ONNECTING-CONFERENCE
"a conference on the multivocality of design history &
design studies"
We would like to invite you all to participate in the 5th conference
of the working group International Committee of Design History and
Studies ICDHS in Helsinki in August 23-25th.
WHY CONNECTING-CONFERENCE?
As a collaborative effort between The University of Art and Design
Helsinki (UIAH) and Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, this
conference aims to provide a platform for presentations, discussions
and debates on current and new topics in the area of
design history and trends.
WHAT IS CONNECTING-CONFERENCE?
It is a three-day international design history conference that takes
place in Finland and Estonia. The first two conference days take place
in Helsinki at UIAH-premises (23rd-24th August) and the last
conference day (25th August) in Tallin at the KUMU art museum.
The conference programme is based on presentation that have been
divided to five main discussion strands:
1) The problems of center, periphery and province - The influence
of dominating trends connecting to local cultures and communities
2) Connecting interventions and policies of public and private
nature to the local infrastructures of design and craft
3) The professionalisation in design and craft
4) The historiography of design
5) The Nordic contribution to design
The full programme with the papers to be presented under each strand
is available now on the conference-website:
http://tm.uiah.fi/connecting/program.html
In addition to the outstanding main conference programme we are happy
to offer a post-conference workshop that approaches the theme of
"Design policy as Civil Action". The workshop is based on case
studies, papers and open discussions. The workshop programme is still
open for suggestions, so we encourage all contributions.The
preliminary programme is available on the conference website under the
"Post-Conference Workshop"-section.
In addition to the great professional and academic content of this
conference, it also provides you an excellent opportunity to network
internationally. We offer a range of social events that vary from
typical Finnish sauna to optional post-conference tours of some of the
most interesting sights of Finnish design history.
All details about the conference, how to participate and register as
well as the programme is available on our wesite at:
http://tm.uiah.fi/connecting/
If you have any further enquiries, please feel free to contact us.
Hope to see in August!
Regards,
The Connecting-conference team
Main Contact for enquiries:
Miss Aino Pietikainen
Project Trainee
Tel: +358 50 37 27 234
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