BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Call for PapersSession 'Excavating the Landfill: Towards an Env ironmental History of Architecture&rsquo\;s Waste' at EAHN 2026 Aarhus\, 9 th Biennial ConferenceSumbission deadline: 19 September 2025Session Chairs : Kim Fö\;rster\, The University of Manchester\, kim.forster@mancheste r.ac.uk\; Dr. Adam Przywara\, University of Fribourg\, Switzerland\, adam. przywara@unifr.chMore infromation: \;https://eahn.org/2025/05/eahn-9th -biennial-conference-aarhus-2026/The Trü\;mmerberge in post-war German y\, Crosby Beach outside Liverpool\, Leslie Spit in Lake Ontario near Toro nto and Fresh Kills on Staten Island in New York City are paradigmatic exa mples of the construction and demolition waste (CDW) landfills of the 20th century that characterise the modern cityscape. These landforms are a uni que material record and expression of architectural production. Yet despit e growing academic interest in extraction\, consumption and waste in archi tecture and urban studies\, it is surprising that the history of landfills has yet to be unearthed.Over the past decades\, architectural historians have demonstrated significant engagement with the concept of waste and was teland\, facilitating their transformation into productive properties thro ughout pre-modern Europe (Di Palma\, 2014) and dealing with deindustrializ ed sites resulting from C20 capitalist and socialist industrialism (Hauser \, 2001). This panel aims to collect analyses that emphasizes the historic al role of the architectural profession and the architecture industry rega rding waste\, both its generation and the creation of landfills at the end of the product chain. Within urban contexts\, scholars have elucidated th e ways in which built environment has become involved in existing processe s of wasting (Labban\, 2019). By drawing theoretical frameworks that advoc ate for a critical examination of the negative conditions of architecture (Cairns and Jacobs\, 2014)\, we seek to foster a deeper understanding of a rchitecture and waste.CDW has long been a defining feature of urban develo pment (Foster and Schopf\, 2017). Practices such as earthworks\, backfilli ng\, land reclamation\, river regulation\, and landfilling contribute to t he creation of environments with unique historical contexts that necessita te analysis in relation to the histories of building that prompted these m aterial flows. Simultaneously\, landfills across time and space exhibit di stinct material\, spatial\, technological\, social and economic dimensions \, which may offer a productive and optimistic perspective on the reciproc al landscapes (Hutton\, 2018) of building materials and wasting. Fostering a historical understanding of CDW is crucial for critically contextualizi ng the contemporary challenges posed by landfills contaminated for example with asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)\, or\, in the most ext reme\, the construction of repositories designed to contain the demolition waste generated by decommissioned nuclear power plants.We invite proposal s that investigate the architectural history of landfills from the onset o f the Industrial Revolution to the present day. We seek contributions that examine the material\, social\, cultural\, political\, and economic dimen sions associated with the deposition of construction industry waste within the landscape. Additionally\, we are particularly interested in papers th at offer insights into historiographical methods designed to incorporate t he study of landfills into broader disciplinary discussions. DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250920 DTSTAMP:20250901T055901Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250822 LOCATION:Denmark SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CFP - Excavating the Landfill: Towards an Environmental History of Architecture’s Waste - EAHN 2026 UID:RFCALITEM638923031419952012 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Call for Papers

Session 'Excavating the Landfill: Towards an Environmental History of Architecture&rsquo\;s Wa ste' at < /span>EAHN 2026 Aarhus\, 9th Biennial Conferen ce

Sumbissi on deadline: 19 September 2025

Session Chairs: Kim Fö\;rster \, The University of Manchester\, kim.forster@manchester.ac.uk\; Dr. Adam Przywara\, University of Fribourg\, Switzerland\, adam.przywara@unifr.ch

More infromation: \;

The Tr& uuml\;mmerberge in post-war Germany\, Crosby Beach outside Liverpool\, Les lie Spit in Lake Ontario near Toronto and Fresh Kills on Staten Island in New York City are paradigmatic examples of the construction and demolition waste (CDW) landfills of the 20th century that characterise the modern ci tyscape. These landforms are a unique material record and expression of ar chitectural production. Yet despite growing academic interest in extractio n\, consumption and waste in architecture and urban studies\, it is surpri sing that the history of landfills has yet to be unearthed.

< span>Over t he past decades\, architectural historians have demonstrated significant e ngagement with the concept of waste and wasteland\, facilitating their tra nsformation into productive properties throughout pre-modern Europe (Di Pa lma\, 2014) and dealing with deindustrialized sites resulting from C20 cap italist and socialist industrialism (Hauser\, 2001). This panel aims to co llect analyses that emphasizes the historical role of the architectural pr ofession and the architecture industry regarding waste\, both its generati on and the creation of landfills at the end of the product chain. Within u rban contexts\, scholars have elucidated the ways in which built environme nt has become involved in existing processes of wasting (Labban\, 2019). B y drawing theoretical frameworks that advocate for a critical examination of the negative conditions of architecture (Cairns and Jacobs\, 2014)\, we seek to foster a deeper understanding of architecture and waste.

CDW has long been a defining feature of urban development (Foster and Schopf\, 2017). P ractices such as earthworks\, backfilling\, land reclamation\, river regul ation\, and landfilling contribute to the creation of environments with un ique historical contexts that necessitate analysis in relation to the hist ories of building that prompted these material flows. Simultaneously\, lan dfills across time and space exhibit distinct material\, spatial\, technol ogical\, social and economic dimensions\, which may offer a productive and optimistic perspective on the reciprocal landscapes (Hutton\, 2018) of bu ilding materials and wasting. Fostering a historical understanding of CDW is crucial for critically contextualizing the contemporary challenges pose d by landfills contaminated for example with asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)\, or\, in the most extreme\, the construction of reposito ries designed to contain the demolition waste generated by decommissioned nuclear power plants.

We invite proposals that investigate the architectural hi story of landfills from the onset of the Industrial Revolution to the pres ent day. We seek contributions that examine the material\, social\, cultur al\, political\, and economic dimensions associated with the deposition of construction industry waste within the landscape. Additionally\, we are p articularly interested in papers that offer insights into historiographica l methods designed to incorporate the study of landfills into broader disc iplinary discussions.

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