call for papers

CLOSED: Tuesday 30th September 2008.

Guidelines available now

SUBJECT TO CHANGES

Landscape architecture is challenged by the need to engage in continuous adaptation and respond to the implications of globalization, climate change and population growth. It has become increasingly evident that present design forms and approaches frequently fail to meet these challenges.

There is an urgent need to seek out new ways of responding to the effects of ecological, economic and social change on urban and landscape environments. Built environment design professions require multiple approaches and scales of engagement in order to present society with future design scenarios to respond to increasingly complex conditions.

The 2009 AILA National Conference seeks responses to these needs through showcasing various examples of professional engagement in developing contemporary community perspectives of real and imagined landscapes. The Conference sessions and speakers will explore the proposition that the built environment design professions should lead positive change in designed landscapes.

We propose investigating the major channels of activity that represent the strengths of and the challenges to the professions through a call for papers encompassing three broad themes:

• Examining Collaboration: Are collaborative, integrated approaches to design thinking achieving new models for intervention in increasingly globalised landscapes?

What are the emerging parameters for collaboration in twentieth first century? This session seeks papers that discuss how collaborative approaches and locally responsive practices result in sustainable landscape intervention that may affect global outcomes.

(possible respondents: Elizabeth Meyer and Anuradha Mathur)*

• Interrogating Practice: Are alternative and progressive forms of practice affecting everyday landscapes?

How does landscape architecture practice respond to global and urban contexts and declining resources? This session invites papers on practices that operate and emphasize a multitude of perspectives challenging conventional responses to site and normative landscape programs. 

(possible respondents: Francesca Galeazzi and Alma du Solier) *

• Provoking Engagement: Are designers influencing built landscapes through political and community engagement?

What is the role of landscape architecture in an increasingly environmentally literate world? Papers are invited that discuss how and where landscape architecture engages with plural notions of community encompassing the rural and the urban and embracing community and cross-cultural perspectives

(possible respondents Walter Hood and Dilip da Cunha) *

* In the spirit of debate, the nominated Key Presenters are to be asked to respond to particular papers during the sessions.

SUBJECT TO CHANGES

There will be a limited range of papers accepted for presentation as Conference Speaker.

All the papers accepted by the editorial panel will be  published (but not all of these will be presented at the conference) - where possible some papers may be published online before the conference.

Papers will be of 3,000 to 5,000 words and may include project based, research and speculative papers.

Abstracts for Papers

Individuals who would like to be considered for inclusion on the conference program as a Conference Speaker (25 minutes) should submit abstracts of not more than one page (300 words).

Please note - these are blind reviewed. Please include your name or affiliation and contact details on a cover page.

Proposals must address one or more of the three conference sub-themes.

All abstracts will be subject to an editorial review.

Option for Refereed Papers

The timetable for papers is structured to allow for a double blind refereeing process. Please register your interest in a refereed paper in the header for the abstract. (place it clearly at the top of the page- so we do not overlook it)

Deadline for submission of Abstracts: Close of business Tues 30th Sept 2008 (Eastern Australia Time)

All abstracts to be submitted electronically in ‘Microsoft Word’ format.  (NOT as a pdf).   

Abstracts:

Authors will be notified of the results of the abstract reviews by the end of October 2008.

Once the Editorial Panel has accepted an abstract, with or without suggested revisions, authors will be invited to submit their papers by the end of February.

Those who do not want their paper refereed should also submit their full papers by the end of February (date to be confirmed).

Please note: the editorial panel reserves the right to reject papers not addressing the theme.

Publication:

The conference papers will be published - the format is to be confirmed - but online is preferred

Timeline:

August 2008 : Call for Papers

Tuesday 30th September 2008 – CLOSED

end of October 2008– abstracts response

end of February 2009– all papers due - nominated papers sent for refereeing

May 2009– paper presentation

July-August 2009 - publication

Paper Formatting and Length

A template for layout and style of papers will be released in October 2008.

Papers must between 3,000 and 5,000 words. The maximum limit will be enforced. Papers may be rejected if limits are ignored.

Finally

Conference Speakers are offered discounts on the conference fees, but must cover all other costs. (sorry, the number of feebies is very very limted!)

The AILA reserves the right to reject any papers and presentations at any stage of the pre-conference stages and conference sessions.  Presenters and submitters of papers must be mindful that agreed deadlines must be met.

The AILA also reserves the right to seek other presenters and papers beyond the Call for Papers.