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DESIGN RESEARCH NEWS Volume 12 Number 4 Apr 2007 ISSN 1473-3862
DRS Digital Newsletter http://www.designresearchsociety.org
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CONTENTS
o Editorial
o EKC registration
o Calls
o Announcements
o Web
o The Design Research Society: information
o Electronic Services of the DRS
o Subscribing and unsubscribing to DRN
o Contributing to DRN
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Editorial
A warm welcome to this, the traditional April Fool's Day edition
of DRN.
-- David Durling
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EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
29 June 2007: The Experiential Knowledge Conference 2007
NEW KNOWLEDGE IN THE CREATIVE DISCIPLINES
Host Institution: University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield,
Hertfordshire, UK
Collaborating Institution: London Metropolitan University,
London, UK
Further Support: Journal of Visual Arts Practice, NAFAE, Design
Research Society, Middlesex University/DART: AHRC-funded
collaborative doctoral training.
Contact: Dr Kristina Niedderer [log in to unmask]
Conference home page:
http://www.art-design.herts.ac.uk/ekc/ekc1.html
ANNOUNCEMENT: This is a reminder that early-bird-registration
for the Experiential Knowledge Conference 2007 ends on 30 April
2007. EKC2007 will be held on 29th of June 2007 at the
University of Hertfordshire, UK in collaboration with London
Metropolitan University. It will address the theme of "New
Knowledge in the Creative Disciplines" and explore what is
understood as (new) knowledge in research and creative practice,
and what role it plays in defining the research agenda.
The EKC call for papers has been met with a large international
response, promising a truly challenging multi-vocal debate.
To register for EKC2007, please follow the link
<http://www.art-design.herts.ac.uk/ekc/ekc1.html> Choose
"registration" from the menu and follow the link to the "online
registration form".
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CALLS
5-7 July 2007: ARTS BASED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Graduate School of Education University of Bristol
Abstract Deadline: April 17, 2007
Paper Deadline: May 15, 2007
This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by
the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit
abstracts online at
http://ocs.ilrt.org/submit.php?cf=8.
Presentations can include:
- Single papers (abstract max of 300 words)
- Multiple paper sessions (overview max of 300 words)
- WORKSHOP (abstract max of 300 words)
- short workshop (abstract max of 300 words)
Call for Papers Announcement
Papers and workshops are now invited for this interdisciplinary
conference on arts-based educational research. Submissions are
particularly welcomed from researchers and practitioners
concerned with blurring the edges between arts and social
science research methods and with exploring innovative
arts-based approaches. Conference themes include performative,
visual and textual genres of educational inquiry. Presentations
are welcomed from participants who generate, communicate and/or
disseminate their work through such diverse fields as
auto/biography, dance, drama, film, music, narrative,
performance, photography, poetry, visual arts and writing as
inquiry. The majority of conference presentations will be in the
form of short (20 minute) papers , although there will be a few
workshop spaces (45-90 minutes).
Designs on eLearning 2007: deadline extension
Since many of you who intend to submit abstracts may have only
finished term, we've decided to extend the deadline for
submissions to Friday 13 April at 5.00 (UTC)
But don't delay please. It's helpful if we receive them as soon
as possible at
http://www.designsonelearning.net/index.php?section=1&item=3.2
11-12 June 2007: The Creativity Conversation
A two day symposium exploring creativity
Institute Of Creative Technologies: De Montfort University
Imagine a world where we could all work together, across
disciplines, across conventional boundaries. Where the creative
process could transfer from one person to the next, from one
area to another, without impedance. Where tools existed that
worked across fields and working methods. Where communication
was easy because everyone talked the same language. Where we are
more creative as a result.
Is this possible? How can we make it possible? This is what we
seek to explore. This is what we will talk about, starting with
questions such as-
- What is creativity?
- What restricts workflow between disciplines?
- How can boundaries between industry and academia be crossed
or even dismantled?
- What part can technology play in the creative process?
- Can we become more creative by considering and
appropriating the processes of other disciplines?
To help explore these questions will be thoughts, experiences,
and insights from four speakers.
Prof. Margaret Boden
Currently Research Professor of Cognitive Science at Sussex
University, Margaret was the founding-Dean of Sussex
University's School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, a
pioneering centre for research into intelligence and the
mechanisms underlying it.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/profile276.html
Giles Lane
Director of Proboscis, an artist-led collaborative studio. The
key to the studios activity is collaboration; between artists,
writers, curators, critics, designers, technologists, film
makers, scientists and theorists. http://proboscis.org.uk
Prof. Richard Coyne
Professor of Architectural Computing at Edinburgh University,
Richard researches and teaches in the areas of information
technology in practice, computer-aided design in architecture,
the philosophy of information technology, multimedia in design,
digital media, and design theory.
http://ddm.caad.ed.ac.uk/~richard/
Frank Boyd
Frank has worked on a series of innovative programmes to support
creative, social and economic development in the UKs new media
sector since founding the Arts Technology Centre (Artec) in
1989. Founder of Unexpected Media and currently working with
Creative London to encourage growth in the digital media
industries. http://www.unexpectedmedia.com/
Interspersing these noted speakers will be a number of workshops
designed to promote discussion and explore the issues in a
hands-on way. The activity is not however limited to these two
days. In the run up to the event conversations will exist, ideas
circulated, and concepts explored through on-line communication
which will help to mould and shape the events that take place.
