Theoretical Currents II: Architecture and its Geographical Horizons
University of Lincoln, UK
April 05 2012 - April 06 2012
An International Conference to be held at the University of Lincoln, UK
Organised by the East Midlands History and Philosophy Research Network
http://www.theoreticalcurrents.com
Call for Papers
In Ptolemy’s Cosmographia, the geographic impulse maps not only the known world, but also the inhabited world – the world of cities, towns and architecture. The cartographic drive to realise the phenomenal experience of place, territory, nation, in tangible and visible analogues such as maps, and less tangible ideas in the representations of dominion, cultivation, and culture is still with us today.
Our present age of globalisation has witnessed a growing interest in the potential affinities between the theories and methodologies of geography and architecture. Manifested in the intersecting relationships between notions of region, geophysical terrain, landscape, topography and architectural space, this development has contributed to an emerging field of enquiry. We see this for example in the deployment of geographical techniques and terminologies in architectural and urban design, and the appropriation (or transformation) of traditional architectural concepts (such as scale and proportion) to a matrix of spatio-temporal relationships.
This conference proposes to assemble a group of thinkers who examine this topic from both a contemporary and historical perspective, highlighting how developments in surveying, cartography, geology, perspective, agriculture, trade, politics, transport and warfare have contributed in varying ways to the perception and representation of architecture as a geographical concern.
Themes
Negotiating Boundaries
Perceptions of Distance
Cartographies of the New/Old Worlds
Unstable Geographies
Landscape as Reflective/Poetic Terrain
Roadways and Trajectories
Architecture as Geographic Mapping
Pilgrimage and Tourism
Trans-cultural Geographies
Design and the Geographic Impulse
Sustaining the Agricultural Terrain
Architecture, Empire and the Oecumene
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Ed Casey, SUNY
Prof. Carolyn Steel, University of Lincoln
Prof. Andrzej Piotrowski, University of Minnesota
Prof. Juan Heredia, Portland State University
All proposals must present original research, and must not have been previously published. All proposals will be subject to double blind peer review, and will be assessed for contribution and relevance to the conference themes, by an international conference committee. All abstracts should be headed by the title of the proposal, and the name and affiliation of the contributor(s). Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Links to downloadable abstract templates for submission are available for download at http:// http://www.theoreticalcurrents.com
Deadline for Abstracts 17 October 2011
Notices will be released by 21 November 2011
Draft papers will be expected by 20 February 2012
Conference papers will be published in the conference proceedings. A selection of papers will be selected for an edited book publication, and in special editions of academic journals.
Conference Organisers: Guillermo Garma-Montiel, Raymond Quek, Nicholas Temple