A. OBJECTIVES

I. To reflect on the relation between man and land in the current period; the “Ugliness” as a symptom of places in conflict: war, over-exploitation, over-population, speculation: the place and the non-place; migrations, the walls and the “other”; the influence of virtuality; resistance movements.

II. To move forward in the analysis of the phenomenon in Galicia; reflecting about its belonging to a “global” situation; possible alternatives.

III. To offer Galicia from the Galician Ministry of Housing and Land as a suitable place to “think” the issue.


B. COMMITEES AND GUESTS

Guest Speakers
Antonio Bandeirinha, Paulo Castro Seixas, Hamma Mohamed Cori, Juan Luis Dalda, Francisco Diniz, Manuel García Docampo, Sandi Hilal, Plácido Lizancos, Meir Margalit, María Aparecida Pérez, Alessandro Petti, Ignacio Ramonet, Francesco Tonucci.

Scientific Commitee
Antón Baamonde, Alexandre Alves Costa, Manuel Gallego Jorreto, Rubén Lois, Xerardo Pereiro, Teresa Táboas.

Advisory Commitee
Xan Creus, Álvaro Domingues, Sérgio Fernández, Camilo Franco, Pablo Gallego, Xosé Lois Martínez Suárez, Begoña Muñoz, Chus Pato, Xosé Carlos Sierra, Xesús Vázquez.


C. DATE AND VENUES

4th, 5th and 6th May, 2007.
Ourense, Galicia, Ourense County Council Cultural Centre.