CALL FOR PAPERS
VALUE IN Tradition
The Utility of Research on Identity and Sustainability
in Dwellings and Settlements
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
DECEMBER 17-20, 1994
EL MECHTEL HOTEL
TUNIS, TUNISIA
The world of traditional settlements has long demonstrated various
patterns of sustainability and a balance between continuity and change.
In contrast, the modern world is torn by paradoxes and conflicts born out
of the drive for technological advancement, the demands for redistribution
of scarce resources, and the need to construct identities in the face of
inequitable relationships of power. Accordingly, the fourth international
conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional
Environments (IASTE) will focus on the dilemmas of building
sustainable environments and analyzing community and ethnic identities
in the nations of a global, post-colonial, post-Cold War world. The debate
will be centered on whether traditional environments, seen not as the static
legacy of the past but as a model for a critical reinterpretation of the
present, can provide clues that will help us move beyond the present
impasse.
IASTE is dedicated to understanding the wholeness and integrity of
traditional environments and their adaptation and response to change.
Once again it invites specialists from different cultures and regions, in
such disciplines as architecture, art history, anthropology, archeology,
folklore, geography, history, planning, sociology, urban studies,
and other related areas, to propose papers or panels which address the
general theme of the utility of research on traditional environments,
according to the following topics:
THE USES OF TRADITION IN BUILDING COMMUNITY AND
NATIONAL IDENTITIES.
-Tradition and Identity in Post-Colonial Nation Building.
-Representation of the Notion of Tradition in Nation and Community
Building.
-Persistence of Colonialism in Development Practices.
-Reuse and Reinterpretation of Foreign Traditions.
-Effects of Globalization on Traditional Settlements.
-Reenvisioning Traditional Identities in the Aftermath of Disasters.
THE USES OF TRADITION IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMENTS.
-Technological Innovations in Traditional Forms.
-The Applicability of Traditional-Environment Research to Issues of
Planning and Design.
-Traditional Environments as Models for Building Alternatives to
Contemporary Urban
Problems.
-The Appropriation of Tradition in the Built Environment.
-Tourism and its Impact on the Commodification and Demise of
Sustainable Traditional
Settlements.
METHODS IN TRADITIONAL-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH.
-Psychology of Perception and Representation in the Study of Traditional
Environments.
-Changing Methodologies in the Field of Traditional Environments.
-Tradition as Ideology in the Physical Environment.
-Tradition as the Critical Reinterpretation of the Past.
-Uses and Misuses: Tradition as a Value-neutral Activity.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND SCHEDULE
Interested colleagues are invited to submit a short 500-word (one page,
single-spaced) abstract. Authors should specify the session topic for their
paper. Proposals for complete panels, workshops, poster sessions, and
exhibits are also welcomed. Submitted material should be accompanied
by a brief curriculum vitae of the contributor. Following a review
process, papers may be accepted for presentation and/or publication only.
Authors with accepted abstracts will be asked to prepare a full-length
paper (20-25 pages, double-spaced) including diagrams, photographs and
drawings. Contributors are also encouraged to submit copies of books
and other published work for exhibition. Please send all material
by Air Mail. All papers must be in English. French and Arabic may be
used for oral presentation of the papers at the conference, subject to the
availability of simultaneous translation.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: FEBRUARY 15, 1994
- Notification of accepted abstracts for conference presentation: April 15,
1994
- Deadline for receipt of completed papers: July 15, 1994
- Notification of accepted papers for possible publication in IASTE
Working Paper Series:
October 1, 1994
- Deadline for receipt of revised papers: November 15, 1994
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
- Dr. Ali Bousnina, President, University of Tunis II
- Professors Mohamed El Bahi and Amor Khodja, ITAAUT, Conference
Co-Directors
- Professors Nezar AlSayyad and Jean-Paul Bourdier, University of
California, Berkeley, Conference Co-Directors
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SESSIONS COMMITTEE:
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- Tarik Al-Soliman, Hugh Burgess, Pierre Clement, Jeffrey Cook,
Mohamed El-Sioufi, Mui Ho, Carol Martin Watts, Paul Oliver, Marcela
Pizzi, Ahmad Refaat, Manuel Teixeira, Donald Watts.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
- Institut Technologique d'Art, d'Architecture, et d'Urbanisme de Tunis
(ITAAUT)
- University of Tunis II, Ministre de l'Education et des Sciences
- Ministre de l'Equipement et de l'Habitat
- Ministre de l'Environment et de l'Amngement du Territoire
- L'Association des Anciens de l'ITAAUT
- Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California,
Berkeley
Send all inquiries to:
IASTE '94 CONFERENCE
Center for Environmental Design Research
University of California
390 Wurster Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720 U.S.A.
Tel.: 510-642-2896. Fax: 510-643-5571
VALUE IN Tradition
The Utility of Research on Identity and Sustainability
in Dwellings and Settlements
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
DECEMBER 17-20, 1994
EL MECHTEL HOTEL
TUNIS, TUNISIA
The world of traditional settlements has long demonstrated various
patterns of sustainability and a balance between continuity and change.
