Rural And Urban

(RUS1a) Mainstreaming Gender and Land Policy in Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons on Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development I

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Friday Jun 07 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Online via the CSA

Gender inequality in land ownership, access, and control is a significant issue in many Asian and Sub-Saharan African countries. For instance, in Asia, women constitute only 10% of landholders, and they ... more

(RUS1b) Mainstreaming Gender and Land Policy in Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons on Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development II

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Friday Jun 21 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Wong Building - WONG 1030

(RUS2) Sustaining Rural Futures

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Friday Jun 21 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Wong Building - WONG 1030

Rural communities are simultaneously on the front lines of myriad significant societal changes and left behind by or left out of many others. This session invited papers that consider how ... more

(SCL10) Sociology of Space, Place, and Time

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Wednesday Jun 19 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Wong Building - WONG 1050

Social processes occur in space and over time (Maritn and Miler, 2003). Thus, social processes are intertwined with spatiality and temporality. Everything we study is emplaced ... place is not merely a ... more

(URS2) Public-private Dynamics of Urban Spaces

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Thursday Jun 20 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Trottier Building - ENGTR 1090

Despite unprecedented waves of privatization of public space and concomitant encroachments, such as commercialization, regulation, and sanitization, being in public spaces remains a fundamental component of our urban experiences. The ... more