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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>See below details of a session at the upcoming IGU conference in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brisbane</st1:place></st1:City> relevant to
those particularly with interests in creativity and creative industries
policy-making. Short notice, I know!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>[Apologies for cross-postings]<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CFP: Creativity, IAG/NSGS/IGU Brisbane 2006<br>
</span></b>Co-sponsored by the Cultural and Rural Studies Groups of the
Institute of<br>
Australian Geographers<br>
<br>
Session description:<br>
The cultural turn in human geography has, inter alia, highlighted the complex
ways in which social and cultural factors are embedded in and influence
economic development. Creativity is just one of these factors. Its role in
shaping the economic fortunes of cities has been famously brought to public
attention by Richard Florida. Less spectacularly, perhaps, but no less
importantly, creativity is increasingly recognised as playing an important part
in the economic revitalisation and/or diversification of rural regions. Yet a
number of crucial epistemological and ontological questions still surround
'creativity' as a topic of geographical research. Just what is creativity? Is
it a property solely of individuals or can it also apply to collectives? What
presumptions underpin policy-making on 'creativity'? What is the nature of creativity's
spatial distribution, and what factors influence this? How, if at all, do
creative works (e.g. art, literature) inform our senses and understandings of
space, place and spatiality? <br>
<br>
With these questions in mind, papers are welcome on a range of themes that
discuss creativity in the context of rurality and economic development.<br>
<br>
Please contact session organisers to express an interest, and/or email send<br>
abstracts by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>February 18</span></b>.
Abstracts are formally due to the conference<br>
organisers by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>February 24</span></b> (see
www.igu2006.org ).<br>
<br>
Session organisers:<br>
<br>
Dr Chris Gibson<br>
Human Geography<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Earth</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and Environmental Sciences<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Wollongong</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wollongong</st1:place></st1:City> NSW
2522<br>
Ph: + 61 2 4221 3448<br>
Fax: + 61 2 4221 4250<br>
Email: cgibson@uow.edu.au<br>
<br>
and<br>
<br>
Dr Neil Argent<br>
Division of Geography and Planning<br>
School of Human and Environmental Studies<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">New England</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
Armidale NSW 2351<br>
Ph: (02) 6773 2803<br>
Fax: (02) 6773 3030<br>
email: nargent@une.edu.au <br>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr Neil
Argent<br>
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography<br>
Division of Geography and Planning<br>
School of Human and Environmental Studies<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">New England</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,<br>
ARMIDALE, N.S.W. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">AUSTRALIA</st1:place></st1:country-region>
2351<br>
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'Phone: (02) 6773 2803<br>
Fax: (02) 6773 3030<br>
email: nargent@une.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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