College of Law
Study Space I: PANAMA CITY, PANAMA Program
Evaluations of Human Habitats and Habits in the 21st Century
Entering the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities of Panama’s Explosive Urban Growth
Please join us for the inaugural Study Space, in Panama City, Panama, and environs December 9-16, 2007
The Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, is a co-sponsor of this Study Space.
Study Space I will be led by Dr. Daniel Suman. Dr. Suman is an oceanographer and environmental lawyer who teaches at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami. Dr. Suman, a native of Panama, is a world-renowned expert on coastal law and policy, who works extensively in the Americas and the Caribbean and is a key participant in developing coastal management policy for the Republic of Panama. Dr. Suman is an active researcher on environmental and land use issues in Panama.
Entering the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities of Panama’s Explosive Urban Growth will offer its participants the opportunity to study first hand the complex social and economic pressures on the capital city and principal urban center of this country wedged between two continents and dominated by both its Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Thus, the program will look at much more than coastal law and policy – it will consider the way in which environmental and land use issues are interwoven with social and economic justice concerns. The Study Space will focus on the explosive urban growth of Panama City and the challenges and opportunities that this growth presents to the sustainability of this urban environment.
The schedule for Study Space I will require participants to observe two daily commitments: (1) attend the morning field study experience and (2) attend the evening’s study dinner. The field trips will feature speakers who live and work in the area.
COST AND TRAVEL DETAILS
The total cost for this week, which includes accommodations (seven nights total), breakfast daily, events admissions, gratuities, speaker honoraria, airport ground transportation in Panama and all ground transport while in Panama is $1,350.00 US. Airline tickets must be purchased separately.
LANGUAGE
Spanish language ability is strongly encouraged. Where presentations are in Spanish, translation will not always be available.
A JOINT PROJECT OF
- The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth
- Georgia State University College of Law
- Latina & Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc.
POST-PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT
In addition to the participation requirements outlined above, Study Space participants are expected to produce a short piece of writing (minimum 2,500 words), suitable for publication, within 30 days of the group’s return from Panama, or January 15, 2008. The pieces produced will be collected together and sought to be published either in hard copy print (in a suitable law review for this subject) or published in electronic form on the websites of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Georgia State University College of Law, and/or that of Latino & Latina Critical Theory, Inc.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Scheduled events are as follows:
Saturday, December 8
Participants arrive in Panama City. Optional group dinner.
Sunday, December 9
- 9 a.m.: Opening breakfast to explore expectations of week and explain schedule/ Walking tour around Panama City to orient participants to growth challenges.
- 6:00 pm: group dinner
Monday, December 10
- 8 a.m.: Visit to Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal to view Canal operations
- 6 p.m.: group dinner to reflect on field visit
Tuesday, December 11
- 8 a.m.: Visit to Casco Viejo, colonial neighborhood at the heart of old Panama City to view efforts to renovate and restore Panama’s cultural patrimony and this UNESCO World Heritage Site without destroying the social fabric
- 6 p.m.: group dinner to reflect on field visit
Wednesday, December 12
- 8 a.m.: Visit to Paitilla, San Francisco, and Costa del Este neighborhoods to view the rapidly developing urban neighborhoods that are undergoing extensive land use changes; consideration of traffic congestion and infrastructure limitations, waste water treatment plans, and unplanned conversion of neighborhoods of single-family homes to high-rise condominiums
- 6 p.m.: group dinner to reflect on field visit
Thursday, December 13
- 8 a.m.: Visit to Metropolitan Park to view the pressures that threaten to damage the integrity of this forested protected area adjacent to Panama City.
- 6 p.m.: Group dinner to reflect on field visit
Friday, December 14
- 8 a.m.: Visit around former Canal area (ex-Canal Zone) to view recent land use changes
- 6 p.m.: Group dinner to reflect on field visit, on week and discuss publication ideas
Saturday, December 15
- 8 a.m.: Group meeting over breakfast
- 12 noon: Participants depart
QUESTIONS?
Any questions about this Study Space should be directed to Professor Colin Crawford, Georgia State University College of Law, 404-651-2058, or ccrawfordgsu.edu.
Please plan on joining us for Study Space II in March 2008 at the Universidad de los Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia, to study Multicultural Colombia: Urban & Rural Lands, Rights of Self-Governance and Cultural Difference
APPLICATION
If you wish to be considered as a participant, please fill out the application below and send it no later than Monday, September 10, 2007 to: Professor Colin Crawford, Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Georgia State University College of Law, PO Box 4037, Atlanta, GA 30303. You may also e-mail the application to him at ccrawfordgsu.edu.
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In addition, in order to participate you must read and sign the release below.
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attend (a) all morning field trips and (b) evening group meals, and that, upon return, I will write for
anticipated publication a piece of at least 2,500 words that reflects some of the professional lessons
and observations acquired during my Study Space week. I further agree to give permission to the
Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Georgia State University College of Law
and/or Latina & Latino Critical Theory, Inc. full and unrestricted rights to publish my effort in any
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