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October 22, 2004

For all in the Bay Area: Castells lecture

It looks fascinating and I won't be able to be there. If anyone goes, could they please send me notes?

Update: Peter's extremely helpful notes

> *Thurs, Oct. 28***
>
> */Cities in the Information Age
> /**Manuel Castells*, is Professor Emeritus of City Planning and
> Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, and Research Professor of
> Information Society at the Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona.
> This is the third lecture in the City Lecture Series. This lecture
> series promotes conversations across urban studies and international and
> area studies. On the one hand, it seeks to unsettle the EuroAmerican
> locus of urban theory by locating the production of critical concepts
> and frameworks in "other" cities. On the other hand, it highlights how
> contemporary theories and philosophies are engaged with the material
> geographies of the city. Lecture Series Organizer is Professor Ananya
> Roy, Department of City and Regional Planning.
> *Time: *05:00 PM -
> *Place: *112 Wurster Hall
> *Sponsor: *Center for South Asia Studies
> *Sponsor Web Site: *http://ias.berkeley.edu/SouthAsia
> *Event URL:* www.ias.berkeley.edu/southasia/city.pdf

Posted by egoodman at October 22, 2004 2:13 PM

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