We are excited to share the call for contributions about JUST! bodies, relationships, and rights in space, a transdisciplinary creative symposium on Spatial Justice which will take place in Venice, May 4-5-6th at Università Iuav di Venezia.

JUST! aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, curators, and artists to explore the lively, contested field of spatial justice.

JUST! starts from situated and performative experiences of knowledge and seeks to rethink and expand the very notion of spatial justice, extending it into the socio-ecological sphere and recognising the rights of both human and more-than-human ecologies as integral to processes of territorial transformation. In this light, JUST! emphasises the relational dimension of justice, rooted in the interdependencies between bodies, environments, and social living structures. It challenges technocratic and individualised responses to the contemporary crisis, advocating instead for situated, non-hierarchical practices that open up new forms of shared rights grounded in cohabitation, negotiation, and care. 

JUST! seeks to move beyond the traditional format of academic conferences. JUST! is intended as a performative experience that fosters fair and equal sharing, going beyond hierarchies and opening up for peer discussion. JUST! is conceived as an open platform to share experiences, knowledge, theories, and questions towards a just space of coexistence. The transdisciplinary scope of the call highlights the sensitive and embodied dimensions of vital relations, drawing on urban and landscape studies, sound studies, environmental arts and humanities, science, philosophy, and critical legal theory. 

JUST! welcomes a variety of contributions that examine and focus on issues of (in)justice and inequalities. JUST! looks for contributions that clarify and discuss which kind of justice is explored, which sort of injustice is contrasted, which fair and equal practices are fostered, and which old and new rights are recognised. JUST!explores a hybrid lexicon that legitimises phenomena that are wild, minor, radical, queer, anarchic, weird, monstrous, decolonial, and that reveal counterpoints, cracks, sabotages, interstices, and diversity…

Key dates:
March 8th: New deadline for abstracts submission via the online form;
March 15th – Notification for abstract acceptance and opening for conference registration;
March 31st – Registration for the conference deadline;
May 4-5-6th – JUST;
September 30th – Contribution submission for the proceedings.