ANNOUNCEMENT: Terra 2021 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage will take place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA from June 8 – 11, 2021. This is the thirteenth international congress organized by the earthen architecture community under the aegis of ICOMOS since 1972, and the second to be held in New Mexico, thirty years after Adobe 90 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Terra 2021 is expected to draw up to 600 specialists in the fields of conservation, anthropology, archaeology, architecture and engineering, scientific research, site management, and sustainable development of earthen architectural heritage.
The four-day program will include presentations, posters and videos / digital media that reflect the latest research and best practice in the study and conservation of earthen heritage around the world. The wealth, variety and significance of earthen heritage in Santa Fe, New Mexico and the greater region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico make it an ideal setting for the congress and will help inform and stimulate conversations around earthen heritage. The program will include sessions presenting technical information, management issues, methodology, advances in research, case studies and guidelines for best practice.
Organized by Getty Conservation Institute, National Park Service, Vanishing Treasures Program and University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Under the aegis of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, International Scientific Committee on the Conservation of the Earthen Architectural Heritage
Themes
Southwestern US and Northern Mexico
Archaeological Sites
Historic Buildings and Structures
Urban Settings
Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes
Advances in Research
History of Conservation
Education and Advocacy
Risk and Vulnerability
Care by and for Communities
For detailed descriptions of each theme, please visit the Call for Abstracts page.
Key Dates
March 1, 2020 Deadline for abstract submissions
June 2020 Second announcement
June 2020 Registration opens for congress, pre-congress workshops and post-congress tours
August 2020 Paper / poster / digital media acceptance notice and mailing of guidelines to authors
February 2021 Early bird registration closes
June 5 – 7, 2021 Pre-congress workshops
June 8 – 11, 2021 Terra 2021 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage
June 12 – 15, 2021 Post-congress tours
October 31, 2021 Deadline for submission of papers for publication in the Terra 2021 Proceedings
March 2022 Authors notified of paper acceptance
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