Ken Friedman:
My advice? There are now many serious conferences in the design field. Unless you want to vacation in Rome or LA or wherever they are holding a conference next, I'd be thinking about participating in DRS, DS, IASDR, or other research-based, relevant conferences. Then I'd try to publish your paper in Design Studies, Design Issues, International Journal of Design, Journal of Design Research, Design and Culture, Design Journal or the other serious, highly respected and well cited journals in our field. There is only so much time in life to write papers or attend conferences -- and only so much money to do it with. We've got to make the investment of research time and travel money count. Best to spend them wisely.
My response:
I agree. I believe the Oxford Round Table, hosted in rather than by, various Oxford colleges, is a similar outfit. The time, effort and money expended in preparing for such a conference is wasted as the result has no quality assurance and therefore no value as an academic output or robust scholarly contribution to any discipline.
Finding a more focussed and internationally recognised conferences is good advice.
Patricia
Patricia Thomas
Lecturer Postgraduate Studies
Institute of Communication Design
College of Creative Arts
Massey University
Wellington
New Zealand
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