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Vernacular Architecture Forum 2009: Call for Papers
The Vernacular Architecture Forum invites paper proposals for its Annual Meeting in Butte, Montana, USA, on June 10-13, 2009. The conference theme is "Mining Metropolis: An Island in a Stockman's Paradise". Papers may address vernacular and everyday sites and cultural landscapes worldwide. Submissions are encouraged to explore topics related to the conference theme, such as industrial boomtowns in the American West, mining landscapes, cultural landscapes and architecture of farming, cattle ranching and livestock breeding, and company towns. Also encouraged are proposals for complete sessions, roundtable discussions, and any innovative means that facilitate scholarly discourse. Deadline: October 1, 2008.
Proposals may be for a twenty-minute paper or for a ten-minute "work in progress" presentation. Proposals must: be one-page; be fewer than 400 words; include paper title, author's name, and email address. Also send a one-page CV. Presenter Fellowships are available to students and young professionals. Authors whose papers have been accepted for presentation are required to register for the conference before April 10, 2009 in order to ensure inclusion in the conference program.
Email proposals preferred. Send as Word documents to senA@uwm.edu, or hardcopies to Arijit Sen, VAF c/o School of Architecture and Urban Planning, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, USA.
Further details are available on the VAF website.
20 June 2008
IASTE 2008
The International Vernacular Architecture Unit at Oxford Brookes University is delighted to act as local host for the 11th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE): 'Interrogating Tradition: Epistemologies, Fundamentalisms, Regeneration and Practices'. The conference, organised in collaboration with the University of California in Berkeley, will take place at the Examination Schools from 12-15 December 2008.
The IASTE conference is the largest of its kind in the world, bringing together academics and students from various disciplinary backgrounds and providing a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent work and scholarship in the field of traditional architecture. It is the first time that the IASTE conference is held in the UK.
Through its emphasis on tradition, architecture and place, the conference will have a distinct local flavour, highlighting and celebrating the traditional architecture and landscape of the UK, Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds, and raising the profile of the important work that is done regionally in terms of the conservation and regeneration of traditional buildings and landscapes.
For more information, please visit http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/research/iaste/2008conference.htm.
To obtain a sponsorship package or exhibition space, please contact: Archer Yates Associates, telephone 01608 731800, www.archer-yates.co.uk.
16 November 2007
