Call for Papers: Landscape History Chapter, Society of Architectural
Historians, Symposium 2011

April 13, 2011, preceding the Annual Meeting of the Society of
Architectural Historians

New Orleans, Louisiana

Landscape Architecture and Economics

Sonja Duempelmann, University of Maryland,
and Marc Treib (University of California, Berkeley, ret.)

As commissioned projects-and even those self-generated-all landscape
architecture reflects the workings and influence of one or more economic
systems. Whether propelled or limited by the resources of the client, by
the intended use of the landscape, or the financial status of those who
will use it, designed landscapes are rooted inherently in finance,
overtly or covertly. The 2011 Landscape History Chapter symposium
welcomes submissions that investigate the subject of the designed
landscape and economics from a variety of perspectives, from all periods
in history, and from all cultures. However, primary emphasis should be
placed on designed landscapes rather than cultural landscapes or
planning projects.

Subjects might include (offered only to illustrate the range of
potential topics): What was the role of forest production in the making
of the English landscape garden or in other garden traditions? How did
labor figure in the making of landmark gardens, parks, and suburbs? How
have particular designed landscapes served colonial industries or in the
making of company towns? How were/are landscape architects' offices
organized and what is the effect of that structure on the making of
designed landscape?
How does "branded" landscape architecture achieve an identity? How have
superannuated industrial processes and their landscapes influenced the
course of their redevelopment as landscapes for leisure? How have parks
and gardens been cast as tourist destinations in and of themselves,
either as ephemeral garden shows or expositions, or on a more permanent
basis? Of course, these are only a few suggestions.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words no later than
September 15th to both Sonja Duempelmann at sduempelumd.edu and Marc
Treib at mtreibsocrates.berkeley.edu. Accepted speakers will be
notified by October 1, 2010, with drafts of the full papers (maximum of
2,000 words) due January 15, 2011.