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CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for 1 page abstracts: March 2003 ‘Sex Object: Desire and Design in a Gendered World’ 11-13 September 2003 Design History Society Conference, Norwich, UK The Design History Society invites submissions for its annual conference to be held at the Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, England 11-13 September 2003. Papers from all disciplines regarding any aspect of design and gender are encouraged. The interdisciplinary conference will explore the connections between the material world, masculinity, femininity, and desire. This interdisciplinary conference encourages contemporary and historical papers from a variety of fields including: Anthropology, Archaeology, Material Culture Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Art History, Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Social Geography, American Studies, Film Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Histories of Technology, Fashion, Textiles, Product Design, Photography, Graphic Design, Ceramics, Glass, Architecture, etc and other academic fields and areas of design practice. Suggestions for panel presentations are encouraged. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to the following: Gender and Space Women Designers Gender and Design Biography Masculinity and Manhood Eroticism, Design and the Material World The ‘Female Consumer’ Gender and Modernism Gendering of Objects and Goods Gender and the Domestic Interior, the Workplace, the Public Sphere Queer Politics and Design Gender and Representation Gender and Design Discourse Publication of papers is planned. Further information will be available at www.nsad.ac.uk Timetable: Deadline for one page abstracts: March 2003 Conference from Thursday to Saturday, 11-13 September 2003. Please send all material and questions to: Dr. Nicolas Maffei, Centre Leader, Critical Studies at [log in to unmask] or at: Norwich School of Art and Design St George Street Norwich, Norfolk NR3 1BB Tel [0 44] 1603 610561 Fax [0 44] 1603 615728