The Vernacular Architecture Forum: Annual Meeting 2012

Madison, Wisconsin.

Deadline for proposals: 12 September 2011.

http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Iowa&month=1107&week=c&msg=BIDCD%2BMu5o3jFFyBTNeHmw.

Papers may address vernacular and everyday buildings, sites, or cultural landscapes worldwide.

Submissions on all vernacular topics are welcome, but we encourage papers that explore topics related to the following conference themes: the relationship between rural landscapes and regional urban centers; placemaking as it pertains to the relationship between work and home; regional trends in modernism (particularly in the Upper Midwest); ethnicity and heritage preservation; and evolution of Midwestern rural buildings and landscapes.

We particularly welcome papers that explore the relationship of environmental history and cultural landscapes around these themes. Papers should be twenty-minutes in length, although proposals for complete sessions, roundtable discussions, or other innovative means that facilitate scholarly discourse are also welcome.