10th Urban & Landscape Days:
Between Architecture of War and
Military Urbanism
CALL FOR PAPERS

Tallinn, Estonia
DEADLINE: 01.10.2012
Estonian Academy of Arts | Faculty of Architecture

The international scientific conference "Between architecture of war and military urbanism" is the 10th edition of the annual series of Urban and Landscape Days. The idea behind the theme of 2013 is to facilitate a creative and critical interrogation of links between the political economy of war, the transfer of military practices and technologies to urban realm, and the 'architectures of war', such as military bases, fortifications and refugee camps, which comprise a largely forgotten topic in planning and architecture.


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The conference will take place in Tallinn, Estonia. The questions of architecture of war and military urbanism are integral parts of the lived spaces of the country and the city. As far as the city of Tallinn is concerned, its morphology is structured by the strongly preserved medieval wall and the large part of the city waterfront consists of mostly obsolete military landscape. Having become the sites of real estate speculation, the 'civil' regeneration of military wasteland stands for one of the major urban planning conflict in Tallinn. 

SPECIFIC THEMES
The conference is of interest to urban scholars, architectural theorists and historians, architects, political geographers, sociologists, and others from the related fields of theory and practice. To explore links between theory and practice, we invite a broad variety of presentations from scientific papers to artistic research and non-standard forms to the following tracks:
1. Urban built environments
2. Spatial technology
3. Political economy of land

LOCATION 
The conference will take place in Tallinn, Estonia. The questions of architecture of war and military urbanism are integral parts of the lived spaces of the country and the city. During the Cold War, there were two closed cities - Sillamäe and Paldiski - in the territory of the present-day Estonia. The two largest Estonian islands, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, were categorized as a restricted territory for almost 50 years. As far as the city of Tallinn is concerned, its morphology is structured by the strongly preserved medieval wall. And the large part of the city waterfront consists of mostly obsolete military landscape, closed off as the military border zone during the Cold War. Having become the sites of real estate speculation, the 'civil' regeneration of military wasteland stands for one of the major urban planning conflict in Tallinn. The post-conference excursion will offer a chance to visit some of these places.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
• Stephen Graham
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University
• Steven Flusty, York University, Toronto
• Donovan Wylie, Photographer, member of Magnum Photos

ORGANISING TEAM
• Katrin Koov, Head of Landscape Architecture, Estonian Academy of Arts
• Maros Krivy, Invited Professor of Urban Studies, Estonian Academy of Arts
• Anu Piirisild, Assistant of the Dean, Estonian Academy of Arts
• Panu Lehtovuori, Professor of Planning Theory, Tampere University of Technology

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline: 01.10.2012
Registration fees deadline - Early bird: 31.01.2013
Registration fees deadline: 15.04.2013
Conference: 26-27.04.2013
Excursion: 28.04.2013
• The language of the conference is English.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACTS:
Conference Website
Address: Pikk tn. 20, 10133 Tallinn Estonia
E-Mail: architectureofwar@artun.ee