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2108 VAF Cummings Book Prinze

Type: Awards, Grants, Fellowships [View all]
Posted by: Vernacular Architecture Forum
Deadline: Fri, December 15th, 2017

The Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize, named after the founding president of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, is awarded annually to the publication that has made the most significant contribution to the study of vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes. In judging the nominated books, the jurors look for a publication that is:

- based on primary research,

- emphasizes fieldwork that takes seriously the materiality of architecture and landscapes, and draws on particular elements of environments as evidence.

- breaks new ground in interpretation or methodology, and

- contributes generally to the intellectual vitality of vernacular studies in North America.

 

Entries may come from any discipline concerned with vernacular architecture studies. Books published from January 2016 through December 2017 are eligible for consideration. Edited collections of previously published materials are not eligible.

 

The deadline for the 2018 Cummings Prize is December 15, 2017.

 

There is no application form, but a cover letter should include a complete mailing address, phone number and email address in order to notify the candidate should the nominated work receive the award.

 

Books should be sent directly to each of the three committee members for the Cummings Prize. Please contact the committee chair with any questions at dupton (at) humnet.ucla.edu.

 

2018 Cummings Prize committee:

 

Dell Upton, chair

4169 Motor Avenue

Culver City CA 90232

 

Cynthia Falk
4 Grove Street

Cooperstown, NY 13326

 

Will Moore

BU AMNESP

226 Bay State Rd.

 

Boston MA 02215

Posted on Tue, November 7th, 2017
Expires on Fri, December 15th, 2017

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