Call for Papers

Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) 2006 Annual Meeting
June 14-17, 2006
New York City

The Vernacular Architecture Forum is soliciting paper proposals from
academics, consultants, and other scholars for presentation at its Annual
Meeting to be held June 14 -17, 2006 in New York City. The conference
theme is "City Building." Papers may address any aspect of vernacular
architecture and the cultural landscape from any geographic region
worldwide. Although papers may cover any topic or time period, the Papers
Committee especially encourages submissions on topics related to the
conference theme. Papers could address such topics as: urban vernaculars
of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; speculative development in
urban places; place making, and place marking by creating boundaries that
restrict according to race, ethnicity, and/or gender; the effects of
governmental regulation, especially on housing and open space;
preservation and/or public history. The Papers Committee also encourages
proposals for complete sessions, roundtable discussions, and any
innovative means that facilitates scholarly discourse.

Proposals may be for a twenty-minute paper on a subject the author has
extensively researched, or for a ten-minute "work in progress" report. In
either case, papers should be theoretical or analytical in nature, rather
than descriptive. Selection will be based on the proposed paper's
original contribution to the study of vernacular architecture and the
cultural landscape. Papers presented at the meeting will be considered
for publication in the VAF's new scholarly refereed journal Perspectives
in Vernacular Architecture (PVA). One-time fellowship awards are
available to students and young professionals whose papers have been
accepted. Applications for these awards are found under Special Programs
at http://vernaculararchitectureforum.org

Proposals should include a title for the paper, the author's name,
mailing address, email address, telephone and fax numbers. The proposals
should be single-sided, a maximum of 400 words, and accompanied by a
brief curriculum vitae. They must state clearly the argument of the paper
and explain the methodology and content. Only one submission per author
will be accepted.

Deadline: Proposals must be postmarked by October 15, 2004. Accepted
papers, tailored to the prescribed time limits, must be submitted in full
to the session chairs by March 15, 2005. Presenters must deliver their
papers in person and be VAF members at the time of the conference.

Please send proposals electronically as Word documents to Clifton Ellis
at Clifton.ellisttu.edu , or hardcopies to Clifton Ellis, VAF c/o
College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, Box 42091, Lubbock, TX
79409-2091.