Proposals on vernacular architecture
US based Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) invites proposals for its annual meeting from June 10-13, 2009 in Butte, Montana. The idea is to facilitate scholarly discourse to encourage the study and preservation of informative and valuable heritage.
US based Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) invites proposals for its annual meeting from June 10-13, 2009 in Butte, Montana.
The conference theme is “Mining Metropolis: An Island in a Stockman’s Paradise.”
Papers may address vernacular and everyday buildings, sites, or 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.
VAF encourages paper and session proposals from graduate and undergraduate students and young professionals who can also apply for Presenter’s Fellowships.
Proposals must be one-page, fewer than 400 words and include paper title, author’s name and email address.
Please state clearly the argument of the paper and explain the methodology and content. Attach a one-page CV to your proposal submission.
The deadline for submitting proposals is October 1, 2008.
Electronic submissions in Word format are preferred.
Please send email proposals to senA@uwm.edu, or hard copies to Arijit Sen, VAF c/o School of Architecture and Urban Planning, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413
For information about the Butte VAF Meeting, contact Maire O'Neill at maireo@montana.edu.
Source: Vernacular Architecture Forum
