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Fourth International Conference On Design Principles And Practices |
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Sunday, 03 January 2010 07:49 |
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, USA
13-15 February 2010
www.Design-Conference.com The Design Conference explores the meaning, purpose and future of 'design', including design processes and the use of objects produced. The conference is an inclusive forum that welcomes a breadth of perspectives on design from practitioners, teachers and researchers from many professions and academic disciplines. This inclusive approach provides opportunities for conversations that interrogate ossified assumptions and suggest new possibilities informed by a multiplicity of theoretical, pedagogical and practical concerns. The conference was inaugurated in 2007 at Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK. It was held at the University of Miami, USA in 2008, and at the Technical University Berlin, Germany in 2009. We are pleased to hold this year's conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. This year's conference features the following plenary speakers:
* Richard Buchanan, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
* Dennis Doordan, Notre Dame University, South Bend, USA
* Marcia Lausen, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
* Bill Lucas, MAYA Design, Pittsburgh, USA
* Victor Margolin, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
* Kathryn Moore, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, UK
* Sol Sender (creative development, 'Obama 08' campaign logo), VSA Partners and Sender LLC, Chicago, USA
* Bruce M. Tharp, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
* Stephanie Munson Tharp, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
* Patrick Whitney, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
For more information about these speakers, please visit the conference website: http://designprinciplesandpractices.com/conference-2010/plenary-speakers/. In addition to plenary presentations, the Design Conference includes parallel presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters submit their written papers for publication in the refereed 'Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal'. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available, which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal. The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 14 January 2010. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website: www.Design-Conference.com. We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Chicago in February. |
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EMASS 2010 - Call For Papers |
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Monday, 28 December 2009 10:26 |
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We are pleased to announce that the 4th annual Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium will be held in University College Dublin on the 19-20 May 2010. We would like to invite submissions for papers of c.20 minutes duration on any aspect of the early medieval period (400-1200AD) from any part of the world. In keeping with EMASS tradition, there is no set theme for the symposium but papers addressing theory in the early medieval period are particularly welcome, as are papers addressing other approaches such as experimental archaeology. As this is the first time that EMASS will visit Ireland, we also invite papers addressing ideas of regionality and difference in the early medieval period. EMASS is a discussion group dedicated to the study of the early medieval period, run by and for postgraduates and early career researchers. It provides a forum for those interested in the early medieval period to discuss their ideas, methodologies, and theories in a friendly and open environment. This year's symposium will take place over two days, featuring both oral and poster presentations, keynote lectures and a reception. The registration fee for the symposium is ¤20 and will cover refreshments and lunch on both days. As this is EMASS's first visit to Dublin, there may also be a fieldtrip to sites of interest either during or after the papers. We would appreciate it if you could tell us if you would be interested in participating in this, so that we can judge how best to organise this. Keep an eye on our website at www.emass2010.com for further details on registration deadlines and payment details which will be posted soon. In the meantime if you have any queries, please contact us at info@emass2010.com. The EMASS 2010 Committee www.emass2010.com Kindly sponsored by the Office of Public Works, UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland and UCD School of Archaeology Download PDF |
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Monday, 28 December 2009 09:42 |
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The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation/School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the R. Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (University of Leuven) are organizing an International Symposium on Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age (SMARTDoc Heritage), March 26-27, 2010 in Philadelphia, USA. Beginning in 2006 Robin Letelier brought his vision of an integrated graduate level course in heritage recording, documentation and information management to the Program in Historic Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania. Today that course curriculum, now under the direction of Mario Santana, represents the synthesis of principles and practices considered fundamental knowledge for all heritage professionals. This symposium, initially planned by Robin at UPenn, is dedicated to that vision and his tireless effort to promote heritag e conservation through research, teaching, and public service. Good decisions in heritage conservation are based on timely, relevant and accurate information about the conditions, materials and evolution of heritage buildings and landscapes. Therefore, documenting, recording and analyzing heritage places are an essential part of their conservation and management. The rapid rise in new digital technologies has revolutionized the practice of recording the built heritage. Digital tools and media offer a myriad of new opportunities for collecting, analyzing and disseminating information about heritage sites. Issues regarding the proper, innovative and research-focused uses of digital media in heritage conservation are an urgent topic in the global heritage conservation field, and Penn, KU-Leuven and its partners have played a leading role in this area of cross-disciplinary research and practice. The SMARTdoc symposium offer a unique opportunity for educators, professionals, heritage institutions, and managers of heritage places to share, exchange, and explore new approaches, best practices, and research results in the area of heritage informatics. More information about the symposium: http://www.smartdocheritage.org |
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Call for Papers: Constellations of Objects |
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Monday, 28 December 2009 09:30 |
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Call for papers for the conference: Constellations of objects: interactive material worlds to be held at the Pitt Rivers Museum, 5th June 2010. The concept of assemblage seems axiomatic and is ingrained within archaeological terminology.Following the upsurge of interest in material culture studies, materiality, material agency and human-object engagements more generally, we wish to move beyond assemblage as a descriptive term for aggregates of objects to focus more specifically on how material assemblages are created, enacted and recreated over time.The affective properties of objects in the singular has attracted much discussion; we wish to build upon this work by considering how objects act together as a group. What is the role of objects in the creation of aesthetic environments? Are aesthetic environments created through object interrelations and what role does intentionality and serendipity play in the process? Are the affective properties of assemblages natural - and thus enduring - or socially contingent? In which case, are the decisions that governed the creation of assemblages in the past recoverable in the material record as it is manifested in the present? What is our role in the re-imagining of ancient assemblages? Can there be a phenomenology of aesthetic sensibility that is valid and rigorous? We invite papers that explore these themes in any time and in any place. Participants may like to consider them from the following perspectives:
(i) the decisions that determine the inclusion or exclusion of particular objects within specific sacred, secular or funerary environments;
(ii) the ways in which assemblages may be added to or subtracted from at different points in their life-cycle: from enactment to the point of the trowel and beyond into the museum environment; (iii) and, following the last point, how authentic our recreations of object constellations and their charismatic affect can ever be. The organisers expect to publish presented papers in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume. Charge: £15:00, including refreshments and wine reception. Please submit abstracts by 31/01/2010. Abstracts and enquiries should be sent to:
Alice Stevenson, Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PP.
Linda Hulin, Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 5BE. |
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