Space Matters: Getting there

Space Matters will take place in the Samuel Alexander Building on the Oxford Road Campus of the University of Manchester. The University is well served by buses from near Picadilly and Oxford Road Stations. The primary bus routes are the 41, 43, 142, 143. The 142 and 143 work out a bit cheaper are easier to spot: they are blue and say 'Magic Bus' on the side. The University website has detailed directions about getting to the campus: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/travel/

The Samuel Alexander is a large building located just behind the University of Manchester Students Union and the Academy (on the below map, see the location of the Academy: the Samuel Alexander building is located behind). The building has two entrances, North (recognisable by a stone portico and steps) and an accessible entrance to the South. The building will be signposted for the conference. If there are any serious concerns about transport or accessibiltiy, please get in contact with the organisers as soon as possible.



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Space Matters: Running Order

We are pleased to announce the running order for Space Matters.

The venue for this conference is A7, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester.

Registration for this conference is Free and is now open. Just email spacemattersconf at gmail dot com with your name, affiliation and contact email. 

09:00	Registration at Samuel Alexander A7
09:30  Introduction	Introductory Speech          Dr. Leif Jerram, University of Manchester
10:00  Keynote	“Looking and Listening: Stonehenge and an ecological approach to the study of space.”          Dr. Rupert Till, University of Huddersfield
11:00	Tea/ Coffee Break
11:15  Session One	“Audible Spaces or how we need to stop worrying and learn to love our limitations.”
	Maarten Walraven, University of Manchester
Interpreting Space
	“The view from Todgers and the 'good spirit': two perspectives on city space in Dickins.”          Ben Moore, University of Manchester
	“Definitions of Place (Locus) and Space (Spatium) according to Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – 1109) and Peter Abelard (1079 – 1142): The Foundations of their Physics.”
	Alisa Koonce, University of Cambridge
12:45	Lunch
14:00  Session Two	“Contesting Memories – Forging place and landscape in Irish Pilgrimage Sites.”
	Kieran McCarthy, University College Cork
Landscape Space
	“Unfolding Criollo Identity : the organisation of architectural space around conversational devices in late seventeenth century Colonial Mexico.”
	Giovanni Raneri, University of Manchester
	“Clean, Cultured, Civilised: Space and human quality in Urban China.”
	Karita Kan, University of Oxford
15:30	Poster Session
	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:50  Session Three	“The Reconstruction of Space and Place in the photography of Gordon Matta Clark.”
	Helen Wainwright, University of Nottingham
Representations of Space
	“Sovran Space(s): the contested territories of the photographic image, as captured from space.”          Conohar Scott, Loughborough University
16:50	Closing Comments

Poster Submissions

Space Matters is accepting proposals for postgraduate research posters relevant to this conference, to be displayed at the conference; we intend to run a poster session in the afternoon, so that researchers can be present to take questions about their posters. All interested, please email spacemattersconf at gmail dot com.

Poster proposals should include a short abstract detailing the content of the poster, as well as the name and affiliation of the author.

CFP Closing 18/3/11

The Call for Papers for 'Space Matters' will close on Friday March 18th. Please email abstracts to spacemattersconf at gmail dot com Speakers will be informed early in the week of the 23rd of March.

Registration: Now open

Registration is now open for Space Matters. It is free to register.
Please email the organisers to confirm attendance. Please include your name and institution affiliation.


Further details on the order of speakers will be published following the close of the Call for Papers on March 18th.

Keynote Confirmed: Dr. Rupert Till, University of Huddersfield

The organisers are delighted to announce the confirmation of Dr. Rupert Till (University of Huddersfield) as our Keynote Speaker. Dr. Till's paper will offer the conference an interesting and innovative perspective on the study of space and place.

SPEAKER: Dr. Rupert Till (University of Huddersfield)

Paper Title:

Looking and Listening: Stonehenge and an ecological approach to the study of space.

Short Abstract:

This paper shows how sound can be used to investigate space and place. It suggests ways to categorise levels of acoustic interest in archaeological spaces, illustrated through various examples. It demonstrates the exploration of spaces by integrating sound within computer 3D video reconstructions, using Stonehenge as an example.

Venue Confirmed

Our venue was confirmed yesterday as one of the ground floor lecture theatres in the Samuel Alexander Building.