Call for Papers – Dwelling in Place NiCHE Series

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Dwelling in Place

A NiCHE Series

Proposal Deadline: June 30th, 2026

Series Publication: Starts October 2026 (tentative)

Architecture is a foundational mediator between humans and nature. Buildings were created to offer support and interaction within place and environments, allowing for the activity of dwelling to unfold. Dwelling in this sense is conceived of as a sense of presence in a place, indicated by ongoing embodied actions. In this way buildings help us to inhabit nature, but how they do so is variable across time and intention. This series investigates how the lived experiences of architecture – dwelling – shapes and are shaped by our experiences of nature and place.

NiCHE invites submissions for the upcoming series Dwelling in Place. Final posts should be 500-1200 words at the intersections of architecture and environmental history. The series welcomes a variety of styles, including traditional academic writing, narrative pieces, interviews, visual essays, reflective pieces, artistic works, discussion of research findings, audiovisual materials, and more. A main goal of the series is to examine the significance of architecture as a worldmaking and mediating practice that shapes relationships between humans and nature across time. Dwelling in particular refers to the lived qualities of architecture – the process of continuous interactions in a place, with nature, that is afforded through or restricted by architecture. 

Contributions need not focus on a specific region – any geographical location as well as more theoretical/reflective approaches to architecture and environmental history are welcome.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

  • Histories of specific buildings in relation their environments and how they shape perception
  • Theoretical explorations of dwelling over time
  • Comparisons of material architectural practices across regions as ways of interacting with nature
  • Enquiries into non-human/human relations through architecture
  • Investigations into everyday life and its relationship to seasons and nature from the perspective of inhabitants of buildings
  • The influence of buildings on perception of the environment through orientation, site, windows, etc.
  • Architecture’s intersections or separations from nature in daily life
  • Architecture as a lived practice that affords placemaking across different historical moments
  • The relationship between buildings and their environmental sites and the conflicts that result from this positioning
  • Connections of architecture to environmental futures
  • Philosophical connections between architecture and nature, through for instance, aesthetic considerations of inhabiting buildings
  • How architecture affects ecologies, through perception or through direct effects on everyday life

If you’d like to participate in this series you can submit a proposal of 150 words by June 30th, 2026 .
Selected contributors will be notified by July 31st, 2026.
The publication of the series will likely begin in October 2026 and will be ongoing based on contributions.

Send proposals along with a brief bio of 100 words via the submission form below.
Feel free to reach out with any questions to Nicole Miller    nicole.miller [at] arkeologi.uu.se
We look forward to your submissions.

NiCHE offers $100 CAD honoraria to contributors without adequate or consistent access to institutional support. Learn more about our honoraria policy here.

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Nicole Miller

Nicole Miller is an artist and visual anthropologist based in Sweden working at the intersection of art, philosophy, and environmental history. She works at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Uppsala University and is an Associate Editor for the ASEH journal Germinate. She was Conference Manager for ESEH 2025 and Curator for the coinciding Climate Histories Art Interventions.

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