Calling all scholars from architecture, urban studies, and the humanities and the social sciences more broadly! We are excited to announce an upcoming Conference on Situated Imagination and Imaginaries for Urban Futures, to be held on July 17, 2026 at the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge.
This conference will aim to collectively explore the how situated imaginations and imaginaries are formed, contested, and translated across politics and space towards urban futures. We are interested foremost in the real-world links that tether imagination and its related imaginaries to change: the artworks, policies, infrastructures, social movements, and spatial practices and tools that serve as both evidence and agents of these emerging worlds. The attached poster and below conference website contain the full call, alongside some potential themes to think with.
- We are opening the Call for Abstracts, and invite you to submit300 wordson your topic, and encourage exploratory initiatives and formats.
- Please submit your abstracts to:situatedimaginationsconference@gmail.com
- The deadline for abstracts isMarch 3, 2026.
Conference Website:https://situatedimaginationconference.cargo.site/
For any specific enquiries, please contact us at eithernff22@cam.ac.uk orrjy24@cam.ac.uk.
We look forward to reviewing your abstracts and finalising what promises to be a critical and exciting day.