Design History Society Conference
Situated Knowledges: Consumption, Production and Identity in a Global
Context
University of Wales, Aberystwyth Tuesday 3rd – Thursday 5th September 2002
Call for Papers - by 30th April 2002
'Situated knowledges require that the object of knowledge be pictured as an
actor or agent, not a screen or a ground or a resource.' Donna Haraway
The conference aims to encourage an interdisciplinary approach that will
address the interface between the industrial and developing worlds and
encompass a long historical period. Material culture is an essential aspect
of creating distinction and identity and has become an antidote to the
homogenising effects of globalisation. How does this compare with times
past? As the first Design History Society Conference to be held in Wales, a
minority culture within the UK, it is particularly appropriate that such
issues be explored.
Suggestions for strands or papers (up to 300 words) should be sent to the
strand convenor (see website) http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory
or Moira Vincentelli Email: [log in to unmask]
School of Art, Buarth Mawr, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 1NG
Strands planned at present include:
Virtual 'Truths'? Design, Objectivity and the Internet
http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/imwww.html
Ceramics http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/ceramic.html
Religion, Architecture and Material culture
http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/relarchmatc.html
Minority Identities and Consumer Culture
http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/mimc.html
Curating Identity - museum and exhibition representations
http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/musexh.html
Sustainable design http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/lorsd.html
Fashion and dress http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/fasdress.html
Travel, tourism and design http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/imttd.html
Domestic design and display http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/dosdis.html
Regeneration and revivals http://www.aber.ac.uk/designhistory/rerev.html
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