The outcome will be documented and used to help further
understanding in the area of creativity so that more can be done
to find ways of helping it.
The event is part of the Creativity East Midlands project, whose
aims are to explore creativity and the creative process within
many different disciplines. This work involves both industry and
academia, with the aim of enhancing creativity and innovation.
For more information contact Thom Corah on
T: 0116 2506382
E: [log in to unmask]
http://creem.dmu.ac.uk.
17 July 2007: WIKI RESEARCH WORKSHOP
CSCL2007 RUTGERS STATE UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY.
WORKSHOP TITLE: EMERGING ISSUES IN WIKI RESEARCH: KNOWLEDGE
ADVANCEMENT AND DESIGN
Aims & Objectives:
Wiki technology is increasingly explored as a means of
supporting collaborative learning activities. The flexibility of
wikis' open architecture, the social and democratic aspects of
authoring shared spaces and texts, and the potential to expand
functionalities through the design of metadata holds enormous
appeal for schools, universities, museums, workplaces and
virtual communities. The aim of this workshop is to identify
emerging issues and perspectives in CSCL research that are
central to the development and design of wiki technology as a
platform for knowledge advancement.
Topics Include:
The workshop will draw on CSCL research to explore two
interrelated themes: design and knowledge advancement. The
knowledge advancement theme explores the educational use of
wikis inside different kinds of institutions and knowledge
domains. How do the open architecture and shared authorship
features of wiki software challenge the structure of classroom
cultures and established concepts of accountability in
collaborative knowledge building? The design theme explores the
balance and design of affordances and features such as prompts
and reminders to support cognitive development and social
interaction in wikis. Designs that afford spaces for teachers
and other types of experts will also be in focus.
Activities:
Participants will be invited to contribute to a 'wiki on wiki
research' in advance of the full-day workshop. Topics raised in
the wiki will inform the planning of workshop activities.
Speakers will briefly introduce and lead a series of moderated
discussions to exchange ideas and debate these central issues.
Redesign of the 'wiki research wiki' as a CSCL resource is
planned as a topic.
Contact person:
Andreas Lund, InterMedia, University of Oslo
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3-5 October 2007: DEFSA 2007 Conference
Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline for abstracts extended to 31 March 2007 (but perhaps
they won't mind an extra extra day or two...)
Theme: FLUX: Design Education in a Changing World
Contact: [log in to unmask]
Hoping to see you all in beautiful Cape Town.
http://www.defsa.org.za/pages/conference2007.html
7-8 June 2007: CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS:
Emergent Objects: Performing Design Invited Colloquium
University of Leeds
Emergent Objects: designing the human/technology interface
through performance is a research project funded by the Arts and
Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) programme Designing for the
21st Century.
At the colloquium, we want to share our research so far with
design practitioners (e.g. interaction design, experience
design, product design, fashion and clothing, robotics, digital
and media art, engineering, architecture and computing) and
reflect on how a range of design disciplines might make use of
the particular approaches and concepts we are using in the
Emergent Objects project.
The project draws on performance knowledge to explore and
articulate the emergent nature of the interface between
technological object and human that is fundamental to the
development of new design thinking and practices. The project
uses performance perspectives to investigate the modelling of a
role of design in a technological society and asks questions
about the desirable relationships between users and designed
artefacts, systems or environments. Key research questions
include:
- How do performance processes facilitate interdisciplinary
communication and collaboration in a design context and what new
insights does this bring to design thinking?
- How can practice-based methodologies which are used in
performance practice and research be usefully applied to the
design process?
- How can performance knowledge of play, embodiment and
composition inform the design of interfaces between humans and
technological objects?
- How do we design interfaces that are fluid, malleable and
emerging, to promote human engagement with technological objects
as an expressive, communicative and creative act?
We have a limited number of funded places (travel, accommodation
and attendance at the event will be covered for). If you would
like to be involved, please send 50 words on what you think you
can contribute to this research event to [log in to unmask] by
25th April 2007?
We hope you will be interested in this opportunity to contribute
to an exciting and interdisciplinary research initiative. We
look forward to hearing from you.
