Call for Paper Proposals, AAG Annual Convention April 5-9 2017: UBC Urban Studies Lab Panel 1 (2,3,etc.): Interdisciplinary Urban Inquiry

1. Call for Paper Proposals, AAG Annual Convention April 5-9 2017:
UBC Urban Studies Lab Panel 1: Interdisciplinary Urban Inquiry
This inaugural UBC Urban Studies Lab panel aims to provide a theoretically robust,
interdisciplinary view into the relationship between humans and urban-rural spaces through
the lenses of human/algorithm relations. Drawing inspiration from Psychology, Philosophy,
STS, Political Ecology, Critical Theory and other interdisciplinary regimes of thought, the
papers presented in this panel provide robust theoretical perspectives on contemporary
society with an eye to ontological and epistemological questions therein. Human/algorithm
relations will be examined through the lens of phenomena like ‘smart cities’ and
‘autonomous vehicles’. Moving from the understanding that Theory precedes and
articulates the potential for Practice, the papers in this panel endeavor to initiate a
theoretical revolution in order to create the opportunity for conceptualization and
actualization of revolutionary Urban Planning Practice.
UBC Urban Studies Lab Panel 2: Interdisciplinary Urban Inquiry
This inaugural UBC Urban Studies Lab panel aims to provide a theoretically robust,
interdisciplinary view into the relationship between humans and urban-rural spaces through
the lenses of social justice and social movements. Drawing inspiration from Psychology,
Philosophy, STS, Political Ecology, Critical Theory and other interdisciplinary regimes of
thought, the papers presented in this panel provide robust theoretical perspectives on
contemporary society with an eye to ontological and epistemological questions therein.
Moving from the understanding that Theory precedes and articulates the potential for
Practice, the papers in this panel endeavor to initiate a theoretical revolution in order to
create the opportunity for conceptualization and actualization of revolutionary Urban
Planning Practice.
UBC Urban Studies Lab Panel 3: Interdisciplinary Urban Inquiry
This inaugural UBC Urban Studies Lab panel partners with the new Whioce Journal
‘Environment and Social Psychology’ to provide a theoretically robust, interdisciplinary
view into the relationship between humans and urban-rural spaces through the lens of the
nexus between Environment and Social Psychology. Drawing inspiration from Psychology,
Philosophy, STS, Political Ecology, Critical Theory and other interdisciplinary regimes of
thought, the papers presented in this panel provide robust theoretical perspectives on
contemporary society with an eye to ontological and epistemological questions therein.
Human/nature relations will be examined through the lens of phenomena including urban-
rural relations facilitated by digital social movements concerning permaculture and urban
farming. Moving from the understanding that Theory precedes and articulates the
potential for Practice, the papers in this panel endeavor to initiate a theoretical revolution
in order to create the opportunity for conceptualization and actualization of revolutionary
Urban Planning Practice.
“The main purpose of this journal is to explore the nexus of environment and the human

2. condition, which promotes environmental consciousness and behaviors that are crucial for
sustainable progress and human development. With an interdisciplinary approach,
synthesizing theory, research and practice, we seek to:
1. Examine the possibilities of human and social development as a credible paradigm for
scientific inquiry and dialogue that promote world peace, prosperity and progress in a
dangerously complex world.
2. Transcend dualities and contradictions of contemporary ideologies and methods toward
a unifying framework for enduring social psychological research.
3. Promote scholarly pursuits for the advancement of knowledge in search of empirical
evidence and truth, which support environmental justice as a viable paradigm conducive to
human-social development.
4. Unravel social psychological barriers—beliefs, attitudes, stereotypes, prejudices, habits,
and politico-cultural practices—that thwart quality education and learning beyond the
contemporary dogmas of behavioral schools.
5. Interface pathways to understand and resolve contemporary nihilism that incubates
psychopathologies of self-destructive addictions— sexual abuse, substance and drugs,
interpersonal violence, and anomic dysfunctions —and breeds mayhem, mass murders and
terror.”
Please drop me a note at luke.barnesmoore@geog.ubc.ca if you are interested in
participating!!!
Best,
Luke