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					and effects of movement, mobility and migration on the historic and
contemporary city"; ?>
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			<h1>Urban Encounters 2014:<br>Movements/Mobilities/Migrations</h1>
			<p>This year’s Urban Encounters symposium looks at the visual manifestations
			and effects of movement, mobility and migration on the historic and
			contemporary city. Over two days, an international line up of artists,
			academics, and researchers reflect on the nature of flow and flux through and
			between city spaces with a variety of topics including economic mobility,
			labour movements, borders, and the migration of things and people. </p>
			<p>In addition to a series of panels and presentations, this year’s symposium
			features half a day of workshops, seminars and walks, led by speakers and
			organisers. Participants will be contacted closer to the event to select from
			these activities. </p>
			<p>The series of panels focuses on the experiences of people and communities,
			built and architectural environments, urban landscapes, performativity and
			how material cultures reflect the possibilities and challenges that redefine how
			we understand the changing faces of everyday urban life. The workshops,
			seminars and walks provide a more intimate context through which to directly
			explore and discuss the ideas and themes of the symposium. </p>
			<p>This symposium is of particular interest to photographers, artists, film-makers,
			architects, sociologists, geographers and social researchers whose work
			addresses notions of social change and the decentring of urban life within an
			age of expanding globalisation and changing geographic boundaries.
			Participants include Bradley Garrett, Paul Halliday, Jennifer Bajorek, Paul
			Goodwin, Adam Kaasa, Xavier Ribas, Lia Chavez, David Kendall, Charlotte
			Cullinan and Jeanine Richards, Anne Zeitz, Adel Tincelin, Lorenzo Bernini,
			Ben Gidley, Tom Morton, Caroline Knowles, as well as a keynote address on
			Friday by internationally renowned photographer, artist and director Nadav
			Kander. </p>
			<p><em>Urban Encounters is organised in partnership with the Centre for Urban and
			Community Research (CUCR), Goldsmiths, University of London; Kingston
			University, Oxford University and Openvizor. </em></p>
			<p><strong>Organised by: Nora Razian, Paul Halliday and Diego Ferrari </strong></p>
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					<td class="table-bold">Dates and Times:</td>
					<td>24 October 2014 10:30-16:30 (followed by wine reception) <br> 25 October 2014 10:30-18:00</td>
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					<td>Tate Britain, Clore Auditorium</td>
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					<td class="table-bold">Cost</td>
					<td>£30 (£20 concessions)</td>
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					<td class="table-bold">Info and booking</td>
					<td>Please see <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/conference/urban-encounters-urban-materialities" target="_blank">www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/conference/urban-encounters-urban-materialities</a></td>
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			<div class="caption">&copy; Paul Halliday from the series Close to Nowhere (forthcoming)</div>
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