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uevelopmenLs ln LransporLaLlon communlcaLlon and neLworklng Lechnologles ln recenL decades have

lnsLlgaLed unprecedenLed flow of people goods and lnformaLlon across Lhe globe a phenomenon LhaL has
shaped Lhe allpowerful LhrusL of globallzaLlon 1hls phenomenon led a drlve for Laklng a unlversal ouLlook on
soclal economlc and envlronmenLal lssues buL aL Lhe same Llme lnsLlgaLed a wave of crlLlclsm WlLh lLs
Lendency Lo blur Lhe boundarles among naLlons and culLures globallzaLlon ls seen as benevolenL and
progresslve by some and malevolenL and regresslve by oLhers Whlle one camp promlses economlc prosperlLy
for parLners of global exchanges Lhe counLerparL proLesLs Lhe poLenLlal of Lhe exchanges Lo breed eroslon ln
socleLal ldenLlLles of reglons and naLlons 1he opposlng vlews Lackle all aspecLs of human llvlng and as such
spread broadly Lo Lhe academla and Lhe professlons where heaLed debaLes on global lssues are now endurlng
CSAA8 2007 conference addresses reglonal archlLecLure and ldenLlLy ln Lhe bullL envlronmenL ln Lhe conLexL of
globallzaLlon 1he conference wlll focus on Lhe sLudy of lncreaslng conLradlcLlons beLween Lhe
modernlzaLlon of reglons on Lhe one hand and Lhe culLural ldenLlLy of Lhese places on Lhe oLher
1hough Lhe recenL Llde of globallzaLlon ls very sLrong lL ls clear LhaL Lhere ls also a counLervalllng need for
reglonallsm We propose LhaL globallzaLlon can only succeed on Lhe basls of healLhy reglonallsm lL ls evldenL
LhaL under sLrong globallzaLlon Lrends reglonal ldenLlLles dld noL dlsappear Cn Lhe conLrary Lhey have
Lenaclously conLlnued Lo express Lhemselves urbanlslLlclly archlLecLurally and behavlorally 1he conference
lnLends Lo use Lhls proposlLlon as a polnL of deparLure Lo explore and examlne Lhe varlous dlscourses regardlng
reglonallsm globallzaLlon and Lhelr lmpacL on Lhe bullL envlronmenL CuesLlons Lo be asked and lssues Lo be
consldered lnclude reglonal archlLecLure and how lL ls belng (re)deflned lnLeracLlon(s) beLween Lhe reglonal
and Lhe global Lhe lnLersecLlon beLween colonlal pasL and conLemporary archlLecLural producLlons Lhe
reglonal dynamlcs of archlLecLural/culLural flows Lhe Lrends of reglonallsm and how Lhey coexlsL compeLe or
conLradlcL wlLh Lhe process of globallzaLlon Lhe role of archlLecLure ln connecLlng people and culLures across
geographlcal and chronologlcal boundarles Lhe role of Lhe sLaLe ln promoLlng/ consLrucLlng varlous Lypes of
culLural ldenLlLles brldglng Lhe gab beLween 8eglonallsm and ModernlzaLlon how reglonal archlLecLure can
surmounL Lhe llmlLaLlons of consLanL forms of Lhe pasL Lo whaL level feaLures of conLemporary urban
developmenLs respond more Lo global (economlc) condlLlons Lhan Lo local or naLlonal ones Lo whaL exLenL
reglonallsm accepL oLher reglons LradlLlons and lncorporaLe and lnLegraLe new Lechnologlcal and
envlronmenLal lnvenLlons