Call for Papers: The Construction of Latin American Historiography: A Dialogue Between Cultures. (Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère)
Edited by Patricia Méndez and Anat Falbel, CRAUP Issue No. 25 explores the historiographical operations of architecture, urbanism, and landscape in Latin America from the colonial era to the late 20th century. This call invites scholars to analyze these
historiographical approaches within their cultural contexts and in relation to dialogues between "neighboring and contemporary" historians—viewing these as cultural transfers that have occurred in both directions between Europe, North America,
and South America over a broad historical arc.
Original research is welcomed on the writing of Latin American spatial history, focusing on architecture and urbanism across a wide temporal and geographical spectrum, with three main perspectives:
Case studies on Latin American historians—examining them as spokespersons for a particular cultural context, considering their origins, education, and political, ideological, and identity-related commitments—to identify dialogues and
exchanges from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Case studies on foreign intellectuals, artists, critics, and historians—who traveled across the continent from the mid-18th century to modernity, influencing both disciplinary teaching and the historiography of architecture and urbanism.
Analysis of cultural dialogue between Latin American and foreign intellectuals and historians—exploring national and international networks that facilitated the circulation of concepts, critical analyses, research methodologies, and historiographical
perspectives on Latin American architecture and urbanism.
