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From/de Clara Irazabal, Arquitectura-l mail-list 

>Call for Papers: A National Forum on Historic Preservation Practice

>PRESERVATION OF WHAT, FOR WHOM?
>A CRITICAL LOOK AT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE 

>Historic preservation practice has changed remarkably in the past 
few decades and, given the current social, economic, legal, political 
and aesthetic trends, it is likely going to be reformulated further in 
the years ahead. To stimulate discussion and debate in all aspects of 
contemporary practice and its relationships to public policy, The 
National Council for Preservation Education, in partnership with the 
National Park Service and Goucher College, is inaugurating a series 
of invitational conferences focusing on critical issues in the field. 

>The first conference will examine the concept of historical 
significance as it has been, and as it might be, applied to historic 
preservation public policy and professional practice. Historical 
significance should be interpreted as encompassing both tangible and 
intangible realms of the past; that is, both the built environment and 
the myriad forces that have given it shape and meaning over time. 
Topics to be addressed include: the challenge of communicating 
historical significance to popular and professional audiences in the 
private and public sectors, differing views of significance among 
contributing historical and related disciplines, who defines historical 
significance, ongoing change in the concepts of significance, 
relationships between significance and taste.

>A major purpose of the conference is to bring together persons from 
a variety of backgrounds to exchange ideas. Anthropologists, 
archaeologists (prehistoric and historic), architectural historians, 
cultural historians, cultural and historical geographers, folklorists, 
historians of landscape architecture, social historians, and urban 
historians working in academic institutions, preservation offices, and 
private practice are among the groups to whom the conference is 
oriented.

>To facilitate dialogue, the conference will be limited to single 
sessions, held over a two-day period, with three evenings reserved for 
informal exchange. Papers should be analytical rather than primarily 
descriptive in content, and should address issues, not present case 
studies. The paper should focus on new material that brings fresh 
information and/or insights to the field. Each paper should be twenty 
minutes (approximately 10 to 12 pages) in length. Abstracts should 
be between 300 and 500 words, submitted no later than 16 September 
1996. Abstracts will be selected on the basis of topic, argument and 
organization. The selection committee reserves the right to request 
modifications to proposals. All persons submitting abstracts will be 
notified by 15 October 1996. Papers are due in final form on 20 
January 1997, and will be made available to conference attendees. 
Publication of the proceedings is anticipated in both electronic and 
printed format, so that submissions should include electronic copies 
on IBM compatible or Macintosh diskettes, with illustrations. 
Academics and professionals working in the preservation fields and 
in all disciplines related to it are invited to submit proposals.

>"A Critical Look at Historical Significance" is scheduled to take 
place on March 20-22, 1997 at Goucher College, in Towson, 
Maryland. The College is located immediately south of the beltway, I-
695, at exit 27, in the suburbs north of Baltimore, 20 minutes from 
the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and an hour from 
the District of Columbia. Abstracts and any inquiries should be sent 
to: Michael A. Tomlan, Project Director, National Council for 
Preservation Education, 210 West Sibley Hall, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, New York 14853; 607-255-7261; FAX: 607-255-1971; 
mat4@cornell.edu 

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