In the Distance: HTC@MIT *research-in-progress 2010

MIT Dept. of Architecture - Graduate Student Conference The general perception is that intellectual and creative production outside of major cultural centers necessarily defines itself in relationship to these centers. However, the 2010 *research-in-progress conference proposes that this condition of dependence, generated by geographical distance, can be stimulating, productive, and sometimes even liberating. How and by whom are such notions as “periphery” and “province” constructed? How does the acceptance or denial of one’s own “provincialism” influence identity and culture in general? What are the factors that produce cultural distance and why does it still exist in our contemporary high-speed and digital world? These are a few of the many possible questions our conference addresses. http://research-in-progress.mit.edu/ For further information please email [email protected]