The Chair for Valencian Territorial Culture, created from the framework convention between the Universitat de València and the Valencian Government, through the Valencian Department of Housing, Public Works and Structuring of the Territory, aims to become the reference space to analyse, research and disseminate the topics related with the territory, that allow advances for a proper management, and that those advances are transmitted to the society for their knowledge and implication and contribution.
An academic platform that looks for the reflection around subjects related with the Valencian territory, as well as the dissemination and transfer of knowledge liked to the geographical space.
The Chair will carry out work focused on the promotion of seminars, sessions, conferences and publications of high level, whose objective will be the specialised research and the public dissemination of advances, facilitating a higher social participation and a rigorous study that helps the decision-making. Its objective, thus, is to become a decisive and functional link between educational and research activity of universities, citizenship and the management, planning and realisation of the territorial, urbanistic and of the infrastructure planning.
Director
- Dr Joaquín Farinós Dasí
- Full University Professor of Regional Geographical Analysis
- Department of Geography / IIDL
Contact
- Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 28 (3rd floor)
- 46010 València
- Tel. (+34) 963864883 (Direct) / 963864237
- Mail: Joaquin.Farinos@uv.es
Activities
The activities in the Resolution 8 April 2016, of the general director of Relationships with Les Corts, by which is stablished the publication of the framework agreement between the Valencian Government, through the Valencian Department of Housing, Public Works and Structuring of the Territory, and the Universitat de València for the creation of the Chair for Valencian Territorial Culture [2016/2329 (DOGV nº 7757 / 11.04.2016).
The Chair for Valencian Territorial Culture (CCTV) aims to be an initiative at the service of the Valencian society; able to stablish an effective bond between the academic world, the decision-making politician world and the citizens.
It is conceived with two great ambitions:
- The politicization of society
- To contribute to explore options for the establishment of a new territorial model as well as for a new development model for the future of Valencian citizens, own, original, no banal, fair, effective, efficient and sustainable.
And all of this through a series of functions and initiatives:
- Studies and researches: of analysis and diagnosis (ensuring evidences), but also of prediction and prospective.
- Activities of a training nature, dissemination and consciousness-raising of society about the importance and effects of territorial policy, and its absences.
- To become a forum, cell or reflection space about questions of Valencian territorial policy, where experts, decision-takers and actors of the territory are together. For this, it will try to contribute to develop the necessary links between collectives, public and private actors, interested and busy in their diary work for initiatives related with territorial development, planning and projects and investments.
All these with the objective of contributing to generate territorial intelligence and conscience; a new culture.
Regarding the topics it will focus on, these are open, but related with the (Valencian, but also Spanish and international) social and politics agenda, looking for their approach (of the two agendas).
From the formal point of view, from the board of the Chair they will work on the close collaboration with the Autonomic Secretary of Housing, Public Works and Structuring of the Territory, with the Office of the Vice-Principal for Territorial Projection and Participation, and with the Office of the Vice-Principal for Internationalisation and Cooperation, of which depends institutionally, in order to meet the expectations.
