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Architecture and Identity
Conference on the Making of Cultural Identity in Contemporary Architecture
Berlin, Germany, December 6 - 8, 2004
Ankündigung des Fachgebiets Architektur und Stadtentwicklung im globalen Zusammenhang der TU Berlin
An international conference on the making of cultural identity in contemporary architecture, to take place from 6-8 December 2004 in Berlin, is currently being organized by the HABITAT UNIT at Berlin University of Technology. The conference aims at revealing the mechanisms of constructing the "own" and the "foreign" through architecture in an international, global context.
It is organized in conjunction with an international research project exploring the recent discourse on cultural identity in architecture in the South. The project is sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany. The questions being addressed include: What is the meaning of cultural identity in contemporary architecture in a post-colonial context? Who are the actors, architects and theorists involved in the making of cultural identity in architecture in the South? How does the "own" differentiate from the "foreign" and how is cultural identity associated with certain forms, patterns, buildings? Which mechanisms create the notion of cultural identity in architecture?
The conference will present the results of regional studies prepared in the research project and discuss them in a wider geographic and thematic context. Regions covered by our research partners include India (Rahul Mehrotra), the United Arab Emirates (Dr. Nadia Mehdi Alhasani), Brazil (Dr. Ruth Verde Zein), Mexico (Susanne Dussel) and Singapore (William Lim). It is intended to place the ongoing regional discourses in an international and interdisciplinary perspective by inviting contributions from various disciplines and from a wide range of geographical regions.
Day one of the conference will present the results of the year-long international research project. Day two will consist of panel discussions with contributions from a variety of disciplines (including, but not limited to architecture, history, sociology, anthropology and art history) and regions beyond those of the research project in parallel discussion groups. Day three will be dedicated to drawing conclusions from the discussion groups of the previous days.
For further information and a tentative schedule, please check the conference's and project's homepage at www.architecture-identity.de
Contact: Erik Wegerhoff
Phone: ++49 +30 314-21908
Fax: ++49 +30 314-21907
Email: info@architecture-identity.de
http://www.architecture-identity.de
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