The International Seminar ShoppingScapes'13 invites researchers and professionals to contribute with their specific vision through scientific articles to be presented in the scheduled sessions on May 28 and 29. Proposals for papers should consider the following elements: title of the proposal; applicant’s identification (name, institution, country, position and email); abstract (should not exceed 500 words, can countain no more than 2 jpeg images, and should includ some major bibliographic references); and a short curriculum vitae (should not exceed 300 words). All proposals must present original research, and must not have been previously published. Conference papers will be published on a conference proceeding CD with ISBN. The guidelines for full paper will be available in late January 2013.
Theme I: Typologies, history & geography
Which models and types (past, present and future) can be catalogued as "shoppingscapes"? How did they evoluted? How to distinguish and characterize these models and types according to their geographical locations? Which will be their future, given the current socio-economic constraints?
Theme II: Territory and landscape
What are the effects of the current consumption practices in the process of transformation of the territory and the landscape? What about its impact on urban form and on city structure and organization? What kind of relationship can be established with the historic city? What kind of models for territorial and urban planning can be suitable for current consumption practices? How can they evolve, or how should they have evolved?
Theme III: Architecture, spaciality and perception
What kind/type of appropriations and spatial perceptions can we describe and identify in the relationship to the structures and objects defined as "shoppingscapes"? What (new) conceptual models for these megastructures? What kind of architectural values can be, or should be identified? What do they represent? Are these structures providing, or should they provide a new kind of public space? Are they changing the concept of public space?
Applications should be sent through email, in one single pdf file, to: vasco.pinheiro@ulusofona.pt
