[Discussion] CFP: Panopticism: Architectural Space and Ideological Manipulation (Cyprus) (2/11/05; Inscriptions, 5/12/05-5/13/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Panopticism: Architectural Space and Ideological Manipulation
A Panel Discussion at the
Eighth International Literature and Humanities Conference
INSCRIPTIONS '05: an arts and culture conference and festival at
Eastern Mediterranean University in
Famagusta, on the island of Cyprus
May 12th - 13th, 2005

Submissions are invited for a Panel Discussion exploring the ways in
which architectural space is interpreted or used to shape, manipulate
and reinforce behavior patterns or mindsets, including movement, social
organization, interpersonal relationships, and relations to technology
or authority.

Some possible topic areas (others are welcome):
-prisons, asylums, hospitals, and universities
-Bentham's Panopticon and Foucault's disciplinary spaces
-urban design and dehumanization
-the architecture of fascism
-decentering and decentralization: the possibility of a democratic
     architecture
-Fourier's arcades, Benjamin's Arcades, and the modern shopping mall
-reconstructing architecture at archeological sites
-adobe huts and igloos: structures and modes of adaptation and ritual
-spaces of worship: churches, cathedrals, mosques, temples
-Philippe Ari=E8s and the architectural semiotics of death
-monuments, memorials, tombstones; cemeteries, mortuaries and
     funeral homes
-architecture in film from Caligari and Metropolis to Belly of an Archite=
ct
     and Fight Club
-classroom, office, and interrogation spaces
-ducks and decorated sheds: idioms of postmodern architecture
-deconstructing architecture: Derrida and Peter Eisenman
-cityscape and landscape ideologies
-architectural restoration: recovering/fictionalizing history
-architectural forms in art: medieval illumination, Monet, Atget,
     Constructivism, Stella, etc.
-art in architecture: from friezes and altarpieces to postmodern pastiche
-architecture as art: the aesthetics  of functionality
-wrapping up architecture: the politics of Christo
-mobility and architecture
-eroticism and architectural space
-ecological architecture: bio-environments, space-stations, and alienatio=
n
-museum, gallery, and exhibition spaces: Frank Gehry's organic architectu=
re
-living spaces from Bauhaus to Koolhaas
-theoretical architecture: the Chicago school

Prospective panelists are invited to send 250-word abstracts/proposals
for 15-20 minute presentations on any aspect of these areas to
rodney.sharkey@emu.edu.tr by 11th February, 2005. I look forward to
learning about your research, and to a provocative discussion.

For more information about INSCRIPTIONS '05,
please visit our website at http://www.emu.edu.tr/elh/inscriptions
Please also check out our links to "Individual Research Presentations"
and "Creative/Performance Work."


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