Capture: CFP Pan-American Connections Originally From: "Jose Luis Caivano" Captured at: Arquitectura-l mail-list LLAMADA A PRESENTAR TRABAJOS DE INVESTIGACION EN HISTORIA CALL FOR PAPERS We invite proposals for papers in a session titled "Pan-American Connections: Imaging the City in the Americas c. 1910" which is one of approximately 25 sessions that will comprise the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians in Baltimore, Maryland, 16-20 April 1997. Proposals should be no more than one page in length (300 words) and should reach the co-chairs, together with a letter of introduction, before 24 September 1996. Co-chairs: Carol McMichael Reese and Claudia Bohn- Spector, the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Santa Monica, California, 90401, tel (310) 458-9811x5030, fax (310) 458- 6661, e-mail cbohnspector@getty.edu. The co-chairs will select four or five proposals for presentation in Baltimore and will notify all those who submit proposals of their decision by 15 October 1996. Proposals may be sent in English or Spanish, but papers must be delivered in English. Session description: "Pan-American Connections: Imaging the City in the Americas c. 1910." The inter-American circulation of information, images, and ideas concerning design in the urban environment increased significantly with the establishment in 1889 of the International Bureau of American Republics (which became the Pan-American Union). This new emphasis on exchange within the Western Hemisphere influenced the architectural culture of cities from Montreal to Buenos Aires. While the impact of European models of architecture and urbanism on American cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is well-documented, American connections and transmissions in this period are little studied, despite the remarkable inter-American flow of capital and expertise. Between 1880 and 1920, the year 1910 was notable for it saw the inauguration of the new Pan-American Union Building in Washington, D. C., and the international celebrations of centennaries of independence from Spain in Mexico City, Santiago de Chile, and Buenos Aires. This session focuses on the sites of inter-American exchange, the circulation of designers, and the flow of ideas and images that critically influenced the course of architecture, urbanism, and modes of representation during this period in major cities of the Americas. We solicit papers that explore spheres of professional exchange: the transmission of modes of architectural rendering or photographic representation; the impact of international design competitions; the documentation and interpretation of the experiences of architects, planners, engineers, designers, and image makers who traveled and worked across national boundaries; and the opportunities for interaction that international celebrations, expositions, and meetings provided. Regarding the last, we welcome papers that deal with conferences not only on urban planning but also on medical, hygienic, and social issues that elicted architectural and urbanistic responses (park and playground movements, settlement-house projects, etc.). We encourage papers that not only consider architecture and urbanism as sites of cultural exchange but that also focus on the vast array of visual and textual representations that were used to promote and disseminate them. We are particularly interested in projects and events in American cities in which there was significant demographic change between 1880 and 1920, and in which questions of cultural identity loomed large. Para mas informacion en Buenos Aires: Margarita Gutman, e-mail: gutmanm@iiedgu.org.ar -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Web Architecture Magazine http://web.arch-mag.com email: wam@arch-mag.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++