Deadline: October 1, 2008.
The Vernacular Architecture Forum invites paper proposals for its
Annual Meeting in Butte, Montana, Wednesday, June 10 through Saturday,
June 13, 2009. The conference theme is “Mining Metropolis:
An Island in a Stockgrower’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. Also encouraged are proposals for complete sessions, roundtable
discussions, and any innovative means that facilitate scholarly
discourse. VAF encourages paper and session proposals from graduate
and undergraduate students and young professionals.
Proposals may be for a twenty-minute paper, or for a ten-minute
“work in progress/notes from the field” presentation.
Papers should be theoretical or analytical in nature, rather than
descriptive. Presenter’s Fellowships are
available to students and young professionals. For more information
on Presenter’s Fellowships see http://www.vafweb.org/awards/presenter.html
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.
Accepted papers must be submitted in full to the session chairs
by April 10, 2009.
Presenters must deliver their papers in person and be VAF members
at the time of the conference. In order to insure that those whose
papers have been accepted actually attend the conference, all speakers
who have not registered by April 10,
2009 will have their paper withdrawn.
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 |
