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The Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada is now accepting paper proposals for its 43rd annual conference, Layered Histories, which will be held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, May 24-27, 2017.
Researchers, young researchers, professionals and students interested can submit a proposal by sending an abstract of not more than 250 words, accompanied by a one-page CV, to: [email protected]. Please indicate which session from the following list your proposal addresses, and send a copy of your e-mail to the session chair.
Paper proposals will be assessed by a scientific committee including session chairs and members of the Society. Articles building on the papers presented can also be submitted for publication in the Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada. Depending on available funds, financial support for the travel expenses of students may be provided following the conference. Please send submissions no later than February 24, 2017.
Session 1 | Alternative Modernities

Chair: Bojana Videkanic

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In light of the temporal emphasis of the conference as a whole, this session will investigate the idea of Canadian built environment in the context of ?alternative modernities,? a term that defines Modernism not as a monolithic discourse, but as multiple aesthetic, cultural, and political ways of engaging with/or countering mainstream Western modernist narratives. In other words, how do constru...