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*APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ------------------------------------------------------------------ CONNECTING: a conference on the multivocality of design history and design studies * UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN HELSINKI FINLAND & ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS IN TALLINN 23.-25.8.2006 International Committee of Design History and Studies ICDHS, 5th Conference, Incorporating: Nordic Forum for Design History Symposia For more information, visit the website _http://tm.uiah.fi/connecting/_ *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION* * Conference themes: * • The influence of dominating trends connecting to local cultures and communities: problems of center, periphery and province. Have peripheries been able to innovate and have provinces just been submissive regarding centers? • Connecting interventions and policies of public and private nature to the local infrastructures of design and craft - have these actions produced change, positive or negative? • The professionalisation in design and craft - connecting this to the multitude of different national, economical and cultural settings with varying velocities of development • The historiography of design: how has it been and is connected to local traditions of philosophy, scholarship and educational structures • How have we been seen and received - and what have we given to the rest of the world? - This theme explores the reception of Nordic/Scandinavian design, its possible influence in other cultural spheres, both the everyday and strategic uses of the outcomes of the phenomena emanating from this region. At the same time we want to have Nordic speakers to present how they see the contribution of their own contexts, the strategies of exporting both goods and know-how and the connecting role of concerted efforts in producing this evolved * Contact us * Conference Chair Mr. Pekka Korvenmaa PhD, Professor, School of Design, University of Art and Design Helsinki Contact when questions regarding conference THEMES _ [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Conference planners Ms. Paula Bello Contact when questions regarding conference ABSTRACTS and PAPER SUBMISSIONS Tel. +358 50 402 6992 _ [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Ms. Satu Miettinen Contact when questions regarding conference PRACTICALITIES in Helsinki and POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Tel. +358 50 352 6452 _ [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> University of Art and Design Helsinki Hämeentie 135 C FIN-00560 Helsinki Finland _ __www.uiah.fi/english_ <http://www.uiah.fi/english> Tel: +358 9 7563 0399 Telefax: +358 9 7563 0433 Tallinn Conference Co-chair Ms. Krista Kodres Professor Professor, Estonian Academy of Arts Contact when questions regarding conference THEMES _ [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Conference planner Ms. Katri Ristal Head of the Design Innovation Centre, Estonian Academy of Arts Contact when questions regarding conference PRACTICALITIES in Tallinn Tel: +372 6 267 110 Mob: +372 5 654 654 _ [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Estonian Academy of Arts Design Innovation Center Tartu mnt 1, Tallinn 10145 Estonia _ __www.artun.ee_ <http://www.artun.ee/> Tel: +372 626 7301 Telefax. +372 626 7350