CfP : ACAHUCH Inaugural Symposium : Park Life 2022
Park Life considers evolutions in urban and cultural heritage through a focus on a single Melbourne suburb : Parkville.
Image: Royal Park from the Saunders House, Gatehouse and Morrah Streets Parkville
The values ascribed to streets and landscapes, buildings and places shift over time. Access, interpretation and display have become crucial components in recognising and enacting conservation.
The landscape of Quor-nóng/Royal Park has been inhabited by First Peoples for millennia. Following colonisation, Royal Park was reserved as a public park with neighbourhoods and institutions constructed on its edges. Park Life seeks to interrogate the impact of institutions such as the university, hospitals, a prison, a major park and a zoo, as well as local precincts. Parkville is a suburb of diverse building types surrounding Royal Park, and home to major Melbourne institutions including the symposium host, the University of Melbourne. Parkville has played a pivotal role in Australian understandings of heritage, memory, commemoration, and dwelling.
In 1972, South Parkville was declared Melbourne’s first historic area by the National Trust. This one-day symposium strives to examine how global and national understandings of heritage have been reflected in all parts of Parkville, and what different meanings Parkville has come to take on since that time.
We invite:
- research on Parkville and its built and natural landscapes
- social and historical examinations of the life of Parkville
- critical approaches to the heritage of Parkville
SUB-THEMES
Environment
- Parkville as Wurundjeri Country
- Architecture and Planning of Parkville
- Quor-nóng / Royal Park and Landscapes of Parkville
People
- Organisations and Individuals shaping Parkville
- Activism and Engagement from Parkville
- Parkville in the life of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Asia-Pacific regions
Heritage
- Designating and Conserving Parkville
- Remembering and Interpreting Parkville
- Walking and Experiencing Parkville
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words accompanied by 1 key image, a short bio outlining current professional engagement / research activities and affiliation. Submit your abstract by 25 July 2022 to contact-acahuch@unimelb.edu.au. Successful applicants will be invited to present a 15-minute paper. Applications from early career researchers and PhD students are strongly encouraged.
PUBLICATION
Selected papers from the symposium will be published in an edited collection. To be considered for inclusion in this book, submit your full paper (up to 4500 words, excluding footnotes and references) by 6 February 2023.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Emeritus Miles Lewis AM Associate Professor Shawana Andrews
VENUE AND REGISTRATION
The symposium will be held (in a COVID-19 safe manner) at the University of Melbourne’s Glyn Davis (MSD) Building, and involve a walking tour of Parkville. A $50 / $25 fee covering catering costs will apply for those attending in-person. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, these arrangements are subject to change.
To register to attend, please click here.
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KEY DATES
- Mon 25 July 2022 Final date for submission of Abstracts
- Tue 06 September 2022 Notification of successful Abstracts
- Fri 04 November 2022 Park Life Symposium at University of Melbourne
- Mon 06 February 2023 Final papers due for Publication consideration