CALL FOR PAPERS
XI SEMINAR ON THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND OF URBANISM
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY AND OF URBANISM: DO IDEAS HAVE A
PLACE?
Vitória, Espírito Santo, October 5 to 8, 2010
It is an immense joy for the Organizing Committee, the Post-Graduation Program in
Architecture and Urbanism (PPGAU/UFES) and the Post-Graduation Program in
Geography of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (PPGG/UFES), the PostGraduation Program in History of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (PPGH/UFJF)
and the Post-Graduation Program in Social Policies of the State University of Norte
Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (PPGPS/UENF) to invite researchers engaged with the study of
the history of the city and of urbanism, from various disciplinary fields, to participate in the
XI SEMINAR ON THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND OF URBANISM (XI SHCU) that will
take place in the city of Vitória, from October 5 to 8, 2010. The XI Seminar on the History
of the City and of Urbanism is part of the scientific programme of the National Association
of Post-Graduation and Research in Urban and Regional Planning (ANPUR) and of the
National Association of Research and Post-Graduation in Architecture and Urbanism
(ANPARQ), having taken place every two years since the 1990s.
MAIN THEME: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY AND OF URBANISM: DO IDEAS
HAVE A PLACE?
Having greatly accomplished for 20 years, since 1990, the Seminar on the History of the
City and of Urbanism has gathered, in its previous ten meetings, around a thousand
papers in diverse modes of presentation. This amount does not only represent a growth in
the exchange of experience among researchers, but also demonstrates enrichment and
evolution in the studies related to this theme, and its broader disciplinary and territorial
scope. Historians, architects, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, among other
researchers in the fields of arts, social and human sciences, have promoted reflections
that deal with multiple dimensions of the city. The exchange of experiences that the SHCU
has made possible extrapolates the national territorial boundaries, extending from the
Americas to other continents. This interchange has enabled basilar understandings on the
construction of the city and on the constitution of urbanism in Brazil to take place, as well
as to debate trends and repercussions that have taken place along history.
The circulation of ideas and practices, a theme that is present in the scope of the interests
of SHCU, expressively returns in Recife, during the debates in the X Seminar. In that
event, Leme indicates the importance of such a debate in the reflection concerning “[…]
the formation of the Brazilian society developed by the field of architecture and urbanism”
nowadays. She highlights the fact that, in the past 20 years, the discussions go around
the notions of “influence”, “transference and translation” and “resonance”, looking for
answers for the “[…] complexity that shapes the circulation of ideas” in the process of the
construction of cities. Enraptured by such questionings, the organizers of the XI SHCU
propose to broaden the understanding of the issues that this theme involves in the present
agendas and also to stimulate further research fronts.
Thus, the XI Seminar on the History of the City and of Urbanism has as its main theme the
discussion of the circulation and spread of ideas in the process of the construction of cities
and the process of defining urbanism as a discipline and a professional practice. After all,
do ideas about the city have a place? Generations of urbanists and planners have
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dedicated themselves to the search of solutions to the cities. Their proposals, in one way
or another, refer to urbanistic theories and practices. The mechanisms that have made
possible the circulation of ideas and their spread in the academic and professional milieus
are uncountable. Be it as transpositions or as model transferences, be it as repetitions or
as reinterpretations in particular contexts, these ideas have had the power to alter the
configuration of our cities. Thus, we reiterate the need of reflecting about the ideas
concerning the process of defining urbanism as a discipline and a professional practice,
corroborating to those who have thought about the city. Understanding the context to
which their proposals belong is a fundamental key to the improvement of future
approaches. Global proposals, joint plannings, partial projects, urbanistic directives,
thoughts that have remained on paper or practices that have proved to be incomplete…
Such is our gamut of interests that leads to the query: after all, do ideas have a place in
this?
Thematic Sessions (TSs) of oral presentations, posters and scientific initiation
posters by undergraduate students
The XI Seminar on the History of the City and of Urbanism will have an opening session in
the evening of October 5, three round tables in the mornings of October 6 to 8 and four
simultaneous Thematic Sessions that include oral presentations in the afternoons of these
same days, besides poster presentations (these presentations derive from specific
registrations and from the remaining oral presentations), as well as scientific initiation
posters by undergraduate students. There is also the possibility of Interaction Sessions for
research groups.
For the oral presentations and posters, it is compulsory to submit the complete paper,
including its abstract, so that the Scientific Committee for the respective Thematic Session
is able proceed the selection. For the scientific initiation posters and the Interaction
Sessions, it is compulsory to submit the complete text. We would like to highlight the fact
that the oral presentations, the posters and the scientific initiation posters should be
registered according to the Thematic Sessions of the event. For further details, please see
Rules for the Submission of Papers.
The XI Seminar on the History of the City and of Urbanism will select the 96 papers that
will be included in the event annals according to the different forms of participation. Of
these papers, 84 will refer to the oral presentations and 12 from the posters. Besides
those, there will be the 20 posters from the scientific initiation by undergraduate students
and from selected Interaction Sessions.
