IASESP
International Association for the Study of Environment, Space, and Place
Call for Papers
Conference Information/Registration
Abstract submission Deadline: January 15, 2009
To forbid is a moral command limiting
human freedom by prohibiting doing, having, using, or indulging in
something somewhere, or in the entering of some place. Place
signifies a spatial nexus of meanings involving both a sector within
the earthly horizon—an identifiable place, and a spatial production,
an event—taking place. Forbidden place can mean an agency of natural
origin—an active volcano. Forbidden place can mean a social
production that places limitations on when (time restraints), where
(boundaries), who (social discrimination), and what (proscribing
certain actions). Thus, the forbidden can involve any proscription
within places or setting off limits some places altogether.
Subtopic Suggestions:
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Places of
Segregation Apartheid Gated
Communities Country
Clubs Religious
Taboos Religious
Compounds Tombs Secret
Ceremonial Places Exalted or
Holy Places Spaces of
Being Lost Spaces of
Entrapment Spaces of
No Return Spaces of
Disorientation Spaces of
Embarrassment Dead Space Hacking
into Forbidden Cyberspace(s) Invasion of
Personal Space Invasion of
Privacy Outer Space Hell |
Undergrounds Secret
Hiding Places Politically
Banned Space Prisons Trespassing Covert
Operations Anomie Lawlessness Sites of
Atrocities Slave
Markets Executions Terrorist
Targets Gang
Territories Dangerous
Neighborhoods Places of
Sin Dens of
Iniquity Whorehouse Spaces of
Abuse Drug
Trafficking Gambling
Establishments Dog and
Cock Fighting |
Forbidden
Nature Active
Volcanoes Earthquakes Tornadoes Mountain
Tops Deep Ocean Caverns
Infestations Shark
Waters The Wilds
Contaminated Places Polluted
Places Radioactive
Contamination Disease Areas of
Famine Areas of
Urban Blight Forbidden
Places of Imagination and Memories Spatial
Phobias, Fear and Aversions |
IAESP seeks to foster interdisciplinary / transdisciplinary conversations and
is holding its Fifth Annual Conference at
Towson University
in Towson, MD. Presentations should not exceed 25 minutes. Please
consider audience diversity while preparing your presentation.
Email abstracts of approximately 200 words by January 15, 2009 to: Troy Paddock (paddockt1@southernct.edu)
Persons interested in chairing sessions should also contact:
Troy Paddock.
For further information contact:
John Murungi, IASESP
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Towson, Maryland 21252
Tel. 410-704-2750
Fax: 410-704-4398
Towson University is located approximately 4 miles north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland.
Previous Calls for Papers 2003 - 2008
Accepted papers may be submitted for possible publication.