Emergent Objects: designing the human/technology interface
through performance
Principal Investigator: Prof Mick Wallis, University of Leeds
http://www.emergentobjects.co.uk/
9-12 September 2007: CALL FOR PROPOSALS doing digital: using
digital resources in the arts and humanities
DRHA07 : Dartington College of Art
Bringing together creators, practitioners, users, distributors,
and custodians of Digital Resources in the Arts and Humanities
Over the last decade the annual Digital Resources for the
Humanities and Arts (DRHA) conferences have constructed an
unusual kind of meeting place: a space in which researchers,
curators, and distributors of digital resources could meet and
share perspectives on their complementary agendas.
Last year, that forum was expanded to include participants from
the creative and performing arts, giving the event a new flavour
and a new direction. This year, the conference aims to explore
further major issues at the interface between traditional
humanities scholarship and the creative arts, by focussing on
their differing or complementary approaches to the deployment of
digital technologies.
Can the Arts and the Humanities share expertise? Are they
divided by a common tongue? To what extent are they developing
common technical solutions to different problem areas? As in
previous years, the conference will articulate these questions
by showcasing the very best in current practice across the
widest spectrum of digital applications in the arts and
humanities and by fostering informed but accessible debate
amongst professionals.
The Programme Committee for DRHA07 is now soliciting imaginative
and provocative contributions for the conference addressing such
topics as:
- the benefits and the challenges of using digital resources in
creative work, in teaching and learning, and in scholarship;
- the challenges and opportunities associated with scale and
sustainability in the digital arena;
- new insights and new forms of expression arising from the
integration of digital resources in the arts, humanities, and
sciences;
- social and political issues surrounding digital resource
provision in the context of global ICT developments;
- the implications of "born-digital" resources for curators,
consumers, and performers;
- training methods and best practice for digital arts and
humanities practitioners.
Other themes include: interactivity and performance; digital
media in time and space; integration and deployment of existing
digital resources in new contexts; policies and strategies for
digital deployment, both commercial and non-commercial;
cataloguing and metadata aspects of resource discovery; digital
repositories; Web 2.0 and other new technologies; encoding
standards; intellectual property rights; funding, cost-recovery,
and charging mechanisms; digitization techniques and problems.
Format: The conference will take up three intensive days,
comprising presentation of academic papers and technical
reports, performance and installation events, software and
product demonstrations, debates and training events. The
atmosphere will be informal, the discussion energetic. Leading
practitioners and representatives of key funding agencies, such
as the the Arts Council, the AHRC, the JISC will be amongst the
participants. We hope that from this occasion a new consensus
will emerge based on real life experience of the application of
digital techniques and resources in the Humanities and Arts.
Timetable: Proposals are now invited for academic papers, themed
panel sessions and reports of work in progress.Your proposal
should be no smaller than 500 words and no longer than 2000;
closing date for proposals is May 2nd 2007. All proposals
will be reviewed by an independent panel of reviewers, and
notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 13th June 2007.
All accepted proposals will be included in the Conference
preprint volume, and will also be considered for a
post-conference publication.
Cost: The all-in conference rate covering all meals and
accomodation as well as conference registration and proceedings
will not exceed 400. Reduced rates for early registration, and
partial rates for one-day or non-residential attendance will be
announced shortly on the conference website.
http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha07/
5-7 July 2007: Call for Papers Announcement
Arts Based Educational Research Conference, Bristol
Papers and workshops are now invited for this interdisciplinary
conference on arts-based educational research. Submissions are
particularly welcomed from researchers and practitioners
concerned with blurring the edges between arts and social
science research methods and with exploring innovative
arts-based approaches. Conference themes include performative,
visual and textual genres of educational inquiry. Presentations
are welcomed from participants who generate, communicate and/or
disseminate their work through such diverse fields as
auto/biography, dance, drama, film, music, narrative,
performance, photography, poetry, visual arts and writing as
inquiry.
The majority of conference presentations will be in the form of
short (20 minute) papers , although there will be a few workshop
spaces (45-90 minutes).
Abstract Deadline: April 17, 2007
Paper Deadline: May 15, 2007
This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by
the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit
abstracts online at
http://ocs.ilrt.org/submit.php?cf=8
Presentations can include:
- Single papers (abstract max of 300 words)
- Multiple paper sessions (overview max of 300 words)
- WORKSHOP (abstract max of 300 words)
- short workshop (abstract max of 300 words)
25-27 January 2007: inside out: JMGA 2008 Conference: CALL FOR
WORKSHOPS
13th Biennial Conference of the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group
of Australia
Inside Out will build on the momentum of previous JMGA
conferences and explore jewellery and object making inside the
Australia, Asia and Pacific region and outside the conventions
of mainstream practice.
The conference will bring together practitioners, educators,
collectors, critics and cultural theorists for three days of
discussion, debate, interaction and the exchange of ideas.
Workshop proposals/submissions should have links to the themes
of the conference, which are:
- cross cultures exploring regional, ethnic and indigenous
approaches to practice;
- culture of the body looking at the body as a site and/or
subject for representation,
- performance, fashion and movement;
- cultural sites investigating personal, public and
institutional perspectives on objects and practice;
- techno culture engagements with technologies new and old.