The submitted papers must be original and unpublished and must make explicit the
methodological and conceptual lines that underlie them. The registrations for the XI
SHCU, as specified above, will be destined to the reflection, the analysis, the debate and
the spread of the emerging ideas and issues related to topics connected to the main
theme, as follows:
TS1: Formation of urbanism and constitution of urbanistic thinking
Investigation of urbanism as a science and disciplinary field: The conception of cities and
professional formation. The history of cities, the circulation of ideas and of thoughts and
the construction of urban spaces. The establishment of teaching and the contribution of
the various fields of knowledge.
TS2: Experimentation and practice in the field of urbanism
Experiences and urbanistic actions on the territory from the perspective of History: The
project, the work and the implementation of ideas. Public policies and the roles of plans,
committees, institutions, associations, authors and agents in the city. Individual initiatives
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and collective associations in the construction of the formal and the informal city. Private
enterprises and partnerships in the configuration of urban spaces.
TS3: Representation and interpretation of the cultural dimension of the city and of
the territory
Reflection and debate about the city and the territory as a document in the fields of History
and Historiography: Cultural dimensions having to do with memory, meaning,
imaginarium, identity, use and appropriation. Urban culture – from literature to cinema,
from architecture to public art, from photography to video art – investigated by means of
works, projects, speeches and actions.
TS4: Interaction and erasure of borders in the constitution of the city
Understanding of the territorial, political, social, economic and cultural borders as
contemporary issues coming from historical processes and the interposition of paradigms:
Investigation mechanisms and inter-, multi- and transdisciplinary collaboration vis-à-vis
the disciplinary tradition. Architecture and urbanism – from pre-industrial to global cities.
CALENDAR
October 20, 2009: Call for Papers (website is made available to publicize the event)
December 15, 2009: Website ready for registration of the participants and of the papers
March 30, 2010: Last day for the submission of papers (oral presentations, posters
and scientific initiation posters)
April 30, 2010: Last day for the submission of Interaction Sessions
June 15, 2010: Selected papers will be made public (oral presentations, posters and
scientific initiation posters)
June 30, 2010: Selected interaction sessions will be made public
July 10, 2010: Deadline for registration and payment of the registration fee for those
participants who will be making presentations
October 5, 2010: (Tuesday evening) – Opening session of the XI SHCU
October 6 to October 8, 2010: (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) – Round tables in the
mornings and Thematic Sessions in the afternoons – Interaction Sessions in the evening.
October 9, 2010: Visitations and tours (Saturday). Urban, rural and sea itineraries and
routes.
REGISTRATION FEES
From December 1, 2009 to July 10, 2010: R$ 250,00 (professors and professionals); R$
50,00 (students)
From July 11, 2010 to September 30, 2010: R$ 300,00 (professors and professionals);
R$ 75,00 (students)
From October 1, 2010 on: R$ 400,00 (professors and professionals); R$ 90,00
(students)
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
José Francisco Bernardino Freitas (Chairman – PPGAU – UFES)
Aurélia Hermínia Castiglioni (PPGG – UFES)
Clara Luiza Miranda (PPGA – UFES and PPGAU – UFES)
Eneida Maria Souza Mendonça (PPGAU – UFES and PPGG – UFES)
Fabio Jose Martins de Lima (PPGH – UFJF)
Martha Machado Campos (PPGAU – UFES)
Milton Esteves Junior (PPGAU – UFES)
Teresa de Jesus Peixoto Faria (PPGPS – UENF)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Coordination: Eneida Maria Souza Mendonça (UFES)
TS1: Formation of urbanism and constitution of urbanistic thinking
Vera Lucia Ferreira Motta Rezende (UFF)
Eloisa Petti Pinheiro (UFBA)
João Farias Rovati (UFRGS)
Maria Lucia Caira Gitahy (USP – São Paulo)
Fabio Jose Martins de Lima (UFJF)
TS2: Experimentation and practice in the field of urbanism
Telma de Barros Correia (USP – São Carlos)
Doralice Sátyro Maia (UFPB)
Ivone Salgado (PUC – Campinas)
Marlice Nazareth Soares de Azevedo (UFF)
Carlos Teixeira de Campos Júnior (UFES)
TS3: Representation and interpretation of the cultural dimension of the city and of
the territory
Jose Tavares Correia de Lira (USP – São Paulo)
Robert Moses Pechman (UFRJ)
Virginia Pitta Pontual (UFPE)
Cêça Guimaraens (Maria da Conceição Alves de Guimaraens) (UFRJ)
Simonne Teixeira (UENF)
TS4: Interaction and erasure of borders in the constitution of the city
Lilian Fessler Vaz (UFRJ)
Renato Luiz Sobral Anelli (USP – São Carlos)
Roberto Luís de Melo Monte-Mór (UFMG)
Carlos Eduardo Dias Comas (UFRGS)
Martha Machado Campos (UFES)
Further information in the website: www.prppg.ufes.br/xishcu or in the website
http://www.urbanismomg.ufjf.br/xishcu/
Contact: Post-Graduation Program in Architecture and Urbanism (PPGAU/UFES)
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone #: 55-xxx-27-3335-2024