Routes, Roads & Landscapes
15. September 2009
International conference 24th - 25th September 2009
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
If ‘landscape’ is defined as culturally configured nature, then infrastructure
may be considered the single most important factor generating it. The route makes
nature accessible, defining our viewpoint towards it and conditioning our involvement
with it. As such, paths, roads and railways constitute poignant meeting points
between nature and culture, representing as well as facilitating our relation
to the natural world. This two day conference sets out to investigate the ways in which various kinds of routes have shaped
modern conceptions of the landscape by framing it as a view, an aesthetic object,
or a place for interaction. We will inquire into the role of the route itself,
both as an aesthetic object and as a setting for aesthetic practices.
In order to elucidate these topics, we have invited a series of outstanding international scholars from many fields. In addition, we have invited scholars and students to submit abstracts related to the following conference topics (see below).
The conference is free of charge and open to all.
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