Negotiating Public Order
Abstract : Although ‘public order’ as a concept is used often and carelessly, its content is not at all ubiquitous and simple. Once grounded in the moral order imposed by religion or the sovereign state, in our contemporary society public order is the object of dialogue and contestation among a plurality of actors. Public space is an important arena for political negotiation and economic enterprise or ‘mundane’, everyday social interaction. In this international seminar organized by the Crime and Society Research Group (CRiS-VUB), experts with various disciplinary backgrounds will fuel the debate on how to understand a concept such as public order. This event will also be the occasion to launch the book “Order and Conflict in Public Space” (Routledge, 2016) edited by CRiS researchers.
Where ? U‑Residence, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Bld Géneral Jacques 271, 1050 Elsene, Brussels
When ? 30 November 2016
Programme
08:30 – 09:00 : Registration and coffee
Session 1 : Negotiating public order
Chair : Lucas Melgaço (VUB)
09:00 – 09:10 : Introduction by Lucas Melgaço (VUB)
09:15 – 09:45 : Keynote Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch (University of Grenoble Alpes):
“Letting loose?”
09:45 – 10:15 : Keynote (social movements) Maxime Kouvaras (Zin TV) & Gerjan De Boeck and Kevyn Cochinaux (Free54)
10:15 – 10:45 : Q&A
10:45 – 11:00 : Coffee break
Session 2 : Limits To Public Order ? The case of the piétonnier
Chair : Els Enhus (VUB)
11:00 – 12:30 : Panel debate with
● Joost Vandenbroele (BRAL)
● Els Ampe (alderwoman city of Brussels)
● Sofie Vermeulen (VUB)
● Olivier Stein (Progress Lawyers Network)
12:30 – 14:00 : Lunch
Session 3 : Order beyond public space
Chair : Tom Bauwens (VUB)
14:00 – 15:30 : Presentations by
● An-Sofie Vanhouche (VUB): “Order in prison : the role of food and
staff/prisoner relationships”
● Marc Depaepe & Sarah van Ruyskensvelde (UGent): “Order in the classroom. Modernizing (primary) education by the introduction of a cult of order”
● Rosamunde Van Brakel (VUB): “How profiling of children at risk in the UK contributes to enforcement of public order : From analogue risk assessments to big data”
● Jan Snacken (VUB): “Psychiatric disorders” 15:30 – 15:45 : Coffee break
Session 4 : Book launch “Order and Conflict in Public Space”
_Chair : Mattias De Backer (VUB)
15:45 – 17:15 : Presentations by :
● Georgiana Varna (Scottish Cities Knowledge Centre Glasgow): “Order and
conflict in public space”
● Antonin Margier (University of Lille): “The residential normalisation of public spaces : towards a post-punitive regulation?”
● Ilse Van Liempt (Utrecht University): “Reclaiming Civility in Urban Nightlife Districts”
● Nick Schuermans & Manfred Spocter (VUB & Stellenbosch University): “Avoiding encounters with poverty : aesthetics, politics and economics in a privileged neighbourhood of Cape Town.”
17:15 – 18:30 : Drinks and merriment
*Supported by the Strategic Research Program (SRP), VUB
source : http://www.vub.ac.be/events/2016/negotiating-public-order