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Call
for Papers Conference: July
27th - July 29th 2005
at UCLAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
p.o. box 14174 3508 SG Utrecht the
Netherlands phone +31 (0)30 223 23 20 fax +31
(0)30 251 82 78 info@archiafrika.org
www.archiafrika.org
The
conclusive conference at a three-week international
workshop on the subject of Modern Architecture in
Tanzania around Independence, starts with the
presentation of the results of the workshop and a
discussion about these results. The conference will
continue with a broader focus on the heritage of the
Modern Movement around Independence (1950-1970) in East
Africa.
This call for papers aims to provoke
contributions focusing on the significance of the
heritage of the Modern Movement in East Africa.
Modern Architecture appeared as a new
and double faced phenomenon in architecture and urbanism
in East Africa during the 1950’s and 1960’s. At the
end of the colonial period (1950’s) this architecture
was often the preferred expression of the intended
colonial welfare state, whereas after Independence (1960’s)
the new state and its institutions relied upon it to
convey the hope, strength and optimism of the new
African nation.
Today there is little systematic
knowledge about this architecture in East Africa.
Notwithstanding a growing interest in the entanglement
of modernism, colonialism and the post-colonial
condition, we still lack documentary sources on a large
part of this history as well as information about the
reception and appropriation of this heritage up to date.
The conference intends to bring together scholars,
researchers and other interested parties who wish to
contribute to a better understanding of this important
part of East African recent history.
Keynotes and plenary papers will focus
on three issues:
1. the rise of Modern Architecture in
East Africa in the 1950’s and 1960’s and its role in
the development of local architecture;
2. the position of East African Modern
Architecture in relation to the architecture of the
international Modern Movement;
3. East African Modern Heritage in its
cultural, social and political context.
Provisional program: July 27th 2005: Presentation
of the results of the Workshop;
Discussion on the results;
19.30: Opening Conference: lecture on
Modern Architecture in East Africa in the
1950’s and 1960’s.
July 28th 2005: Keynote lecture by
Hannah le Roux (University of the Witwatersrand,
South Africa): ‘Foreign parts: Modern
Architecture in Africa’;
Plenary Papers.
July 29th 2005: Keynote lecture by Bruno
de Meulder (Eindhoven University of Technology,
Netherlands)
on East African Modern Heritage in its
cultural, social and political context;
Plenary Papers;
Panel Discussion.
Conference committee: - prof. Hilde
Heynen (University of Leuven, Belgium);
- prof. Bruno de Meulder (Eindhoven
University of Technology, the Netherlands)
- ir. Jos Bosman (Eindhoven University
of Technology, the Netherlands)
- Mr. Anthony Mosha (University College
of Lands and Architectural Studies, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania);
- ArchiAfrika foundation, the
Netherlands.
Involved institutes: - University
College of Lands and Architectural Studies (UCLAS), Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania;
- Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e),
the Netherlands;
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(University of Leuven / KUL): Post Graduate Centre Human
Settlements
(PGCHS) and Raymond Lemaire
International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), Belgium;
- Delft University of Technology (TU
Delft), the Netherlands;
- ArchiAfrika foundation, the
Netherlands (organization and coordination).
Abstracts of papers (300 words) will be
send to ArchiAfrika foundation, p.o.box 14174, 3508 SG
Utrecht, Netherlands or to
info@archiafrika.org,
before March 15th 2005. Notifi cation of acceptance on
March 25th 2005.
More information on our website (to be
launched March 1st 2005): www.archiafrika.org
or contact us via E-mail:
info@archiafrika.org
or phone: +31 30 2232320. |
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