[csaa-forum] Seminar of Prof Susan Smith, Centre for Cultural Research, UWS, 28April

[Chris Gibson]

apol's for cross-posting and Sydney-centrism.

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This is to inform members of an upcoming seminar to which they are warmly invited. 
 
Cultures of (Housing) Markets
 

There is a growing interest among sociologists, anthropologists, human geographers and others in the way markets work. Rather than taking the economics of markets for granted, these scholars have emphasised the social and power-filled character of markets, drawing attention to their passions as well as their rationality.  This paper, which is about the way housing markets work, is part of that new tradition. It uses (housing) examples to draw attention to the differentiation and diversity of markets, highlighting their performativity, emphasising their heterogeneity, and - most importantly - identifying the multitude of normative ideas and practices that are and could be built into them. Exposing the cultural diversity of (housing) markets belies their economic essentialism. Recognising that markets are made not given raises the possibility of revising their ethics: of harnessing their emotional energies, reformatting their economy, and rethinking their social role. 

 

Date: 28 April

Time: 2-4pm, followed by afternoon tea

Venue: UWS, Parramatta campus. Room to be advised. Please phone CCR office (9685 9600) or email ccr at uws.edu.au for map of campus, direction details, etc

 

Susan J. Smith is Professor of Geography at Durham University. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a member of the Academy of Social Sciences in the UK.  

 
 
Professor Kay Anderson 
PhD Geography (UBC)
Centre for Cultural Research
University of Western Sydney
Parramatta campus Building EBa
Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 9685 9669 or 9685 9600
k.anderson at uws.edu.au
 
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Penrith South  DC NSW 1797
 
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Dr Chris Gibson
Senior Lecturer
Geography
University of New South Wales
NSW 2052
Australia
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Staff homepage:
<http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/staff/Chris.Gibson/>
 
Convenor, IAG Cultural Geography Study Group
<http://www.iag.org.au/cultstudy.html>
 
Hon. Secretary, Geographical Society of NSW
<http://www.gsnsw.org.au/>