Ethics of Professional Practice Workshop
A practical workshop meant to investigate the ethics of working as an architect today, instructed by Dr. Tom Spector. The workshop is based on lectures that Onora O’Neill gave in 2002 and at the ‘Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas’ conference in Cambridge in 2004.
Building Trust between architects and clients is one thing–requiring subtlety and character–but is not an especially philosophically charged topic. But institutional trust is another matter. What O’Neill brought up was the vexed question of oversight of a nation’s professions. Professions are supposed to be self-regulating due to the complexity of the subject matter, but all too often this is perceived as self-protection instead. But is it possible to create effective oversight? The question of maintaining trust between the profession of architecture and society IS philosophically interesting. Can a profession truly be trusted? Should it? Have there been any developments in the topic in the ensuing years?
More information to come…
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O’Neill, O. “A Question of Trust: The BBC Reith Lectures 2002.” Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
*Please note the Professional Practice Panel Session and the Posters Session have been replaced by the above workshop.
April 18, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I will be expecting news from this page. Regards
April 18, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Glad to hear you are interested and waiting for updates. We are working on sorting out the particulars at the moment and hopefully will have information to publish soon!
June 27, 2011 at 12:08 pm
[...] gave in 2002 and at the ‘Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas’ conference in Cambridge in 2004 read more… —- D e a d l i n e s : Abstracts: 28 October 2011 Notification of Acceptance: 06 January [...]
August 2, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Two Questions:
1. Are international (non-EU) abstract/paper submissions invited?
2. Are undergraduate students eligible to submit abstracts/papers & present at the conference?
Thanks.
August 2, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Hi Menna,
1. non-EU submissions are more than welcome. ISPA is an international society, so there are no national loyalties.
2. undergraduate submissions are welcome, although abstracts are unnecessary for participation in the professional practice panel. All abstract submissions to the main strand and the landscape strand will however be reviewed for their appropriateness and research quality.
Thanks for your interest. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Carolyn