The 18th Docomomo International Conference to be held in Chile in 2024 welcomes session proposals on the conference's theme: Modern Futures: Sustainable Development and Cultural Diversity.
Santiago , Chile
International Docomomo Conference
The 18th Docomomo International Conference in Chile 2024 will have a call for sessions first, then a call for papers.
Submitting session proposals in a comparative and interdisciplinary way will be greatly encouraged. To open up opportunities for discussion of Modern Movement architecture, its conservation concerning sustainable design, from comprehensive and extended fields of knowledge and points of view, proposal submissions dealing with the following sub-themes are encouraged:
1. Landscapes and territories of the modern movement: new purposes for obsolete infrastructure, relationship with nature, mining, and geographies
2. Better Cities: Modern towns, intermediate cities, urban design
3. Public spaces and urban complexes: Housing, urban nature culture, ecological approaches, community recreation and leisure
4. Education and design: Modern values and adaptive reuse, didactics, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches
6. Modern Interiors conservation and everyday life: Adaptivity, furniture, crafts, and industrial design
7. Earthquakes and Sustainable Technologies: Material and modern architecture, concrete, glass, wood.
8. Modernity and Diversity: Activism, community participation, gender, cultural legitimacy, geographical approaches, other modernisms.
9. Theories and Histories for conservation and sustainability: Narratives, archives, curatorial practices, exhibitions
10. New generations for modern futures: Generational studies, social entrepreneurship, innovation, changemakers, critical thinkers, new media, social networks, commons
The session must have a title and will be related to the thematic areas of the Conference, and have one or two organizers/chairs, preferably from different affiliations. The type of session would be a regular paper session (1h40, max. 4/5 papers) or a roundtable. Innovative session formats are welcome.
The session abstract would have a maximum of 500 words, and the description must point to a coherent and focused topic related to the thematic areas of the Conference, clarify the goals and the relevance of the Session, define a leading question, key issues, the scientific relevance of the session in the context of recent state of the art and a list of potential themes that will particularly fit in with the goals of the session. The sessions may also have sponsors for research projects, research groups, public institutions, universities, or other organizations. Each session chair must fund their travel and expenses to Santiago de Chile. Session chairs must register for the 2024 Conference by January 5, 2024, and must pay the non-refundable conference registration fee to show their commitment.
