BAA Conference 2012
CULTURES OF MOBILITY
Thursday, 5 July - Saturday, 7 July 2012
To navigate the immense distances of the American continent - on horseback or railroad, by steamship, car, or airplane - has always been a challenge and need for Americans. Hence, mobility has been crucial for both the personal experience of the individual and the thriving of the nation as a whole.
The conference conjoins cultural geographers, political scientists, historians, literary critics, economists and social scientists to take a closer look at mobility in an American context (and beyond).
As with previous annual meetings of the BAA, speakers will investigate aspects of American mobility from a decidedly transatlantic perspective. In the panel discussion representatives from academia, private industry and urban planning discuss the growing need for mobility and the associated challenges for society.
No conference fee - please register for participation.
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Conference Program
Thursday, 5 July 2012
19.00 Conference Opening
- Welcome by Klaus Benesch, Director Bavarian American Academy
- Welcome by Christina Sharkey, Foreign Commercial Service Principal Officer, U.S. Consulate General Munich
- Welcome by Christoph Parchmann, Bavarian Ministry of Sciences, Research, and the Arts
- Keynote Address by John D. Kasarda, Director Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, USA: The Rise of the Aerotropolis
Friday, 6 July 2012
9.30 Panel I: Logistics and Freight Mobility
Chair: Barbara Hahn, University of Wuerzburg
- Peter Hall, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
"Resolving" Spatial and Scalar Mismatches in North American Freight Logistics
- Barbara Lenz, German Aerospace Center - DLR, Berlin
Mobility, Information and Travel Behavior
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 Panel II: The Wings of Democracy - Mobility in Times of Airtravel
Chair: Volker Depkat, University of Regensburg
- David Courtwright, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA
Airworld: The History, Culture, and Prospects of American Aviation
- Anke Ortlepp, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
(Post-)Modern Architectures: American Airports and the Limits of Mobility
13.00 Lunch Break
15.00 Panel III: Mobility and the Arts
Chair: Klaus Benesch, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Ted Bishop, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA
University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA
- François Specq, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon
Thoreau's Geographies of (Im)mobilities
18.00 Panel Discussion in German: Mobilität / Immobilität - Wege in die Zukunft
Venue: at BMW Lenbachplatz
Moderation: Klaus Benesch, LMU Munich
- Thomas Hamacher, Planung und Design von E-mobility Lösungen, Technical University Munich
- Armin Nassehi, Kultur- und Wissenschaftssoziologe, LMU Munich
- Manuel Sattig, BMW Group, Kommunikations-Manager project i
Saturday, 7 July 2012
09.30 Panel IV: Social Mobility
Chair: Stefan Schirm, University of Bochum
- Magdalena Nowicka, LMU Munich
Life-Trajectories of Poles in the UK: Deskilling in a Transnational Perspective
- Ludger Pries, University of Bochum
Cross-Border Mobility and Transnational Social Spaces - the Example of Mexico-US-Migration
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 Panel V: Cultural Mobility
Chair: Heike Paul, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Phillip Vannini, Royal Roads University, Victoria, CA
Cultures of Mobility on Canada's West Coast
- Alexandra Ganser, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Reading Multiple Mobilities: Chuck Palahniuk's Fugitives and Refugees
13.00 End of Conference
The following organizations support the conference
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