(Source: University of Turku)
The Conference “Law, Culture and Modern Vehicles, 1820-1960” has
extended its CFP until 7 January 2019
CFP: Conference
“Law, Culture and Modern Vehicles, 1820-1960”
26-28 February 2019,
Faculty of Law, University of Turku, Finland
The technological revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries gave impetus to the development of vehicles based on engines and
steam. Steamboats and trains altered permanently global transport systems that
until then had mostly relied on wind and animal power. Even if the velocipede
required human pedalling power, it was also considered one of the technological
wonders of modernity, the era of machines. As such, it heralded the coming of
the automobile some decades later, while the following step was to conquer the
heavens.
The technological advances in transport titillated the imagination of
progressives and stimulated artists, but also inspired awe. The speed and noise
of the new vehicles and the risks caused by the novel technology challenged the
traditional legal systems. These could require introducing innovations into
traditional fields of law. On the other hand, law could be linked to
conservative ideologies and act as a factor of stability.
This conference explores many facets of vehicles, law and culture in the modernizing world. We invite twenty-minute papers on various aspects of these phenomena, e.g.:
•how modern vehicles were perceived as threats/inspiration by groups or individuals in society
•how modern vehicles influenced (legal) culture or (legal) culture vehicles
•how risks caused by machine-driven vehicles could be minimized
•who were the influential individuals behind the vehicles/norms
•how vehicles were represented in popular culture
•how vehicle-related risks and accidents were presented in popular culture or the media
•law as tool for progressive/conservative ideologies vis-à-vis the new transport technology.
Confirmed keynote lectures will be given by Doctor Tiina Männistö-Funk
(Chalmers University of Technology) and Professor Miloš Vec (University of
Vienna).
Proposal Submissions and Further Information:
For more information about the conference or to submit a proposal (about 200
words), please contact Professor Mia Korpiola (mia.korpiola[at]utu.fi,
Faculty of Law, University of Turku). Participants are expected to cover their
own travel expenses and lodging. The deadline for submitting paper proposals
is 7 January 2019. Please feel free to share and circulate this CFP.
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