Deadline for Submissions: "Building Latin American Bicentennials in the Age of Globalization"
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INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Building Latin American Bicentennials in the Age of Globalization"
The
New School's Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and the Programa
Bicentenarios of the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo,
Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA), are launching a research
project: Building Latin American Bicentennials in the Age of
Globalization. The bicentennial commemorations of national independence
in Latin America, especially Argentina, Chile, and Mexico in 2010, and
seven other countries in the next 15 years, offer an excellent
opportunity for comparative and multidisciplinary research on how
governments and civil society in these countries are constructing their
bicentennial commemorations and how they will use this historical
moment to address urgent issues of social inclusion and institutional
reform.
As
part of this project, the OLA and FADU, in collaboration with the
Centro de Estudios del Patrimonio (CEPAT) of the Facultad de
Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Paisaje, Universidad Central de Chile, are
issuing a Call for Submissions of Papers and Visual Presentations to
the Ibero-American and English-speaking scholarly community and to
civil society. The intention is to issue a wide call for attention to
this topic in the hope that it will stimulate thinking and action with
regard to the respective bicentennials in Latin American countries, as
well as communication and interaction among peoples within the region.
Distinctions include:
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Awards: to the authors of the most distinguished works, to participate
in an international conference to be held at the New School University,
New York (February 26-27, 2009). These works will be included in the
forthcoming edited book Construir Bicentenarios Latinoamericanos.
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Honorable Mentions: to authors whose works are to be included in the
forthcoming edited book Construir Bicentenarios Latinoamericanos.
The deadline for abstracts is June 17, 2008. Final presentations must be received by September 29, 2008.
For more information, please visit: http://observatorylatinamerica.org/events_x_call.html
