[WAM]Captures002 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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Web Architecture Magazine http://web.arch-mag.com email: wam@arch-mag.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++