11th International Planning
History Conference: Planning Models and the Culture of Cities
Location: Barcelona
Dates: 14-17 July 2004
Invitation
The International Planning
History Society (IPHS) invites papers and session proposals for its eleventh
biennial meeting to be held in Barcelona, Spain, 14-17 July 2004.
Conference Theme
The broad conference theme
is "Planning Models and the Culture of Cities". The intention is to explore
the historical interactions, synergies and conflicts between planning ideals
and the diversity of cities. The aim is to encourage analysis of the relations
between culture, theory, history, and policy in urban situations.
Accordingly, the 11th Conference seeks to provide an opportunity that will encourage the participation of urban researchers and practitioners from different parts of the world, especially from Latin America and "Latin" countries in Europe. This will be the first IPHS conference to be held in this cultural realm.
IPHS
IPHS is an inclusive, interdisciplinary
organisation and global network of scholars and practitioners from such
diverse fields as history, architecture, landscape, planning, geography,
environment and other social sciences. It seeks to advance scholarship
in all these fields, focusing particularly on cities from the late nineteenth
century. Its conferences are open to anyone interested in participating.
Barcelona
The city of Barcelona provides
an interesting setting for this conference. Centre of a region of 4.5 million
residents, the city is a stimulating laboratory for the study of culture,
urbanism and planning history from the eighteenth century to the present-day.
The conference is set against the backdrop of the Universal Forum of Cultures
2004, a major international event being held in Barcelona. (http://www.barcelona2004.org)
Host institution and venue
The conference is being organised
through the Escola Tecnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Valles (ETSAV) of
the Universitat Politecnica de Catalonia (UPC). The Conference Convenor
is Javier Monclus, Professor of Urbanism at UPC. The main conference venue
will be the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona (CCCB) in the
city's historic core.
Papers
Papers are invited on all
aspects of urban, regional and community planning. Particularly welcome
are papers or developed session proposals dealing with:
* Cultural heritage and planning
models
* Cultural economy
* Planning cultures and planning
theories
* Planning and the environment
* Society and space
* Urban spaces, landscape
and planning
* Innovation and infrastructure
* Urban historiography and
planning in Latin America
Regional and comparative perspectives are welcome, as are proposals dealing with aspects of the relations between planning practice and planning history scholarship.
Language
The official languages of
the conference will be English and Spanish. Simultaneous translation will
only be provided in plenary sessions and the intention is that the majority
of the sessions will be in English. However, for practical purposes, sessions
with a clear orientation towards "Latin" subjects could be held in Spanish.
Submission of proposals
The Conference Convenor welcomes
proposals for suitable papers to be presented at the conference. Submissions
must include:
* An abstract of approximately
250 words, clearly marked with title and participant's name
* up to four keywords identifying
the topical emphases of the paper
* a brief curriculum vitae
on one page stating present position and including address, telephone,
and e-mail contact details
All abstracts should be submitted
in English. However, papers could also be submitted in Spanish or Portuguese.
In this case an abstract in English should still be submitted. In addition,
proposals for complete sessions (thematic grouping of papers and roundtables)
are welcome. These should also comprise a summary of the
proposed session with keywords,
abstracts for individual papers where relevant, and biographical-contact
details for all participants. The Conference Convenor would welcome preliminary
discussion of any proposed packaged sessions as soon as possible.
Proposals should be sent by
e-mail, as an attachment preferably in WORD
format to: iphs2004@manners.es
Publishing of abstracts and
proceedings
It is intended to publish
abstracts of all accepted papers and summaries of any special thematic
sessions in advance of the Conference. This
information will be placed on the
web-site and will also be included on the CDRom which will be prepared
as forming the official Conference Proceedings.
Refereeing of abstracts and
papers
All abstracts submitted for
consideration will be assessed for their initial acceptability and authors
will be invited to submit a full paper which will undergo a formal refereeing
process. The following persons of the Advisory Committee will participate
in this process of refereeing:
Arturo Almandoz (U. Simón
Bolivar, Venezuela) Coord. Latin America
Robert Bruegmann (U. Chicago, USA)
Horacio Capel (U. Barcelona,
Spain)
Donatella Calabi (U. Venezia,
Italy)
Robert Freestone (U. New South
Wales, Australia)
Margarita Gutman (N.S. University,
New York, USA)
Jesús Pedro Lorente
(U.Z. Zaragoza, Spain)
Hellen Meller (U. Nottingham,
UK)
José Luis Oyón
(U.P. Catalunya, Spain). Coord. Spain
Antoni Remesar (U.B., Barcelona,
Spain)
Pierre-Yves Saunier (U. Lyon,
France)
Ferran Sagarra (UPC, Barcelona,
Spain)
Dirk Schubert (T.U. Hamburg,
Germany)
Dieter Schott (Centre for
Urban History at the U. of Leicester, U.K.)
Roberto Segre (U.F.R., Río
de J., Brazil)
Joan Vilagrasa (U.Lleida,
Spain)
Mercedes Volait (U. Tours,
France)
Michael F. Wagenaar (F.E.S.U.
Amsterdam, Holland)
Shun-Ichi J. Watanabe (S.U.
Tokyo, Japan)
Stephen V. Ward (Oxford Brooks
U., UK)
Francisco-Javier Monclús,
IPHS Convenor (UPC, Barcelona, Spain)
Manel Guardia, Secretary General
of Conference (UPC, Barcelona, Spain)
Deadlines
All abstracts should be submitted
for consideration prior to 1st July 2003.
Other key dates are as follows:
* 15th September 2003:
Notification of acceptance of abstracts
* 15th November 2003:
Final date for the submission of papers for formal 'refereeing'.
* 15th March 2004: Final date
for notification of accepted papers
* 1st June 2004: Final date
for submission of papers in 'print format'
Registration Fee
The standard registration
fee will be 275 €, reduced to 250 € if paid prior to 1st April
2004 and for all IPHS Members. The registration fee will cover entry to
all conference sessions, the book of abstracts and conference proceedings,
lunches and teas/coffees. The formal Conference Dinner will not be covered
by the registration fee. Barcelona will be the focus of several fieldtrips
being planned as part of the conference programme, with delegates being
offered a choice. Further details of all these matters will be available
on the web-site in due course.
Accommodation
For the convenience of delegates,
block bookings for rooms are being organised with several hotels in Barcelona
and UPC Colleges of Residence. Information will be provided on the web-site.
Conference Web Site
The conference web site is
www.iphs2004.com.
Please consult the web site for further information updates, concerning
registration and accommodation.
Conference Convenor
F-Javier Monclus (UPC, Barcelona,
Spain)
Organising and Program Committee
Manuel Guardia, Secretary
General of Conference (UPC, Barcelona, Spain)
Malcolm Burns, Paper/Proceedings
Co-ordinator (UPC, Barcelona, Spain)
Antoni Remessar (U.B., Barcelona,
Spain)
Arturo Almandoz (U. Simón
Bolivar, Venezuela)