Call for papers 29 Academia XXII - Changing: the history of living places

Posted on 2023-03-29

Human beings have created and constructed places that from the perspective of time and culture have been named in different ways; some cultures have called them gardens, orchards, parks, green infrastructure, whilst others have called them solares, alamedas, hueyi tecpan, yuan, you, teien, bageecha. All these places have stories to tell us and, due to their changing and dynamic character, we have asked ourselves: How can we intervene in their conservation? How can we interpret them? and What can be said about what is by nature dynamic, when built and planned with living beings?

That is why the present issue is focused on presenting research dedicated to building a historical narrative that analyzes the changing and transforming living aspect of these sites. We are interested in the participation of any research dedicated to the interpretation of these places and that, in turn, methodologically analyze how the work was achieved. Possible themes include reconstructions, narratives and historical descriptions, and works with a geographical, landscape, archaeological or botanical focus, or any other type of investigation that fits in with the aforementioned objectives.

Issue 29 will be aimed at research on the conservation of habitable places, which can be studied from various disciplines including landscape architecture, architecture, urbanism, archaeology, geography, biology, anthropology, history or ecology, among others.

Thematic axes:

  • The idea of history in living places.
  • Historiography of living places.
  • Description and characterization of historical gardens such as orchards, parks, gardens, green infrastructure, or others such as solares, alamedas, hueyi tecpan, yuan, you, teien, or bageecha.
  • The history of architecture regarding the diverse landscapes that host it.
  • Stories and narratives of living places (for example, vegetation on roads).
  • Approximation methods for the analysis of living places.
  • The philosophy of inhabiting living places.