Chaired by
CHAIR:
- DavidWebbE-Mail
- Leeds Metropolitan UniversityInnovation NorthSchool of TechnologyThe Praxis CentreLeedsUnited Kingdom
CO-CHAIR:
- StephenGrahamE-Mail
- University of DurhamFaculty of GeographyDepartment of Urban GeographyInterational Boundaries Research UnitDurhamUnited Kingdom
Dates
3-7 September 2008
Location
Klosterhotel, Vadstena, Sweden
The conference will take place at Klosterhotel in Vadstena, Sweden. Vadstena is located in the south-eastern province of Östergötland, in a lovely natural setting on the shores of beautiful Lake Vättern, offering comfortable accommodation in a historic environment. During the Middle Ages, Vadstena was the location of a catholic monastery for monks and nuns of the Birgittine order and nowadays the conference center and hotel is largely located in the same medieval buildings that were once the monastery. With 5 600 inhabitants, Vadstena is 45 km from Linköping and 330 km from Stockholm. Group transportation will be arranged from/to Linköping airport, via Linköping train station, on arrival and departure days.
Practical Information Guide PDF (325 KB) |
Final Programme & List of Accepted Participants
We have entered a time of highly technological warfare, where over half of the world’s research and development is now military and an ongoing revolution in military affairs (RMA) is changing the rules and weapons that will be used to define our common futures in a global society. Yet most of the public are getting their information on the implications of these developments, not from learned scientific or technological treatise but from the media, film, literature, computer games and simulations. The way that war is imaged varies considerably between artists, scientists, urban geographers, media theorists and indeed between generations.
Given the controversies which form our daily news about the “War on Terror” and the projected need to give up our traditional human rights and civil liberties, it is essential that we understand the role of the war imagers and their critics. There are many lenses to tell the story, including political, PR and weapons procurement; media journalism (which leaves out as much as it includes), games, stories, and literature. This conference will explore what these various cultures are saying to each other and how organised knowledge systems, scenarios and stories are used to legitimate or deconstruct new paradigms on war and its consequences.
The conference seeks to explore dissonance and common ground between the image builders and the image consumers; the weapons manufacturers and the story tellers; the politicians and the children. Given its timeliness and originality, we anticipate a wide audience for such an event and are seeking to include as many of the relevant dimensions of the topic as possible. We also wish to encourage different generations to participate.
Abstracts for papers, posters, screenings and performances on the following topics are particularly welcome, however abstracts related to the themes of the conference are also welcome:
- Selling Modern Warfare Technologies and Strategies
- Screening War
- War games
- Deconstructing the Technology of War
- War and the Media
- Intergenerational Perspectives
Some grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs.
Final Programme PDF (369 KB) Last Updated 1-September-2008 |
Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions
There will be no short talks other than those listed on the final programme. All other abstracts have been accepted as posters.
Recommended poster size is 100 cm high x 70 cm wide. Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.
Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide
Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide. Please read it fully and carefully...
Practical Information Guide PDF (325 KB) |
GROUP TRANSPORTATION
Two buses will be arranged on arrival day, Wednesday 3 September, from Linköping to Vadstena as follows. The journey takes about 45 minutes.
Bus number 1 from Linköping airport, via Linköping train station:
Departure Linköping airport: 16.30 hrs
Departure Linköping train station: 17.00 hrs
Bus number 2 from Linköping airport, via Linköping train station:
Departure Linköping airport: 18.30 hrs
Departure Linköping train station: 19.00 hrs
Airport departure point: the meeting point is located just outside the small airport building. The coaches will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF Research Conferences” for easy recognition.
Train station departure point: the meeting point is located in the long distance bus terminal of the station. From the exit of the main building of the railway station, it is approximately 300 metres to the right.
Group transportation back to Linköping will be arranged in a similar way for the departure day. Bus departure time on Sunday 7 September: 9.00 am (to Linköping train station and airport).
ACCOMMODATION
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will have to share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee (EUR 730) should be paid to the ESF when registering. The supplement for single (EUR 150) should be paid to Vadstena Klosterhotel. Should you wish to be put on the waiting list for single accommodation, please contact Ms. Anne Blondeel-Oman.
Registration Form
For accepted participants and invited speakers only
All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 6 August 2008 
Conference Fees
Fees | What the fees cover |
EUR 730 | conference, meals and twin OR double room |
EUR 520 | non-resident: conference, meals (no room) |
ESF Contact
- AnneBlondeel-OmanE-Mail
- Senior Conference Officer
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 2024
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 08-258 in any correspondence.
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with Linköping University.