Workshops an interconnection to the Conference JMGA 2008
Conference Steering Committee is seeking proposals / submissions
from practitioners across Australia, Asia and the Pacific region
to deliver workshops in the week before and after the
conference. Workshops which explore the themes of the conference
are encouraged. Preference will be given to innovative,
explorative workshops of 1 and up to 3 days duration.
Making a submission Initial submissions should take the form of
a brief 200 word description of the potential workshop and
include time frame and approximate costs. The deadline for this
is Friday 20 April 2007.
Submissions should be emailed to Leslie Matthews, Workshop
co-ordinator: [log in to unmask]
key dates
Deadline for submissions: 20 April 2007
Notification of accepted Workshops: 11 May 2007
Call for abstracts: Icograda World Design Congress 2007
The Icograda Education Network (IEN) Conference will take place
during the first two days of the Icograda World Design Congress,
from 20-21 October 2007. It will bring together the worldwide
community of communication design educational institutions. The
event will include invited and refereed papers on design
education and culture. Icograda is inviting abstracts from the
international design community.
http://havana.icograda.org/web/
22-24 November 2007: THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL PACKAGING CONGRESS
AND EXHIBITION, Izmir, Turkey
"The 5th International Packaging Congress and Exhibition" will
be held in Izmir, from November 22nd to 24th, 2007 in
cooperation with the related national and international
packaging organizations and by Chamber of Chemical Engineers
(CCE), which is a member of the Union of Chambers of Turkish
Engineers and Architects (UCTEA).
This congress will contribute to the new advancements,
developments, innovations in the industry, and scope out the
problems of the rapidly growing packaging industry. It will also
add to the experience and knowledge of the former congress.
Improvement of the packaging industry is assisted in development
of the other industrial sections.
Congress will be managed by the members of packaging and its
supplier industries. Major focus of the congress is sharing the
latest novelties and knowledge in packaging industry that has
been on the cutting edge of the development by bringing
researchers and industry closer together on international
levels. Participants will be from universities, research
institutions, packaging related associations, packaging
producers, and packaging supply industries.
There is a wide range of issues that interest packaging
researchers, and these congress include most of them: Basic
packaging industry, supply industry for packaging industry,
production and technologies, food packaging, medical packaging,
distribution packaging, packaging education, standards, patent
and design in packaging, e-commerce and packaging and also
packaging and environment.
http://www.kmo.org.tr
Next RevolveWire Summer / Autumn 07 RISK
We are currently seeking worldwide contributions interpreting
risk.
We are looking for pieces that take risk and rip it to pieces,
personally, politically, creatively. This can come from any
sector of the arts & cultural debate including but not limited
to: fine art, design, critique, creative writing, personal
essays, interviews / profiles, features, fashion, illustration,
drawing, painting, photography, photojournalism, graphics: we
want work from a broad spectrum and include 3d design, moving
image, installation, music, & web-based artwork as focuses for
articles. We love to see collaboration and interdisciplinary
work.
Please send an initial proposal and small sample of work (under
3mb) to [log in to unmask] Deadline for proposals:
April 14th 2007. If youve not heard by May 14th, youve been
unsuccessful this time, but please resubmit to future editions.
While contributions are currently unpaid, you will get a couple
of copies of your issue, plus international publicity.
RevolveWire will find you twice a year (Winter / Spring &
Summer / Autumn) to bring you a carousel of creativity and
debates in image, music, and text. RevolveWire will tell stories
to you, and you to it. Youll want to keep it with you and talk
to it daily, like a secret obsession. Each issue we take a key
word and ask collaborators and contributors to suggest their
interpretation. Finding different threads and strands of the
thematic fabric, we then commission, suggesting joint or solo
work. We look for those who create, interpret, and transform the
environment around them. RevolveWire is a printed conversation:
sometimes whispered, sometimes shouted. Come and talk with us.
Issue 1, Looking, is out now:
It contains eye-opening articles on how arthouse porn and online
games influence our sex lives; critique and debate about new
technologies of looking at each other such as blogs and
bluetooth; animator/director Chris Krupa scrutinises his own
submission to SingleShot, the UK-wide short film showcase;
artist/bookmaker Lisa Wigham presents some found slides in
story-format; and also fashion narrative, artists' interviews
and on-page art work & photography, and political/critical
commentary.
