IHA, Estudos de Arte ContemporâneaCasa da Cerca
VIth. Waterfronts of Art International ConferenceBarcelona, Sep. 14th -19th, 2009
Arte y Espacio Público en las Dictaduras
OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
  • To study and analyse the role of Public Art and Public Space under XXth Century dictatorships, specially those in the South of Europe
  • To present specific case studies on these subjects
  • PAPERS
    are invited on any of the key themes listed below and an abstract including title and outline content should be sent to the conference organizer. These are normally presented in a ten-minute period allowing 10 minutes for debate and discussion.
    ABSTRACTS
    12.000 caracters abstracts must be submitted, written in English
    DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS _ March 23 th 2009
    Notification of ACCEPTED PAPERS _ May 15th 2009 
    KEY THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
    See below
    Papers presented will be published in conference proceedings and distributed at the conference. If accepted, papers for the proceedings must be submitted by 15th July 2007. Papers may also subsequently be considered for publication. Young researchers can participate in specific sessions
    LANGUAGE
    The language of the conference will be Spanish and Portuguese, all abstracts must be written in English, but full papers can be presented in Catalan, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese or English. This option will be possible if a comprehensible resume is written in English and part of the presentation is done in English.
    FULL PAPER GUIDELINES
    PARAGRAPH FORMAT: Font Times New Romansize 11pt
    FILE FORMAT: Word for Windows format (.doc) Rich Text Format (.rtf)
    SECTIONS
    1. HEADING: Title/Authors/Institution/Affiliated (postal and e-mail addresses at the end of the first page)
    2. SUMMARY: Maximum 450 words (font: Times New Roman, size 10pt. - only for the summary) IN ENGLISH
    3. TEXT (with references) Maximum extension of the paper: 12 pages, including references, tables and figures
    4. IMAGES and FIGURES: Format jpg
    SEND TO
    waterfrontsofart@gmail.com  with indication in the box of the mail of your contacts
     WITH THE SUPPORT
      Project: HUM2006-12803-C02-01
    Centre de Recerca POLIS Universitat de Barcelona
    Grup de recerca consolidat: Art, Ciutat, Societat
    Doctorat de Qualitat Espai Públic i Regeneració Urbana
    contact: aremesar@ub.edu