[Bilimsel Haber] Call for Papers: Architectural Conservation (3-5 November, 2008, Petra University , Amman , Jordan)

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Call for Papers: Architectural Conservation

Responsibilities and Opportunities in Architectural Conservation: Theory,
Education, and Practice

Organized by
The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR)

In collaboration with
College of Architecture and Arts, Petra University
3-5 November, 2008
Petra University , Amman , Jordan

Introduction

Architecture and heritage are intertwined through conservation. Architecture
is a container of heritage in the sense that anything related to history and
culture had occurred in space and in a place, the raison dtre of
architecture. A guiding hand in human endeavors, heritage is a record of
cultural precedents in any society, and as such, it is a foundation for
growth and advancement in any human discipline, profession, or industry.
Past poetry and poets in a country, established glass manufacturing and its
developers in a region, and old houses of a style line and their designers
in a city all add to the body of heritage in their respective settings.
These accomplishments are credited to the culture of the placea city,
province, country, or the worldthrough time and are referenced by the
spatial environments that contained or witnessed them, being a building, an
urban district, a designed landscape, or an interior space. This is to say:
a) that such accomplishments represent conspicuous events, pattern of
occurrences, general trends, consummate persons, and societal ingenuity that
coalesce to make the weave of the culture of the place through time; and b)
that such spatial environments are important, first and foremost, by the
virtue of being associated with the cultural phenomena.

The centrality of place in the construct of heritage makes heritage a
fundamental driving force in architecture and other built environment
fields. Place and space are the framers of architectural thinking,
imagination, and production. Practitioners, researchers, and educators in
architecture and environmental design fields are deservedly entrusted with
the built environment heritage and are expected to lead professionally in
protecting its integrity through diverse means and approaches. Are they
leading? This loaded question aims in essence at invoking self reflections,
collective dialogues, and, ultimately, personal positions on the role and
responsibilities that architecture and design professionals have to reckon
with in the way of conserving heritage buildings, sites, and cities.

In addition to sustaining the cultural well being of societies, heritage
conservation holds professional rewarding prospects. For example, existing
buildings and districts in older cities and urban cores are the frequent
domain of sizable architectural and planning projects all over the world.
When conservation professional expertise is lacking or unavailable, as
occasionallyand sometimes frequentlyis the case, opportunities for
architects and planners are rendered in vain. The incessant opportunity of
conservation projects versus the uneven availability of qualified
professionals to engage in them makes it imperative for the architectural
and environmental design community to look into ways for enhancing the
conservation capacity of its members at the theory, practice, and education
platforms.

Conference Theme and Research Tracks

For the architectural community to engage meaningfully in heritage
conservation, responsibilities and opportunities revolving around this
activity need to be recalled, analyzed, and articulated. The conference
addresses the responsibilities and opportunities theme through main program,
the subject of this announcement; and through a special program, the subject
of a separate announcement for the conference on Digital Media and its
Applications in Cultural Heritage (See website:
http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/
<http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/> ) The main program has the four
research tracks below. We invite architectural practitioners, educators, and
researchers and their counterparts in the environmental design fields to
develop a paper in any of the topics listed under the theme tracks.

The Heritage Idea and the Conservation Response

Heritage values as applied to the built environment 
Authenticity and accuracy in restoration and reconstruction
Conservation as a protective response
Established and emerging types of cultural resources
Significance assessment of architectural cultural resources
Architectural character as a framework for maintaining integrity of historic
buildings
Conservation principles out of conservation philosophies
Intervention or treatment types
Conservation standards and guidelines
Historic preservation versus archaeological conservation
Conservation in allied disciplines (landscape architecture, city planning,
interior design, art)
International thought and doctrines in conservation research trends in the
field of cultural heritage


Conservation in the Design Realm

Heritage messages and their expression in architectural design forms
Conservation principles, standards, and guidelines in architectural practice
Adaptive re-use design process
Additions to historic buildings
Design on archaeological sites
Construction documents for rehabilitation and restoration projects
Cases and comparisons


Conservation Context and Geography

Jurisdictional context of conservation and ensuing politics
Conservation legislation, laws, and public policy
The economic and financial faces of conservation
Authority and decision-making in discharging conservation service
Conservation, the environment, and sustainability
International comparisons and collaborations
Heritage sites and tourism
Attending to heritage across the Mediterranean


Conservation Education, Information, and Technologies

Heritage conservation education, training, and professional enhancement
The place of heritage and conservation in architecture, design, and
engineering curricula
Historic site presentation and public education
Approaches for the identification and documentation of historic buildings
and environments
Survey techniques in archaeology
The word, the drawing, and the image media in service of heritage and
conservation
Data acquisition and recording techniques associated with buildings and
cultural district low-cost systems for documentation and monitoring of
cultural heritage
New materials and technologies for conservation and safeguarding of cultural
heritage


Important Dates

Deadline for abstracts: February 01, 2008
Full paper submission: March 30, 2008
Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2008
Deadline for final papers: July 15, 2008


Submission and Relevant Information

Abstract submissions should be approximately 500 words and must be in
English. Abstract and full paper submissions should be sent in MS Word or
PDF document format. Abstracts should be e-mailed to
conservation at csaar-center.org. Full paper submissions are required to be
done online at the conference website:
www.csaar-center.org/conference/2008B. Submissions will be peer reviewed.


Full paper format, submission guidelines, registration, accommodation and
further information are available at the conference website. For further
information about submissions, please contact scientific committee chairs.


Scientific Committee Co-Chairs

Salim Elwazani
Bowling Green State University, USA
selwaza at bgsu.edu

Shatha Malhis
Petra University, Jordan
smalhis at uop.edu.jo

Jamal Al-Qawasmi
KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
jamalq at kfupm.edu.sa


Conference Manger
Dr. Suheir F. Soudani, Petra University, Jordan


Conference Secrtariat
samer at csaar-center.org


International Scientific Committee
- Bashir Kazimee, Washington State University , USA
- Eman Assi, University of Sharjah UAE
- Emre Madran, Middle East Technical University , Turkey
- Galal Abada, Ain Shams University , Egypt
- Guine Justdoit, Northwestern State University , USA
- Handan Turkoglu, Istanbul Technical University , Turkey
- Jamal Ilayan, King Saud University Saudi Arabia
- Jose Luis Lerma, Polytechnic University of Valencia , Spain
- Kapila Silva, University of Kansas , USA
- Magda Sibley, The University of Liverpool , UK
- Mathew Hardy, INTBAU , UK
- Monther Jamhawi, Hashemite University of Jordan , Jordan
- Omar Abdulaziz Halaj, GTZ, Yemen
- Pamela Jerome, Columbia University , USA
- Ronald Bentley Lewcock, University of Cambridge , UK
- Saleh Lamei, Center of conservation & Preservation of Islamic Arch.
Heritage, Egypt
- Samia Rab, American University of Sharjah , UAE
- Shadia Touqan, Old Jerusalem Revitalization Program, Palestine
- Zynep Aygen, University of Portsmouth , UK