http://www.revolvewire.co.uk
25-26 April 2007: Call for papers - Research and Activism
4th Urban Studies Days at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn,
Estonia
http://www.cumulusassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&
task=view&id=100&Itemid=37
CALL FOR CHAPTERS Submission Deadline: May 31, 2007
Designing the user experience of future peripatetic users: new
HCI design challenges in Space
Introduction
Travelling to the depths of Space is no longer a privilege of
astronauts and scientists. Space Agencies are starting to allow
those who have the means to afford it, provided that they fulfil
a minimum set of physiological requirements to join the ventures
into outer space. At the same time, companies are developing
spacecrafts for civilian use and plan huge space stations
capable of accommodating thousand of settlers. However,
micro-gravity or reduced and enhanced gravity environments
strongly influence the way users interact with technology. In
other words, what works on earth does not necessarily perform in
Space. As the age of space habitation dawns, we must work to
find ways to transfer our technological advances on Earth to
Outer Space
The Overall objective of the Book
This book aims to present significant projects carried out in
academia, space agencies and in industry regarding the quality
of the user experience with interactive systems in Space. The
idea is to promote awareness of interdisciplinary work
concerning methods and tools for HCI in Space in order to be
ready for the future life beyond the terrestrial atmosphere and
to share knowledge to develop innovative interactive systems on
Earth. A crucial problem when designing HCI for Space systems
refers to the validity of data gathering and the realism of user
scenarios. Ethnographic on-site studies and evaluation methods
show that some problems concerning the user behaviour and
environment are only identified when capturing the rich texture
of activity being performed in the field.
The Target Audience
Educators, and Researchers in HCI, managers of HCI projects
working in Space and mobile industry (telecom companies, device
manufacturers, service providers, game designers, etc.);
industrial designers; new media trends sociologists; new media
journalists; human factors practitioners; interface evaluators,
information architects, designers and testers. The book is
intended to provide valuable material to be used for research
and teaching purposes (in any curricula including communication
and information systems in its set of disciplines). This book is
also intended to be useful for designers and engineers that need
concrete materials to understand the user experiences in social
practices and to evaluate the applications used and combined.
RECCOMENDED TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE
FOLLOWING:
- Technological, cultural, political, philosophical,
psychological and economic dimensions of pervasive and
interactive communication systems in Space;
- Situational awareness: systems that enable people to react to
impending lethal events ( e.g., solar flares detected during an
interplanetary travel or extraterrestrial human exploration).
- New challenges in pervasive communication systems in Space:
new users and uses, interoperability amongst interfaces,
tangible computing, intelligent environments, context awareness,
etc;
- Innovative research approaches for the creation of
operationally relevant and realistic future scenarios;
- Taxonomy of radically new applications;
- Art expressions (e.g. locative art) in space and patterns for
smart & malleable digital content;
- Advanced interaction models (immersive & intelligent
environments, humanising interfaces, haptics, etc);
- Transferring interaction patterns between usage areas (e.g.
games, Space industry, medical, etc);
- Advanced evaluation techniques for pervasive systems in Space.
- Participatory Design and other user-centered approaches
focused on users' cultural, social, behavioural and ergonomic
backgrounds.
- Challenges of analyzing and designing to support sociability
in the Space;
- Emerging nomadic societies, communities and related
socio-cultural trends;
- Assessment of the Perceived Quality of Experience through
ethnographies, or other experimental evaluation techniques.
- Novel methodologies for services design.
Book edited by
Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibs, University of Brighton; Loredana
Bessone, ESA
Scientific Board
Dr. Patricia.M.Jones, NASA
Prof. Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Dr. Jeffrey W. McCandless, NASA Ames Research Center
Didier Chincholle, Usability & Interaction Lab - Ericsson
Research
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 31, 2007. All
submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc.,
www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing,
Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing
and Idea Group reference imprints.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically
(World document) to: [log in to unmask]
International Journal of Internet Research Ethics
Description and Scope:
The IJIRE is the first peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated
specifically to cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural research on
Internet Research Ethics. All disciplinary perspectives, from
those in the arts and humanities, to the social, behavioral, and
biomedical sciences, are reflected in the journal.
With the emergence of Internet use as a research locale and tool
throughout the 1990s, researchers from disparate disciplines,
ranging from the social sciences to humanities to the sciences,
have found a new fertile ground for research opportunities that
differ greatly from their traditional biomedical counterparts.
As such, "populations," locales, and spaces that had no
corresponding physical environment became a focal point, or site
of research activity. Human subjects protections questions then
began to arise, across disciplines and over time: What about
privacy? How is informed consent obtained? What about research
on minors? What are "harms" in an online environment? Is this
really human subjects work? More broadly, are the ethical
obligations of researchers conducting research online somehow
different from other forms of research ethics practices?
As Internet Research Ethics has developed as its own field and
discipline, additional questions have emerged: How do diverse
methodological approaches result in distinctive ethical
conflicts and, possibly, distinctive ethical resolutions? How
do diverse cultural and legal traditions shape what are
perceived as ethical conflicts and permissible resolutions? How
do researchers collaborating across diverse ethical and legal
domains recognize and resolve ethical issues in ways that
recognize and incorporate often markedly different ethical
understandings?
