Local Authority Planning in Change: Planning and Culture

[i]IV Nordic Planning Research Symposium[/i] 13 - 15 August, 2009 Tromsø, Norway The Symposium will bring researchers, PhD students and practitioners in the field together to explore different aspects of planning and culture. In this international Symposium researchers and practitioners within the field of planning are invited to reflect upon the relation between planning and culture. It is an invitation to explore also the more interpretive, narrative and discursive approaches to planning. This Symposium aim at exploring the various approaches, dimensions and practices of culture in planning. The Symposium will seek answers to these questions: How does the increasing culturalization of social theory affect planning? How can culture as everyday life be integrated in planning? Planning the multicultural community; challenges and solutions PROGRAMME - Local Authority Planning in Change: Planning and Culture 12 - 15 August 2009: PhD Course 13 - 15 August 2009: IV Nordic Planning Research Symposium REGISTRATION [b]1 May 2009: deadline for registration 22 June 2009: deadline for hand in paper[/b] For more information: http://www2.uit.no/www/ansatte/organisasjon/studier/artikkel?p_document_id=81489&p_dimension_id=42168