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The Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures area focuses on the study of the built environment within a historical framework. Scholars associated with this area seek to understand the relationship between built form and culture and they study the complex relationship between cultural practices, material culture and human agency. Two major epistemological frameworks define Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures scholarship. First is the complex dialectic between the empirical material environment and social theory. The second pertains to situating the knowledge of buildings, landscapes and cultures within shifting social, geographical, and temporal scales of analysis. The Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures curriculum is unique because each campus retains its program independence while sharing resources and collaborating through courses.
The Milwaukee and Madison program requirements are different. At Milwaukee, Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures students receive a degree in architecture and pursue program requirements of the doctoral program in Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. At Madison, students fulfill the requirements of the Architectural Option within the doctoral program in Art History. Milwaukee students matriculate with a PhD in Architecture while the Madison students receive a PhD in Art History. Students have a primary advisor at their home campus. Students enrolled through either campus share courses, faculty, and educational resources. They are encouraged to take courses in the sister campus and involve faculty from the respective campuses in their exam and dissertation committees. See the Madison and Milwaukee sections of the Programs, Courses, and People pages to find out what each campus has to offer. The list of faculty members who teach courses for the BLC option will grow as the program develops. The Ph.D. is a research degree that requires general proficiency in one's field, distinctive accomplishment in a specialized area of expertise, and the conduct of significant independent research. The Program is appropriate for persons who wish to pursue research of the built environment from a multi-disciplinary perspective and who seek careers in research, consulting, government, and/or teaching in architecture and related professions. The Program seeks to maintain a rich and diverse mix of students and thus encourages applicants with backgrounds in architecture, allied design fields, humanities or the social sciences. The Program is open to applicants holding graduate as well as (in rare cases) undergraduate degrees. |
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For more information contact the BLC Co-Coordinators:
ANNA V. ANDRZEJEWSKI Professor, Department of Art History Co-Coordinator of BLC University of Wisconsin—Madison 608-262-9183 avandrzejews@wisc.edu University of Wisconsin—Madison Department of Art History 232 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building 800 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 |
WHITNEY MOON Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning Co-Coordinator of BLC University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee 414-229-3187 moonw@uwm.edu University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201 |
