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Contesting the Streets: Vending, Open-Air Markets, and Public Space May 14 - 15, 2010 University of California, Los Angeles
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Street vending is a practice that is at times tolerated, restricted, and promoted by various policies and actors. In recent years, street vending has drawn the attention (and at times the ire) of the media, politicians, planning departments, businesses, neighborhood associations, zoning officials, and health inspectors. Issues regarding the use of public space, the right to the city, and local ordinance enforcement/dereliction are often complicated by street vendors' diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, as well as their immigrant status. This conference seeks work that explores the various contestations related to street vending and other temporary street enterprises. Submissions should address topics that include, but not limited to: street vending policy and law, contemporary and historical street vending practices, zoning and planning, public health, the politics of public space, economic outcomes, community building, household and organizational dynamics of street vending, street vendor organizing campaigns, and ethnic entrepreneurship. While we will accept both theoretical and empirical papers, original empirical work will be favored. Papers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives are encouraged. Papers focused outside of the United States are also welcome. We will offer a limited amount of travel support for selected papers. We expect to invite several authors to revise and contribute their papers towards a special, edited volume or journal. Electronic submissions should include:
Abstracts for presentations are welcome from graduate students and faculty. Abstracts are due no later than Friday, January 22, 2010, by electronic submission only. Notifications will be sent out via e-mail by late January. Final paper submissions for accepted presenters will be due by May 2, 2010. Abstracts should be submitted to: streetvendorconf@gmail.com Conference Organizers/Contacts: Abel Valenzuela Jr., Professor Chicana/o Studies and Urban Planning ( abel@ucla.edu ) Presented by: UCLA Center for the Study of Urban Poverty, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration and the Street Vendor Project of New York Co-Sponsored by: UCLA Center for Mexican Studies and UCLA Sociology Department Ethnography Working Group |