[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Built Spaces: Earth-Sky and Human Praxes (1/20/07; 4/27/07-4/29/07)

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Call for Papers
International Association for the Study of Environment, Space, and Place

Built Spaces: Earth-Sky and Human Praxes

APRIL 27-29, 2007 — Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center: Duquesne
University

The material expression of the human life-world is constructed by
establishing patterns oriented through, and by, the earth-sky relation.
Human socio-cultural praxes manifest spatially through establishing the
fundamental spatiality, “a level”—an equilibrium that
is formed through the collusion of the upright posture of the lived-body
and the earthly horizon, marking the measure of the earth-sky relation
and human experience.

Presentations may address any aspect of spatial production as long as
the aspect of “builtness” is taken into consideration. In
other words socio-cultural events are patterns that are always
interlocked with materially expressed spatial patterns. The phenomena
that we want to address in this conference concern our built
environments. What is it to build? What is a building, or buildings? How
do we build? How does building open a world, limit a world, destroy a
world, protect a world, or enliven a world? What are the many forms of
human dwelling about which building must address? How can we build a
better world? Who builds and why? What do certain forms of building do
for us, or to us?

Suggested Sub-topics: (these topics are not exhaustive; they are meant
only to spark your own thinking)

Indigenous Dwellings and Spatial Constructions
Vernacular Building
Sacred Sites
Intimate Spacings
The Genius Loci of Built Places
Unique Places
Architectural Design and Urban Planning
Suburbs, Ruburbs
Megalopolis, Sprawl, Smart Growth
New Urbanism
Neighborhood Bar, Playgrounds, Plazas, Lawns
Dance Floors, Sidewalks, Stadiums
The Politics of Built Space
The Sociology of Built Space
Developers and Development
Superstores
Zoning Laws
Environmental Protection
Instant Worlds
Main Street
Le Corbusier, Venturi, Bauhaus
Ruskin, Vitruvius, Lynch
Building in the Margins
Preservation and Renewal

IAESP will hold its Third Annual Conference at the Simon Silverman
Phenomenology Center at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
IASESP seeks to foster interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary
conversations. Presentations should not exceed 25 minutes. Please
consider audience diversity while preparing your presentation. Accepted
papers may be submitted for possible publication. See our website:
www.towson.edu/iasesp
Abstracts Deadline: January 20, 2007

Send abstracts to: Steve Sandbank ssandban at verizon.net

On-site information:
Daniel J. Martino
Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
USA

martino at duq.edu


David Macauley, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Penn State University - Delaware County
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063-5596
USA

Faculty Webpage: http://www.de.psu.edu/academics/faculty/macauley/
Phone: 610-892-1424
Email: dmm53 at psu.edu
Fax: 610-892-1405

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