Asunto: | [CeHuNews] 240/03 - LANDSCAPES OF DEVELOPMENT | Fecha: | Martes, 14 de Octubre, 2003 12:02:49 (-0300) | Autor: | Humboldt <humboldt @............ar>
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CeHuNews 240/03
CALL FOR PAPERS
LANDSCAPES OF
DEVELOPMENT: Modernization and the Physical Environment in the Eastern
Mediterranean
Symposium date: March 20, 2004
The Aga Khan Program
of Activities in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the Graduate School of
Design, Harvard University, is organizing a symposium that will examine the
history of post-WWII modernization and development in the Eastern
Mediterranean--defined here not as a rigid geographical area but as a larger
cultural context. The symposium will focus on the design of the physical
environment, which was immensely influenced by development policies and politics
in the region. The spotlight will fall on urban design projects, housing
projects, regional development schemes, rural development proposals, and the
design of civic spaces, agro-landscapes, dams, pipelines, highways or other
infrastructures. The aim is to examine the formal manifestations of
development, to situate these within the larger sociopolitical context that
influenced their design and/or implementation, and to reflect on their social,
cultural, as well as environmental impact.
Papers that offer historical
perspectives on 1950s and 60s discourses of reconstruction and international
development, and relate architectural/planning/development projects to larger
sociopolitical circumstances--such as the emergence of nation states, the flow
of foreig capital and expertise, the drive for socioeconomic "development," and
postwar/cold war power politics--are most welcome. Equally welcome will be
critical investigations of more recent and contemporary design and development
practices in the region--including housing, tourist resorts, landscape designs,
dams, etc.--that relate current practices with emerging discourses on
globalization and sustainable development. Papers that cut across national and
regional boundaries, to extend the discussion to other parts of the Islamic word
or otherwise uncover the transnational impact of development practices are also
desirable. The papers should be based on well-documented research that is
primarily analytical and interpretative rather than descriptive in
nature.
The symposium aims to offer an interdisciplinary perspective on
development, as it relates to the history and practice of architecture,
landscape architecture, urban/ regional development, and
environmentalism. Possible questions that can form the basis for papers
include (but are not limited to) the
following:
- In what ways did the
design of urban, rural, and regional landscapes become intertwined with
particular notions of "development" and "underdevelopment"? What are the
differences between 1950s and 60s practices and more recent
ones? - How did modernizing projects
become entangled with the construction of modern identities in the
region? - What has been the specific role
of development "consultants," planning "experts," "revolutionary" architects
(local or international), and funding institutions in reshaping the physical as
well as intellectual landscapes in the Mediterranean margins of Europe and the
Middle East?
To propose a paper, please send a 500 word abstract, plus a
1-2 page outline of the paper, and a 2-page resume including address, telephone,
and e-mail information, to: Panayiota Pyla, Assistant Professor, School of
Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / Visiting Fellow,
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.
Mailing address: Pani
Pyla UIUC School of Architecture 117 Temple Buell Hall, 611 Taft
Drive Champaign, IL 61820-6921, USA Email: pyla@uiuc.eduDeadline
for receipt of abstracts + paper outlines + resume: November 2,
2003
Abstracts and paper outlines will be reviewed by a committee of
peers, and selection will be announced in late November 2003.
The
symposium is sponsored by the Aga Khan Program of Activities in Landscape and
Urbanism at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; Director, Hashim
Sarkis.
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