The conference will be held over three days, with three morning sessions (one for each day) on the following topics:

1) Historical and cultural roots of self-organization in the city;

2) Searching for an "enabling" space;

3) Powers and terrains of ambiguity in the field of urban self-organization today.

In the afternoon, fieldtrips and workshops will be managed by scholars, activists and local stakeholders. Video exhibitions and other non-academic events will be provided in the evening sessions.

The three thematic sessions will be introduced by keynote speakers and the other speakers will be selected through a call for paper.

A workshop organized by the AESOP Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures will be specifically dedicated to the debate on the final frames on the theme "Unstable Geographies - Dislocated Publics" and to the discussion on the topics to be developed in the next cycle.

Source: www.aesop-planning.eu