BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We invite papers for the Session 09 "Building Coloniality: Glob al Landscapes of Architectural Labour" at Architecture and Labour\, III Co lonial and Postcolonial Landscapes International Congress\, Calouste Gulbe nkian Foundation\, Lisbon | 11&ndash\;13 February 2026In the past decades\ , architectural history has taken a global turn and acquired an interest i n production processes. However\, few studies have focused on the intersec tion between global histories of construction labour and aspects of tacit coloniality. From the end of the 19th century\, globalisation of financial capital and expansion of infrastructure materialised in large internation al construction projects realised through access to comparatively cheap la bour. This labour was sourced from economically disadvantaged areas\, caus ing waves of transnational migration nuancing colonial dependendencies. Ex amples of such movements range from the Italian workers building infrastru cture in Switzerland and Denmark in the late 19th century or German carpen ters moving to Australia to aid post-war reconstruction to contemporary So uth-East Asian construction workers engaged with Chinese-funded infrastruc tural projects in Africa and the Gulf Area. The directionality of global c onstruction labour flows directly illustrates and reveals the often-concea led global economic inequalities. While ubiquitous\, histories of migrant labourers on large construction ventures remain untold\, constrained by li mited institutional archives. Nevertheless\, these histories can still be traced through tangible artefacts&mdash\;such as remnants of on-site worke rs&rsquo\; housing\, personal diaries and managerial journals\, or less ta ngible sources&mdash\;for example\, reflected in the tacit skill transfer when construction labourers returned to work on local projects or oral his tories passed onwards.The session welcomes contributions that deal with gl obal histories of architectural labour and coloniality from the end of the 19th century until today. Potential topics might include cases of large c onstruction ventures that relied on transnational labour\, micro-histories of people engaged with such projects\, studies of temporary on-site infra structures to accommodate migrant labourers or investigations of diplomati c agreements and legislations developed to relocate construction workers. We welcome contributions from all geographic contexts but are particularly interested in overlooked case studies from countries in the Global South and the former Socialist bloc.Submission Period: \;March 20\, 2025 to May 20\, 2025Submit proposals (in English) via: \;https://forms.gle/TD Xj6piGKzhgrSJa8Proposal Requirements:Selected session (Session 09 &ndash\; Building Coloniality)TitleAbstract (max 300 words)Author(s) name(s)\, ema il(s)\, and institutional affiliation(s)Short CV (max 100 words)For inquir ies\, please contact:Dr. Angela Gigliotti \;(ETH Zü\;rich\, Chair of History and Theory of Urban Design) &ndash\; \;gigliotti@arch.ethz. chDr. Maryia Rusak \;(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology\, Architecture History\, Institute for Architectural Design\, Art and Theory) &ndash\;&n bsp\;maryia.rusak@kit.edu DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250521 DTSTAMP:20250510T022339Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250508 LOCATION:Portugal\,Lisbon\,Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Building Coloniality: Global Landscapes of Archite ctural Labour UID:RFCALITEM638824406193962616 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We invite papers for the Session 09 "Building Colonial ity: Global Landscapes of Architectural Labour" at Architecture and Labour \, III Colonial and Postcolonial Landscapes International Congress\, Calou ste Gulbenkian Foundation\, Lisbon | 11&ndash\;13 February 2026

In t he past decades\, architectural history has taken a global turn and acquir ed an interest in production processes. However\, few studies have focused on the intersection between global histories of construction labour and a spects of tacit coloniality. From the end of the 19th century\, globalisat ion of financial capital and expansion of infrastructure materialised in l arge international construction projects realised through access to compar atively cheap labour. This labour was sourced from economically disadvanta ged areas\, causing waves of transnational migration nuancing colonial dep endendencies. Examples of such movements range from the Italian workers bu ilding infrastructure in Switzerland and Denmark in the late 19th century or German carpenters moving to Australia to aid post-war reconstruction to contemporary South-East Asian construction workers engaged with Chinese-f unded infrastructural projects in Africa and the Gulf Area. The directiona lity of global construction labour flows directly illustrates and reveals the often-concealed global economic inequalities. While ubiquitous\, histo ries of migrant labourers on large construction ventures remain untold\, c onstrained by limited institutional archives. Nevertheless\, these histori es can still be traced through tangible artefacts&mdash\;such as remnants of on-site workers&rsquo\; housing\, personal diaries and managerial journ als\, or less tangible sources&mdash\;for example\, reflected in the tacit skill transfer when construction labourers returned to work on local proj ects or oral histories passed onwards.

The session welcomes co ntributions that deal with global histories of architectural labour and co loniality from the end of the 19th century until today. Potential topics m ight include cases of large construction ventures that relied on transnati onal labour\, micro-histories of people engaged with such projects\, studi es of temporary on-site infrastructures to accommodate migrant labourers o r investigations of diplomatic agreements and legislations developed to re locate construction workers. We welcome contributions from all geographic contexts but are particularly interested in overlooked case studies from c ountries in the Global South and the former Socialist bloc.

Submission Period: \;March 20\, 2025 to May 20\, 2025Submit proposals (in English) via: \;https://forms.gle/TDXj6piGKzhgrS Ja8

Proposal Requirements:

For inquiries\, please contact:
Dr. Angela Gigliotti \;(ETH Zü\;r ich\, Chair of History and Theory of Urban Design) &ndash\; \;< strong style="background-color:transparent\;color:inherit\;font-size:inher it\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret -color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">gigliotti@arch.ethz.ch

Dr. Maryia Rusak  \;(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology\, Architecture History\, Institute fo r Architectural Design\, Art and Theory) &ndash\; \;maryia.rusak@kit.edu

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