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Carma: Is there a difference in your panel's mind between -calls for increased rigor in design writing- and -calls for increased design criticism-? One seems to be entangled in the other there. Would you for instance be open to the suggestion (or criticism) that we do not need more criticism but rather more rigor? Is your conference focus criticism or rigor? Happy Friday all. ... GK VanPatter Co-Founder NextDesign Leadership Institute New York NextD Who will lead design in the 21st century? http://nextd.org ... > From: Carma R Gorman <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Carma R Gorman <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:27:22 -0500 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: CFP: "Design(ing) Criticism" > > Call for papers: "Design(ing) Criticism" > College Art Association annual conference > Boston, Massachusetts (USA) > February 22-25, 2006 > > *deadline for receipt of abstracts: May 13, 2005* > > Session description: > > Despite many recent calls for increased rigor in design writing, design > criticism remains an undervalued, underdeveloped, and undertheorized > discipline. This panel examines design criticism as a literary and social > activity, explores new forms of critique, and investigates the extent to > which values and paradigms from art and literary criticism have stifled or > enriched design criticism. Which critics or ideas have most fundamentally > shaped how design criticism has been understood and practiced? Where, by > whom, and for whom is design criticism being written? How does the criticism > in Consumer Reports or users' online product reviews relate to the writing > in design magazines? What new forms of criticism should be considered? What > does the "crisis of art criticism" mean for design criticism? Could design > criticism provide a model for art criticism's regeneration? > > Session co-chairs: > Elizabeth Guffey, Purchase College, State University of New York; and Carma > Gorman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; mail abstracts to: Carma > Gorman, Southern Illinois University, School of Art and Design, MC 4301, > Carbondale, IL 62901, or e-mail abstracts to: [log in to unmask] > and [log in to unmask] > > Preliminary abstracts must be accompanied by CAA's "Session Participation > Proposal Submission Form," a short letter of interest, and a c.v. Detailed > instructions for submitting abstracts and supporting materials, as well as > the Session Participation Proposal Submission Form itself, appear on pages 1 > and 23, respectively, of CAA's 2006 Call For Participation, which is > available as a pdf file at > http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2006_conference_call.pdf . Please note that > CAA membership is required of all conference participants (but is not > necessary to submit an abstract). > > > Carma R. Gorman, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, History of Art and Design > School of Art and Design, mail code 4301 > Southern Illinois University, Carbondale > Carbondale, IL 62901 > United States of America > voicemail: 618-453-8634 > fax: 618-453-7710 > [log in to unmask]