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Tarih: 06 - 08 Aralık 2004 
Yer: House of World Cultures, Berlin

Context
“Is there something like a reflected indigenousness?”
This question could well be applied to the ongoing discourse about cultural identity in architecture. It has been asked by the sociologists Ulrich Beck, Anthony Giddens, and Scott Lash (1994) in developing the concept of "reflexive modernization".

The conference scheduled for December 6 - 8 2004 will serve as a platform to discuss the issue of identity in architecture in a wider framework. It will bring architecture-specific issues in the context of a more general discourse on modernization involving historians, sociologists and art historians. »Conference Program

Concept
While the research project has a focus on five regional studies (in Brazil, India, Mexico, the Middle East, and Singapore), the conference wants to compare and discuss regional concepts of identity together and in a larger context. The conference will complement the research project on architecture and identity by inviting participants and contributions from beyond the regional studies.

The idea is to make the regional debates meet in Berlin.

Venue
The conference will take place in the House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) that has been built by Hugh Stubbins in 1957 as a congress hall, the contribution of the USA to the International Building Exhibition (IBA 1957). With its elegantly swinging roof line and its free plan, the building has become a symbol of the optimistic spirit of post-war Modernism. Since its inauguration, the House of World Cultures has been hosting conferences and art festivals with a particular interest in global cultural exchange. The building is one of Berlin’s most noted sites and conveniently located close to the Reichstag parliament building and the city center.

For further information, see www.hkw.de. 

Exhibition
An accompanying exhibition is intended to give a visual impression of the conference subject – to bring together the debate on ideas and its material manifestation.

The conference presents the results of the research project (Monday) and provides a platform for cross-regional exchange and inter-disciplinary discussion (Tuesday and Wednesday). In addition, it offers lectures by international researchers and practitioners with various professional backgrounds.»online registration

Monday, December 6, 2004

8:00
Registration

9:30
Welcome and Opening

10:00
Keynote by »Anthony King, sociologist, USA

11:00 - 18:00
Regional Reports
Brazil: »Ruth Verde Zein
Mexico: »Susanne Dussel
Middle East: »Khaled Asfour
India: »Rahul Mehrotra
Singapore: »Robert Powell

20:00
Evening Lecture by »Dogan Kuban, historian, Turkey

Tuesday, December 7, 2004

9:00
Morning Lecture by Tayib Taizini, philosopher, Syria (requested)

10:00 - 18:20
Five Parallel Panel Discussions on Cross-Regional Topics
Panel I: The Making of Local Identity
This panel focuses on the question of how local identity is currently being made.
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Panel II: The Global and the Local
This panel deals with the impact of globalization on local architecture and related discourses.
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Panel III: Theoretical Concepts – Revisited
This panel discusses the validity of concepts that have been developed over the past 20 years to explain contemporary phenomena in architecture.
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Panel IV: Diversity as a Pattern of Local Architecture
This panel focuses on the diversification of styles and architectural languages.
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Panel V: Identity and (Invented) Traditions
This panel discusses the role and meaning of tradition in the making of identity in contemporary architecture.
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20:00
Evening Lecture by »Rasem Badran, architect, Jordan (requested)

