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*SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS*
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*The Art of Research Conference: Making, Reflecting &
Understanding (AOR2012)*
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*28-29 November 2012 at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and
Architecture Helsinki, Finland *
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The 4th Art of Research Conference: Making, Reflecting & Understanding
(AOR2012) will take place on 28-29 November 2012 at Aalto University School
of Art, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland. The aim of the event is
to continue and update the discussions concerning the relationship between
art and design practices and knowledge, in terms of both content and modes
of knowledge production and exchange. We invite abstracts (350 words max)
by doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers and academics addressing
the following:

·      Explorative art/design projects. These types of papers must be
submitted together with creative works and must contribute to understanding
of how the visual and the textual are unified in research.
·      Methodological and theoretical questions related to the conference
theme.

The submission of abstracts and exhibition proposals is available online at
the conference website
http://designresearch.aalto.fi/events/aor2012/submit.php.
The abstracts must be uploaded by 10 June 2012 (12 pm, GMT+3).
All contributions will be double-blind peer reviewed. To facilitate the
review process, authors should make an effort to ensure that their identity
is not revealed by information contained in their submission. The review
notice of abstracts will be given on 25 June 2012. Please check the key
dates at: http://designresearch.aalto.fi/events/aor2012/keydates.php

*Keynote Speakers*
We are pleased to announce that keynote lectures will be delivered by Dr.
Kaisu Koski (Netherlands), Prof. Harri Laakso (Finland) and Prof. Fiona
Raby (UK).
You can find further information at
http://designresearch.aalto.fi/events/aor2012/keynotes.php

*Conference Proceedings*
We are also pleased to announce our new partnership with the journal *Studies
in Material Thinking.* The journal will publish a post-conference
collection of invited research papers.

The aim of this volume is to further the contemporary discourse regarding
notions of practice-led research and to discover how contemporary
practitioners bring into play the relationship between their art and design
practices and the emergence of new knowledge.
Full information about the journal is available at
http://www.materialthinking.org/

Full details of the conference are given at
http://designresearch.aalto.fi/events/aor2012/
For more information, please contact conference coordinator Svetlana
Usenyuk: [log in to unmask]

We look forward to seeing you in November 2012!

Conference Committee