Call for Papers, extended deadline June 30, 2010 with apologoies for cross-postings Popular Architecture and the Built Environment Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, VA Thursday, October 28 - Saturday, October 30, 2010 This area explores the ways that we shape and are shaped by the built environment, individual structures, and architecture culture. It seeks papers treating the theories, personalities, styles, and technologies that influence buildings, city planning, and community design. The material under consideration may be hypothetical or realized, fantastic or practical, controversial or traditional, political or personal or any combination of these. Topics from any time period and any culture are welcome. Previous papers include: “Navel of the Earth: Understanding a Late Archaic Shell Ring on Saint Catherine’s Island, Georgia”, “Contemporary Native Architecture in Humboldt County, California”, “Turning the Page: Structures and Structuring in ‘House of Leaves’”, “Architecture & Identity in Lowell, MA: Making a City Out of A Mill Town”, “Do Your Own Thing: American Pop Culture & the Built Environment During the 1970s & 80s”, “Freedom & the Endless Townscape: Popular Culture as Reflected in Broadacre City & Zelony Gorod” and “Inwood – Not Washington Heights, Not the Bronx” Undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals are encouraged to submit proposals for individual papers, full panels, round table discussions or alternative formats. Sliding scale registration fees apply. For more information, please visit www.mapaca.net and click on conference. Please submit proposals, NO ATTACHMENTS, by June 30, 2010 to: Loretta Lorance, Area Chair [log in to unmask] PO Box 461, Inwood Station New York, NY 10034 ========================================================= 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).