Finally, as "the Internet" continues to transform and diffuse,
new research ethics questions arise e.g., in the areas of
blogging, social network spaces, etc. Such questions are at the
heart of IRE scholarship, and such general areas as anonymity,
privacy, ownership, authorial ethics, legal issues, research
ethics principles (justice, beneficence, respect for persons),
and consent are appropriate areas for consideration.
The IJIRE will publish articles of both theoretical and
practical nature to scholars from all disciplines who are
pursuingor reviewingIRE work. Case studies of online
research, theoretical analyses, and practitioner-oriented
scholarship that promote understanding of IRE at ethics and
institutional review boards, for instance, are encouraged.
Methodological differences are embraced.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire.html
19 September 2007: Workshop - Spatial Cognition in
Architectural Design
Anticipating User Behavior, Layout Legibility, and Route
Instructions in the Planning Process
in conjunction with international Conference on Spatial
Information Theory (COSIT'07) Melbourne, Australia,
organizers
Thomas Barkowsky (University of Bremen, Germany)
Zafer Bilda (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Christoph Hlscher (University of Freiburg, Germany)
Georg Vrachliotis (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
advisory board
Ellen Do (Georgia Tech, USA)
Christian Freksa (University of Bremen, Germany)
John Gero (University of Sydney, Australia)
Gabriela Goldschmidt (Technion, Israel)
Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA)
workshop description
Architects make inferences about the spaces that they are not
in. They can infer how multi storey buildings look like by
inspecting separate 2D layouts of the floors. They can mentally
synthesize separate spaces that make up a building design, and
they can create alternative designs by revising the spaces and
how these spaces may come to- gether.
Apart from these inferences, architects may also anticipate how
residents and visitors of a building will behave in the spaces.
They may design a building in such a way that people's ability
to understand the spatial layout of this building is influenced
(in a posi- tive or negative way). For instance, the legibility
of the spatial environment may in- fluence the way in which
routes between locations in the building are conceptualized,
mentally processed, and communicated. These issues as well can
inform and change the architect's spatial inferences and
decisions in the architectural design process.
When we study how architects work, think and design, we observe
that they use mul- tiple external cognitive tools to make
spatial inferences. However, we cannot directly observe what
internal resources they use or how they make these inferences
using their internal spatial cognition facilities. There is
anecdotal evidence that an architect is not limited to the
periods of using external cognition to be engaged in spatial
infer- ences. S/he also can be solving a spatial problem while,
for instance, driving or having a shower. Therefore there is
recently more emphasis on the efforts to understand in- ternal
cognition of designing.
From a behavioral perspective, spatial cognition in the process
of architectural de- signing concerns constructing and
interpreting spatial information internally and ex- ternally
using layouts, diagrams, symbols, gestures, models, and various
forms of digi- tal media. To study how architects are engaged in
these activities we distinguish between internally induced /
mental inferences and externally induced inferences. Mental
inferences may refer to two kinds of environments: the space
around the body (i.e. visible and tangible environments) and the
space the body navigates in (i.e. the environment too large to
be seen at a glance). An architects inferences require
switching between both mental space types; a mental space where
his body navigates in and between spatial components of a
building and a mental space defining the global layout of the
building (i.e. how it relates to the site and surroundings).
Questions to be considered in this workshop include, but are not
restricted to:
- How do architects switch between the designer's and the users'
perspectives during the design process?
- What types of (internal and external) knowledge
representations and pro- cesses do they make use of?
- What are suitable computational tools for dealing with the
spatial complexity of the diverse spatial perspectives and
requirements?
- What means are there to anticipate the way future users of the
building will conceive of the building layout?
- Regarding complex built environments, how can the aspect of
conceptualizing and communicating route knowledge be integrated
in the design process?
- How do spatial / architectural and mental complexity related
to each other with respect to building layouts? What are the
limits both in the design process and the real experience of the
resulting building complex?
call for contributions
Authors are invited to submit a contribution of 4 to 6 pages as
basis for discussions during the workshop (pdf file in Springer
Lecture Notes in Computer Science format, see
www.springer.com/lncs). Please send your contribution to
[log in to unmask] bremen.de. Accepted contributions will be
made available on the workshop web site, unless their authors
instruct us otherwise.
important dates
30 April 2007 submission of workshop contributions
15 June 2007 notification of acceptance
07 July 2007 final versions of workshop contributions
19 Sept 2007 workshop
http://www.sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de/SCAD
20-22 July 2007: Call for Papers - Inaugural Conference of the
European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
Constructing Tradition
Means and Myths of Transmission in Western Esotericism
Die Konstruktion von Tradition
Praktiken und Mythen der berlieferung in der europischen
Esoterik
The title, Means and Myths of Transmission, refers to the more
technical, material aspect of tradition, on the one hand, and to
its mythical or philosophical aspects on the other.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
26 June 2007: 'In Theory' conference, Leicester.
Welcome to the 'IN THEORY?' conference. The conference has been
organised by art and design research students from De Montfort
University and Loughborough University funded by the AHRC as
part of its Collaborative Research Training Provision for
Doctoral Students.
