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Urban Futures and Technologies of Inequality

Saturday, July 19, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:20 PM
Room: F206
RC07 Futures Research (host committee)

Language: English

Urban Futures
Session Organizers:
Sultan KHAN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA, Cooper Union Advancement Science & Art, USA, Eliana HERRERA-VEGA, University of Ottawa, Canada and Radhamany SOORYAMOORTHY, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Chair:
Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA, Cooper Union Advancement Science & Art, USA
The Idea of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities As the Answer for Global Trends of Aging Societies (Oral Presentation)
Grzegorz GAWRON, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; Paulina ROJEK-ADAMEK, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University, Poland

The Vulnerable Man-Machine: Human Actors As Productive Parts in Work-Networks (Oral Presentation)
Annika JONSSON, Karlstad University, Sweden; Therese KARLSSON, Karlstad University, Sweden; Gerd LINDGREN, Karlstad University, Sweden

Internet Technology and Scientists In Post-Apartheid South Africa: Race As a Decisive Factor (Oral Presentation)
Radhamany SOORYAMOORTHY, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Consequences of Alternative Feminist Approaches to Land and Housing Security (Oral Presentation)
Jacqueline LEAVITT, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, USA

Future Urbanisms: Technology, Science Fiction and Extrapolated Cities (Oral Presentation)
Ulysses SENGUPTA, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom; Bodhisattva CHATTOPADHYAY, University of Oslo, Norway

Is Metropolisation Sustainable?e (Oral Presentation)
Didier TAVERNE, Sciences, Territoires et Société, France

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