In contrast, the modern world is torn by paradoxes and conflicts born out
of the drive for technological advancement, the demands for redistribution
of scarce resources, and the need to construct identities in the face of
inequitable relationships of power. Accordingly, the fourth international
conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional
Environments (IASTE) will focus on the dilemmas of building
sustainable environments and analyzing community and ethnic identities
in the nations of a global, post-colonial, post-Cold War world. The debate
will be centered on whether traditional environments, seen not as the static
legacy of the past but as a model for a critical reinterpretation of the
present, can provide clues that will help us move beyond the present
impasse.
IASTE is dedicated to understanding the wholeness and integrity of
traditional environments and their adaptation and response to change.
Once again it invites specialists from different cultures and regions, in
such disciplines as architecture, art history, anthropology, archeology,
folklore, geography, history, planning, sociology, urban studies,
and other related areas, to propose papers or panels which address the
general theme of the utility of research on traditional environments,
according to the following topics:
THE USES OF TRADITION IN BUILDING COMMUNITY AND
NATIONAL IDENTITIES.
-Tradition and Identity in Post-Colonial Nation Building.
-Representation of the Notion of Tradition in Nation and Community
Building.
-Persistence of Colonialism in Development Practices.
-Reuse and Reinterpretation of Foreign Traditions.
-Effects of Globalization on Traditional Settlements.
-Reenvisioning Traditional Identities in the Aftermath of Disasters.
THE USES OF TRADITION IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMENTS.
-Technological Innovations in Traditional Forms.
-The Applicability of Traditional-Environment Research to Issues of
Planning and Design.
-Traditional Environments as Models for Building Alternatives to
Contemporary Urban
Problems.
-The Appropriation of Tradition in the Built Environment.
-Tourism and its Impact on the Commodification and Demise of
Sustainable Traditional
Settlements.
METHODS IN TRADITIONAL-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH.
-Psychology of Perception and Representation in the Study of Traditional
Environments.
-Changing Methodologies in the Field of Traditional Environments.
-Tradition as Ideology in the Physical Environment.
-Tradition as the Critical Reinterpretation of the Past.
-Uses and Misuses: Tradition as a Value-neutral Activity.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND SCHEDULE
Interested colleagues are invited to submit a short 500-word (one page,
single-spaced) abstract. Authors should specify the session topic for their
paper. Proposals for complete panels, workshops, poster sessions, and
exhibits are also welcomed. Submitted material should be accompanied
by a brief curriculum vitae of the contributor. Following a review
process, papers may be accepted for presentation and/or publication only.
Authors with accepted abstracts will be asked to prepare a full-length
paper (20-25 pages, double-spaced) including diagrams, photographs and
drawings. Contributors are also encouraged to submit copies of books
and other published work for exhibition. Please send all material
by Air Mail. All papers must be in English. French and Arabic may be
used for oral presentation of the papers at the conference, subject to the
availability of simultaneous translation.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS: FEBRUARY 15, 1994
- Notification of accepted abstracts for conference presentation: April 15,
1994
- Deadline for receipt of completed papers: July 15, 1994
- Notification of accepted papers for possible publication in IASTE
Working Paper Series:
October 1, 1994
- Deadline for receipt of revised papers: November 15, 1994
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
- Dr. Ali Bousnina, President, University of Tunis II
- Professors Mohamed El Bahi and Amor Khodja, ITAAUT, Conference
Co-Directors
- Professors Nezar AlSayyad and Jean-Paul Bourdier, University of
California, Berkeley, Conference Co-Directors
--More--
--More--
SESSIONS COMMITTEE:
--More--
- Tarik Al-Soliman, Hugh Burgess, Pierre Clement, Jeffrey Cook,
Mohamed El-Sioufi, Mui Ho, Carol Martin Watts, Paul Oliver, Marcela
Pizzi, Ahmad Refaat, Manuel Teixeira, Donald Watts.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
- Institut Technologique d'Art, d'Architecture, et d'Urbanisme de Tunis
(ITAAUT)
- University of Tunis II, Ministre de l'Education et des Sciences
- Ministre de l'Equipement et de l'Habitat
- Ministre de l'Environment et de l'Amngement du Territoire
- L'Association des Anciens de l'ITAAUT
- Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California,
Berkeley
Send all inquiries to:
IASTE '94 CONFERENCE
Center for Environmental Design Research
University of California
390 Wurster Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720 U.S.A.
Tel.: 510-642-2896. Fax: 510-643-5571