CALL FOR PAPERS FOR VAF 2012 ANNUAL MEETING IN MADISON, WISCONSIN

The Vernacular Architecture Forum invites paper proposals for its Annual Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, June 6-10, 2012.  Papers may address vernacular and everyday buildings, sites, or cultural landscapes worldwide. Submissions on all vernacular topics are welcome, but we encourage papers that explore topics related to the following conference themes:  the relationship between rural landscapes and regional urban centers; placemaking as it pertains to the relationship between work and home; regional trends in modernism (particularly in the Upper Midwest); ethnicity and heritage preservation; and evolution of Midwestern rural buildings and landscapes.  We particularly welcome papers that explore the relationship of environmental history and cultural landscapes around these themes.  Papers should be twenty minutes in length, although proposals for complete sessions, roundtable discussions, or other innovative means that facilitate scholarly discourse are also welcome.

 

Proposals must be one page, fewer than 400 words, and include paper title, author’s name, and email address. You may include up to two images with your submission.  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 proposals is September 12, 2011.

 

Presenters must deliver their papers in person and be VAF members at the time of the conference. Speakers who do not register for the conference by April 1, 2012 will be withdrawn. Please do not submit an abstract if you are not committed to attending the papers session on Saturday June 9.  There may be limited financial assistance, in the form of Presenter’s Fellowships, to offset registration costs to students and recent graduates.

 

Electronic submissions of proposals and CVs in Word format are preferred. Please send email proposals to Andrew Dolkart at  asd3@columbia.edu  or hard copies to:

 

Andrew Dolkart:

Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

413 Avery Hall

New York, NY 10027

 

For general information about the Madison conference, please contact:

 

Anna Vemer Andrzejewski

Department of Art History & the Buildings-Landscapes Cultures Program

University of Wisconsin-Madison

avandrzejews@wisc.edu

 

Or check the VAF website:

http://www.vafweb.org

http://www.vafweb.org/conferences/2012/cfp.html