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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:17 PM
Subject: CFP: Design Studies Forum 2005 special session in Atlanta


> Call for participation: "Alternative Models for Research and Writing in
> Design Studies"
>
> Design Studies Forum Special Session, CAA Annual Conference, Atlanta, Feb.
> 16-19, 2005.
>
> Session chair: Michael Golec, College of Design, Iowa State University
>
> *Deadline for receipt of abstracts: June 30, 2004*
>
>
> Broadly speaking, the humanities model of research and writing in design
> studies defines design as a human activity that is best understood with in
a
> social-historical context.  New theories of communication following the
> advent of cybernetics and the development of new technologies have
contested
> the validity of such a model.  It can be argued that in its focus on
design
> as a human activity, the humanities model misses how humans submit to,
adapt
> to, and resist design.  An alternative to the humanities model of research
> and writing in design studies has yet to be defined.  At the very least,
the
> still nascent field of design studies should acknowledge that designed
> artifacts and systems contribute to the ongoing conditions of complexity
> that have made up our experience of the world.  Alternative models for
> research and writing will help design studies emerge from a starting
> position and move forward into high gear.
>
> Design Studies Forum invites abstracts for its 1 1/2 hour Special Session
in
> Atlanta that address the possibility for alternative models of research
and
> writing in design studies.  Issues that prospective participants may wish
to
> address include:
>
> The value that design studies takes from historically embedded objects and
> systems.
>
> The role of diachronic methods that examine aspects of design that are
> constitutive of their past (as well as their potential future) versus
> synchronic methods that focus on the context of design.
>
> The relevance of research areas that are on the periphery of design
> studies-neurophysiology and cognitive processing to name two- to the
> material aesthetic processes integral to design and its public reception.
>
> Case studies that focus on design applications, like the development of
> multimedia databases, the design and dissemination of electronic
documents,
> or the contribution of design to information-networks and their
> accessibility.
>
> Submit c.v. and abstract of 400 words or less by June 30, 2004 to:
>
> Michael Golec
> Asst. Professor of Art and Design History
> Iowa State University
> Department of Art and Design
> Department of Architecture
> 389 College of Design
> Ames, IA 50011
>
> T: 515 294 3796
> F: 515 294 2725
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