The main aims of the conference are:
- To address and discuss some of the generic rather than
discipline-specific challenges of undertaking practice-based
research
- To examine the relationship between theory and practice in art
and design research
- To identify and share knowledge of relevant research
methodologies
- To highlight the challenges faced when undertaking PhD's by
practice
- To increase confidence in dealing with familiar and unfamiliar
theories and concepts
This one-day conference will take place from 9am-6pm on the 26th
of June 2006 at De Montfort University, Leicester Campus.
The increasing amount of students undertaking practice-based
PhDs affords the opportunity to uncover and examine some of the
challenges faced when undertaking this type of research. We are
seeking papers from current and completed postgraduate students,
as well as researchers and practitioners, who incorporate and
negotiate research through practice and theory in Art and Design
disciplines. The aim of the conference is to address and discuss
some of the generic, rather than discipline-specific, challenges
of undertaking practice-based research. The conference is funded
by the AHRC as part of its Collaborative Research Training
Provision for Doctoral Students.
The one-day symposium will incorporate short 20 minute papers
followed by a panel discussion chaired by the keynote speakers:
Professor Carole Gray and Professor David Durling.
http://www.intheory.org.uk
Journal of Obnoxious Statistics
The Journal of Obnoxious Statistics (JOBS) is created specially
for Lars Lyberg by his friends and colleagues to commemorate the
20th anniversary of the Journal of Official Statistics.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~edithl/jobs.htm
Announcing the release of Design Philosophy Papers Collection
Three
This collection really gets to grips with what it means to
explore design philosophically. The essays foreground the
importance of design in everyday life, exploring its relation to
ethics, disability, homelessness, sustainability, social and
historical change. The authors range across design research,
design theory, urban and architectural design, engineering
design, development studies and continental philosophy.
Copies can be purchased with credit card at at our website
www.desphilosophy.com click on latest in print. There's also
more information there including table of contents.
Attention PGR students - GRAD Britain
GRADBritain is a magazine written by and for postgraduate
researchers (PGRs) in the UK. It is published once per academic
term (three times per year) and contains articles written by
PGRs of all ages and backgrounds from a variety of disciplines
in the sciences, arts and humanities.
GRADBritain provides a platform for PGRs throughout the country
to share experiences, advice, and ask questions in order to
improve the experience of their PhD. On occasion, it may even
make you laugh.
http://www.grad.ac.uk/gradbritain
Leonardo Transactions is a new section in the printed and
on-line journal Leonardo that publishes fully refereed papers
in a fast track to disseminating key new results, ideas and
developments in practice.
Papers are solicited matching the stated aims and scope of
Leonardo, but are restricted to two pages of published
material.
Leonardo is an international journal for artists and others
interested in work that crosses the artificial boundaries
separating contemporary arts and sciences. The journal is
particularly concerned with issues related to the interaction
of the arts, sciences and technology.
The journal Leonardo was founded in 1968 in Paris by kinetic
artist and astronautical pioneer Frank Malina. Today, Leonardo
is the leading journal concerned with the application of
contemporary science and technology to the arts. It is
published by MIT Press.
No restriction is paced on topics that fit within the scope of
Leonardo, but from time to time, we encourage papers with
specific concerns. The first call is for contributions that
address one of the following two areas:-
The impact of the interactive arts on audience experience. New
art practice that also advances science or technology.
Ernest Edmonds [Editor-in-Chief, Leonardo Transactions]
http://www.leonardo-transactions.com/
Department Head, Department of Interior Design University of
Manitoba
The Faculty of Architecture invites applications and nominations
for a five year appointment for the Head of the Department of
Interior Design beginning January, 2008. The position will be
tenured at the rank of Associate Professor/Professor.
Excellence and Innovation
The Department of Interior Design at the University of Manitoba
has earned a reputation in leadership and innovation in Interior
Design education since its inception in 1948 as the first
Bachelor's degree programme in Canada, and more recently with
the introduction of graduate level education offered in two
streams - the post-professional Master's (1994) and the
professional Master's (2001). The Interior Design Master's
programme is the first and only graduate level Interior Design
education in Canada. The programme has received CIDA
accreditation consecutively since 1974.
Opportunity
The Faculty of Architecture seeks an individual who will
articulate and advance the mission of the Faculty and the
Department. Opportunities exist to work in a collegial and
dynamic environment with colleagues from four professional
allied design disciplines to pursue discipline specific and
interdisciplinary teaching, scholarship and community
involvement. The successful candidate will be a progressive
leader with strong interpersonal and communication skills who
will work collaboratively to consolidate and implement the
vision of the Master of Interior Design programme.
The Person
An appropriate professional degree (Interior Design, Interior
Architecture, Architecture or a related discipline) is required.
