabated success? The notion of “contemporary cultural utopia” suggests that
to the political and scientific utopias of the past, a new, more cultural and global dimension
can be added, one that would encompass all the interpretations and controversies related to the
roles of culture today. The conference wishes to explore and define the boundaries of this new
dimension and investigate its implications by means of a multidisciplinary approach. Several
axes are suggested to try and come to terms with the complexity of the notion of cultural
utopia.
Futher information here. (English)
Oficial web site of the event (French)