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

9:00
Morning Lecture by »Liane Lefaivre, theoretician, Austria

10:00
Reports from the Panels

12:00
Closing Debate

14:00
Farewell

Thursday, December 9, 2004

Architecture in Berlin – Guided Tours

Register before November 22, 2004!
»online registration

Conference Venue is the »House of World Cultures

Keynote Speakers and Research Partners

»Khaled Asfour, research partner, Egypt

»Rasem Badran, architect, Jordan

»Susanne Dussel, research partner, Mexico

»Anthony King , sociologist, USA

»Dogan Kuban, historian, Turkey

»Liane Lefaivre, theoretician, Austria

»William Lim, research partner, Singapore

»Rahul Mehrotra, research partner, India

»Ruth Verde Zein, research partner, Brazil

Panel Speakers
»Amanda Achmadi, Indonesia / Australia
»Ipek Akpinar, Turkey
»Alberto Alessi, Switzerland / Italy
»Zeynep Aygen, United Kingdom / Turkey
»Carolynne Baker, Australia
»Clinton Bird, New Zealand
»Luis Bozzolo Belgeri, Chile
»Petra Ceferin, Slovenia
»Meriem Chabou, Algeria
»Thomas Daniell, Japan / New Zealand
»Leonardo Díaz-Borioli, Mexico / USA
»Andy Earl, United Kingdom
»Astrid Edlinger, Japan / Austria
»Keith L. Eggener, USA
»Alisa Eimen, Iran / USA
»Ghassan El-Badwan, Syria
»Liliana Ruth Feierstein, Argentina / Germany
»Oya Atalay Franck, Turkey / Switzerland
»Cynthia Hammond, Canada
»Felipe Hernández, United Kingdom
»Manuel Herz, Germany
»George W. K. Intsiful, Ghana
»Uche Isichei, Nigeria / New Zealand
»George Katodrytis, United Arab Emirates
»Francis Kéré, Burkina Faso / Germany
»Eduard Kögel, Germany
»Steffen Lehmann, Australia / Germany
»Dehua Li, China
»Johanna Lozoya Meckes, Mexico
»Yongyi Lu, China
»Ebrahim Isa Majed, Bahrain
»Carlos Marquez, United Kingdom
»Madalena Cunha Matos, Portugal
»Yvonne Mautner, Brazil
»Patricia Morgado, Peru / USA
»Christine Müller, Switzerland
»Carl O’Coill, United Kingdom
»Mark R. O. Olweny, Uganda / Germany
»Nuray Özaslan, Turkey
»Ahsen Özsoy, Turkey
»J. Agustín Pastén B., Chile / USA
»Indrek Peil, Estonia
»Styliane Philippou, United Kingdom
»Carmen Popescu, Romania / France
»Güven Arif Sargin, Turkey
»Leslie Sklair, United Kingdom
»Funda Uz Sönmez, Turkey
»A. Srivathsan, India
»Florian Steinberg, Indonesia / Germany
»Pelin Tan, Turkey
»Pamela Theodora, Germany
»Florian Urban, USA / Germany
»Jacqueline Wadulo, Uganda / Germany
»Kathleen Watt, United Kingdom
»Shundana Yusaf, Pakistan / USA

Other Participants listed by date of registration
Ghazal Raheb, Iran
Abbas Tarkashvand, Iran
Agyemang Duah Kennedy, Ghana
Nathalie O. A. Jean Baptiste, Mexico / Germany
Oyedeji Francis Ayinde, Nigeria
Evan Lie, Indonesia
Tomasz Szymanski, Poland
Emmanuel Alli, Nigeria
Amanuel Teshome Kebede, Ethopia
Rusel Keles, Turkey
Ahmed Mohammed Awal, Ghana
Salami Azeez Babatunde, Nigeria
Abdul-Latif Osumanu, Ghana
Oke Abiodun Akinwunmi, Nigeria
Adewale Mattew Adeseun, Nigeria
Taiwo Williams, Nigeria
Daniel Blessing, Nigeria
Adetemi Olushola, Nigeria
Osamudiadem K. Omokaro, Nigeria
Afolarin A. Ayodele, Nigeria
Charles Onyema, Nigeria
Friday A. Ebhohimen, Nigeria
Andrea Rieger-Jandl, Austria
Kathrin Schroeder, Germany
Ayobami Ademola Akanmu, Nigeria
Oluwaseun Gabriel Arinola, Nigeria
Patricia Pedrosa, Portugal
Adewale Abdulfatai Ajao, Nigeria
Michael Oluwaseun Adeko, Nigeria
Kyoko Murakami, United Kingdom