CALL FOR PAPERS: Technology and the Home Sessions, a permanent area of the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Annual Conference. Technology and the Home seeks papers that explore various interactions between the technology and the domestic environment. The discussion may focus on real or imagined or speculative homes and technology. There is no limit on the time frame nor upon the methodology. Previous papers include: "Computing Technologies in the Home: Future Opportunities and Challenges"; “Technical Innovation and Domestic Display in Late Republican Rome”; “‘Humor’ in Home Technology”; “The Yeoman Oven Mitt”; “Burn, Baby Burn (Kitchen Inferno): New Images of Domesticity in Contemporary Art”: “The Air-Conditioned Life”; "Dysfunctional Household"; “Dymaxion Redux: Rem Koolhaas Cribs Bucky Fuller”; “Happiness Minutes: Technology and the Psychology of the Home”; “TV Houses”; “Technology: A Social Placebo”; "Ties Home: Early Iron Construction and Identity";"Showing Off: The Billiard Room in Nineteenth-Century France”; and “Tools for the Making of a Happy Home”. Appropriate topics include but are not limited to: appliances, automobiles, building materials, communications, computers, construction, entertaining, flooring, furniture, health, hearth, hvac systems, insulation, kitchens, laundries, lighting, mobility, pets, preservation, recreation, sanitation, security, television, and wall/window/floor treatments. The 2006 conference is from October 27-29, 2006 in lovely Baltimore, MD. Registration fees apply. For more information, please go to <http://www.wcenter.ncc.edu/gazette/>. Deadline for proposals: June 15, 2006 Send 1-page proposal, CV & AV needs via snail mail to: Rett Lorance School of Visual Arts P.O. Box 461 Inwood Station New York, NY 10034-0461 [log in to unmask] Apologies for cross postings. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).