16th International Docomomo Conference

On the 11th October 2019, the Scientific Committee Meeting will meet up in Tokyo, Japan, to organize the 16th International Docomomo Conference.

Hosted by Docomomo Japan, the 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, at the Ueno Park Area, from 10th to 13th September 2020, under the theme: Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities.

Schedule
15th March – 14 September –  Call for papers.
Early November 2019 – Call for papers’ selection notification.
30 January 2020 – Full paper submission deadline (1st version); Registration deadline for speakers and sessions chairs.
10 March 2020 – Deadline for session chairs to return papers with comments to the authors, with their  revision.
15 April 2020 – Full paper submission deadline (final version); Full submission of the key lecture of the session;
6-10 September 2020 – Docomomo student workshop
10-13 September 2020 – 16th International Docomomo Conference
14-15 September 2020 – Doco tours

Theme
Today, not only in Europe, but in Japan, South America, Africa and throughout the world, the architectural cultural heritage that we call the “Modern Movement” (MoMo) has been exposed to the major force of conscious/unconscious destructions.
We can trace the causes to three reasons:
1: Popular ignorance regarding the MoMo
2: Self-vulnerability of MoMo
3: Skepticism towards MoMo ideology

Hence why , we are embarking on a mission to mitigate these three elements of threat which are endangering the MoMo.
We are calling for, not only, those experts who are directly and indirectly connected to the movement, but all the people interested in the protection of the MoMo in a renewed future, to come together to offer knowledge and experience.
There are also three types of knowledge that we must collect from the global community.
From the experts:
1. Knowledge of relativization and reinterpretation;
2. Technology, methodology and policy to revitalize the value and the vitality of the MoMo.
And, from the adults gathered around the experts and the children who will carry our world towards the future:
3. Knowledge of education and enlightenment.

More details will be presented soon.
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