A Masters degree is required; PhD. preferred. Professional
registration and NCIDQ certification would be highly desirable.
A demonstrated record of excellence in interior design teaching
and scholarship is required. Teaching experience in design
studio and/or core interior design courses, and practica and
theses supervision at the graduate level, is preferred.
Administrative experience in academia and/or professional
practice is essential.
Additional information on the Faculty and the Department is
available at http:/www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/architecture.
Applicants should submit all materials in a bound volume, in
print format and contain the following:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Portfolio of recent and relevant examples of:
professional and creative work,
teaching dossier of teaching history, recent studio briefs and
course outlines with associated student learning outcomes and
products.
- Statement of pedagogical philosophy (2 page maximum)
- Names and contact information for three referees (include:
email and telephone)
Review of applications is ongoing and will continue until the
position is filled. Application materials, including letters of
reference, will be handled in accordance with the "Freedom of
Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Manitoba)."
Application and inquiries should carry the reference "Head of
Interior Design Search Committee, Position Number AJ231" and be
addressed to Dr. David R. Witty, Dean Faculty of Architecture
and Chair, Head of Interior Design Search Committee, Faculty of
Architecture, 201 Russell Building, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, R3T 2N2, Manitoba, Canada
Good 50x70 expands eligibility criteria
Good 50x70, an international social communication contest, was
launched this year on 10 March. After the launch, the design
community asked us to remove the age limit that we had proposed
in the rules of the contest. The contest is now open to everyone
who's willing to confront the stereotypes of social
communication and deliver a truthful and meaningful message,
without any limit on age, sex, race, religion, profession or
favourite colour.
http://www.icograda.org/web/news.shtml
RCUK Academic Research Fellowship in Design Department of Design
and Innovation, The Open University, UK
GBP26,666 GBP31,840 depending on qualifications and
experience, Ref: 3300 Based in Milton Keynes, UK
The Department of Design and Innovation is seeking an RCUK
Academic Research Fellow with vision and potential to work under
one or more of the Departments key strategic research themes:
Design Processes and Products; Sustainable Design; Complexity
Science and Design.
Preference will be given to candidates who can bridge between
themes, especially between complexity and other areas. The five
year fellowship will lead to a permanent academic position
following successful completion of a probationary period.
The Academic Fellowship Scheme (http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/acfellow/)
is a national UK initiative, funded by the Research Councils, to
provide a structured path into an academic career for contract
research staff and other suitably qualified individuals.
You should have a doctorate (or equivalent), and the capacity to
publish in top-rated journals. You will also have teaching
experience and will be expected to contribute imaginatively to
the departments activities.
For detailed information and how to apply go to
www3.open.ac.uk/employment, call the Recruitment Co-ordinator on
+44 1908 654144 (24 hour answering service) or email
[log in to unmask] quoting the
reference number.
Closing date for applications: 10 April 2007.
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WEB
FLASHMOB - To discuss and convene flashmob and related
place-specific performative activities to inform performance
research
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/FLASHMOB
Designers are wankers
Whether you agree or disagree, this may be worth a look.
http://www.designersarewankers.com/
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DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
The Design Research Society is the multi-disciplinary
international learned society for the design research community.
DRS was founded in 1966, and since then has established a
record of significant achievements in contributing to design
knowledge.
DRS has facilitated an international design research network in
40 countries comprising members who maintain contact through the
publications and activities of the Society. Members are drawn
from diverse backgrounds, not only from the traditional areas of
design, ranging from fine art to engineering, but also from
subjects like psychology and computer science.
For further details and to join online:
http://designresearchsociety.org
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SERVICES OF THE DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY
o Design Research News is the digital newsletter of the
Design Research Society. It communicates news about
research throughout the world. It is mailed automatically
at the beginning of each month and is free. You may
subscribe and unsubscribe at the following site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/design-research.html
o Design Research Quarterly is a newsletter sent via
email to full members of the Design Research Society. It
includes news of interest to members.
http://www.designresearchsociety.org
o PHD-DESIGN is a discussion list open for unmoderated
discussion on all matters related to the PhD in design.
Topics include philosophies and theories of design, research
methods, curriculum development, and relations between
theory and practice. You may subscribe and unsubscribe at
the following site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/phd-design.html
o DRS is a discussion list open for unmoderated discussion
on all matters related to design research. You may
subscribe and unsubscribe at the following site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/drs.html
o Design Studies is the International Journal for Design
Research in Engineering, Architecture, Products and Systems,
which is published in co-operation with the Design Research
Society.
DRS members can subscribe to the journal at special rates.
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/inca/30409/
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Information to the editor, Professor David Durling, Middlesex
University UK. <[log in to unmask]>
Book information and suggestions for reviews should be sent to
the book review editor Professor Ken Friedman, Norwegian School
of Management, Oslo, and Denmark's Design School.
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