FROM CONDITIONING TO AWAKENING
An international conference on Re-imagining Aesthetic unfolding
Thanima -02
January 19, 20- 21- 2017 , NIT- Calicut
The Architecture Department of N I T Calicut, I I A Calicut centre and
E K F Pune- are jointly organizing a conference in order to explore
to find a way out of the homogenizing impact of design education
rooted in western aesthetic sensibility and the impact of
globalization. The conference is being held with a spirit of enquiry
or even to create an environment for people who are concerned to come
together to re search various aspects related to aesthetic sense- its
roots, formative process, connection with cognition, connection with
culture and also how it gets distorted and destroyed.
Hope you will be able to send an abstract and also come for the conference.
Call for Abstracts | Conference
Deadline- 15th October 2016
Objective of the Conference
The Objective of the Conference is to explore various aspects of
aesthetics- its formation, conditioning, politics, connection with
culture and ways of teaching design. Whether to teach or not teach?
This is also an open invitation for collaborative research in allied
areas as well.
The theme
The visual experience of modern spaces all over the world is beginning
to look alike. In this regard, architecture and artifacts are no
exceptions! Until last century we have had diverse cultures with
distinct ways of life and fitting aesthetic sensibilities. The
homogenization of human cultures is one of the biggest challenges of
modernity to be addressed by both academia and practice. The real
issue is to understand how aesthetic sensibilities as manifested by
the things they make and the spaces they employ are inextricably
linked to the cultural context. It is the innate need of the system
for its aesthetics to respond to cultural needs and nurture cultural
diversity of local contexts. Modernity as embraced in most contexts
(let it be art, architecture or theater) bluntly deny this.
In the present era, education conditions and homogenizes the
sensibility of people through the way it imparts lessons in art,
architecture, design etc. (to begin with). In the process, we are
neglecting vibrant contextual elements and thereby constructing a
generic world lacking humane facets of design. So if aesthetic
awareness through education is reinvented as awakening the senses
through creating situations to connect to the natural context of the
learner, authentic diverse cultures can stage a comeback. Through this
approach, the organizers sincerely hope that if not in full, at least
a part of our lost sensibilities can be regained. Conference is poised
to be a form to do this on a continuous basis from time to time.
Topics
1. How did traditional cultures retain their aesthetic rootedness
2. The link between rooted ness and diversity versus rootlessness and
homogenization
3. Why is that the modern spaces/ artifacts looking alike?
4. What is the process by which aesthetic education can be rethought of?
5. Is it rooted in the being? Is it rooted in the material? Is it
rooted in the context of where we live? Or is all of this together
influencing the formation of aesthetic sense? What role can
educational institutions play in this?
6. Aesthetics as ethical response, aesthetics as cognitive act
7. What is the ambiance to foster originality and authenticity among
students of design and architecture
8. Evolving self assessment
9. Enabling a culture of enquiry and research in institutions- how do
we re imagine the ambiance of the space, the attitude of the teacher
and the assessment of the student
10. Re-imagining design pedagogy to address aesthetic rootedness
Please visit our website http://thanima.co.in/ for more details and
important deadlines. Kindly send in your abstract in relevant areas
for making it a meaningful process. Also please post this
information on other connected forums as well. Your valuable inputs on
any allied areas may be sent to [log in to unmask]
With Kind regards,
Jinan
Organising chairs
Prof.Naseer M A
Head of the Department
National Institute of Technology
Calicut
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+91-9495534242
Ar.Brijesh Shaijal
Chairman
IIA Calicut Centre
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+91-9388883600
Mr. Jinan.K B
Founder Member
Experiential Knowledge Foundation
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+91-9447121544
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