This conference will explore the importance of space and the processes of shaping it within divided contexts (both our own and others) and the role that spatial practice (the work of planners, architects, urban designers) plays in that. International academic and practitioner guests from Israel, Palestine and the Balkans will speak about their own contexts and experiences, and local community members will share stories of recent grass-roots initiatives within interfaces and contested spaces in Belfast.

The intention is to share, discuss and critique existing models of planning and designing space, and potential alternatives, in an informal, participative format which will consist of a mixture of focus- group workshops and whole-group discussions. Anyone who is interested or involved in these issues is warmly invited to attend.

If you have further queries, please contact the conference organiser: Mrs Samantha Livingstone at (samantha.livingstone@qub.ac.uk)

More information is available from the flyer here

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