Traces and Places: Climatic Spaces / Changing Environments20th Annual IASESP ConferenceJacksonville, Florida, USA April 25-27, 2025
Traces link place to space, present to past, and contemporary environments to future ecologies. By definition, traces are small, but they are not negligible. They house larger contexts, hold what is absent, and remain through rapid change. Trace, in its active verb form, delineates and sketches; those in architecture and design professions are well-acquainted with the many layers of trace paper—and today the many iterations of digital models—that a project engages. Further back, trace was a path or trail, a way of getting from one place to the next but also a lived experience of passing through. And Latin tractus is a pulling or drawing out and, by extension, the continuous structure of liturgy or, further afield, an extended region—a tract—where events occur.
This year’s conference marks the 20th annual gathering of the International Association for the Study of Environment, Space and Place (IASESP) and provides an opportunity to trace the diverse range of dialogues from past years and to consider anew how interdisciplinarity offers unique perspectives on place and space. This interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore a wide range of questions related to this theme of traces and places. We invite papers from any discipline dealing with this theme.
The deadline for submitting an abstract is January 31, 2025. Please send questions and abstract submittals to Charlie Hailey (CLHAILEY@ufl.edu) and Elizabeth Cronin (EMCRONIN@ufl.edu). More information about IASESP and past conferences can be found at IASESP.org.
Contact Information
Jeffrey Webb
2303 College Avenue
Huntington, IN 46750
Contact Emailjwebb@huntington.edu