Interdisciplinary Studies at UMBC invites undergraduate students of engineering, visual arts, environmental science, journalism, and interdisciplinary studies to submit a design proposal for a kinetic sculpture (a bicycle powered work of art).
Interdisciplinary Studies will offer a $250 prize to the winning design for a kinetic sculpture that will be built by a UMBC team of students and entered into the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race. To explore themes of sustainability, the working title for the kinetic sculpture is the “Trashmonster Upcycle.” Our goal is to put the notion of upcycling ("converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value") into motion by collecting discarded materials (also known as trash) that could be used as part of a bicycle powered sculpture.
For more information, please visit the UMBC Kinetic Sculpture Race blog at http://kineticumbc.blogspot.com and the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race web site at http://www.kineticbaltimore.com/.
RFP guidelines:
Please submit a description of up to 300 words and a detailed sketch for a kinetic sculpture powered by either 2 or 4 cyclists. The narrative must address the following questions:
1. What are the overall dimensions?
2. What are primary construction materials?
3. Do you propose incorporating regular bicycle frames or starting from “scratch” in a recumbent rider position?
4. How will the vehicle navigate roads, water, and mud?
Materials that could be used for aesthetic, structural or flotation purposes include:
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CALL FOR PAPERS / CALL FOR PANELS PROPOSALS ECOMUSEUMS
2014 | |||||||||
September 3-5, 2014 * Montalegre * Portugal | |||||||||
Organised by:Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development / International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies – Newcastle University | |||||||||
Conference Overview |
Montalegre, Portugal | ||||||||
ECOMUSEUMS 2014 - 2nd International Conference on Ecomuseums, Community Museums and Living Communities follows the path established by its first conference and (as the predecessor) aims at gathering scholars, academics and practitioners working in the areas of Ecomuseums and Community Museums all over the world in an event that may contribute to the global discussion and understanding of the ecomuseums and community museums phenomena. The ecomuseum movement has its origins
in late 1960’s France when the roles museums can play in linking people,
their heritage expressions and places, as well as affecting social change,
were examined. At this time, traditional museum activities, which centered
on the collection of heritage to be interpreted by curators and other
museum professionals within a museum building, were viewed as both limited
and exclusive in approach. It can
be considered that this wide range of ecomuseological and community-based
museological initiatives demonstrates an international interest in
alternative heritage management approaches. For this reason, Ecomuseums
2012 seeks to bring together scholars, researchers, architects and
heritage professionals to discuss the commonalities, differences and
future of safeguarding practices that are holistic and community oriented
in scope. ECOMUSEUMS 2014 is a peer reviewed conference. | |||||||||
Visit the conference website for full details about the conference scope, topics and submission procedures at: | |||||||||
Abstract and Panel Proposal Submission | |||||||||
Submit an abstract or a panel proposal via the conference website: http://www.ecomuseums2014.greenlines-institute.org or contact the Conference Secretariat below. | |||||||||
Topics | |||||||||
· Community-based museological approaches: challenges, opportunities, practices · The evolution and geographical diaspora of ecomuseum practices · Beyond ecomuseums: Sociomuseology, its theory and practice · Place, communities and heritage: relationships and ecomuseological interventions · Nature,culture and communities: making connections through ecomuseology · The economuseum movement: conserving traditional crafts · Tourism, environment and sustainability: ecomuseological approaches · Working with ethnic minorities: community museology and indigenous curation · Architecture and spatial planning: ecomuseological and inclusive approaches · Urban ecomuseums: conceptual issues, challenges and opportunities | |||||||||
Official Languages | |||||||||
Official language of the conference for publication purposes is ENGLISH. Therefore, abstracts and papers must be submitted in English. Official languages of the conference for oral presentations are ENGLISH, SPANISH
and PORTUGUESE. | |||||||||
Conference Secretariat | |||||||||
Secretariat ECOMUSEUMS 2014 Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development Av. Alcaides de Faria, 377 S12 4750-106 Barcelos, PORTUGAL Telephone: + 351 253 815 037 | |||||||||