The Cultural Role of Architecture

THE CULTURAL ROLE OF ARCHITECTURE
University of Lincoln

24-25 June 2010
conferences@lincoln.ac.uk

CALL FOR PAPERS
What role can architecture play as a form of cultural expression? What is architecture capable of communicating in its current means of production, and in current economic structures? What can or should architecture communicate beyond its function? How does architecture participate in cultural and individual identity formation, and in cultural transformations?
What role can contemporary architecture play in the expression and development of the ideas and values of a culture, and in the intellectual development of the individual? To what extent is architecture becoming increasingly commodified, and increasingly marginalized as a form of cultural expression?


Papers are welcomed on the following themes:
What architecture can communicate or express What role architecture plays in its culture Architecture and identity formation Architecture and mass culture Architecture and intellectual development

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Alberto Pérez-Gómez – McGill University
Marco Frascari – Carleton University
Hasan-Uddin Khan – Roger Williams University Renée Tobe – University of East London

Conference to include Cathedral Tour and Banquet.

Abstracts should be of 250-300 words and include paper title, contributor's name, email address, professional or academic affiliation, and a brief CV.
Please send to conferences@lincoln.ac.uk

For further information visit www.lincoln.ac.uk/conferences
Email: jhendrix@lincoln.ac.uk or ntemple@lincoln.ac.uk

Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2010