AIGA FH3: Twenty-First Century Curriculum
Chicago, March 7–8, 2009
www.futurehistory3.com
Building from the past FutureHistory conferences, AIGA FH3 will
explore current and future curricular challenges and innovations, and
their relationship to traditional frameworks of design education.
These issues and their potential impacts on graduate and undergraduate
education will be presented and discussed by national and
international main stage speakers and in breakout sessions led by
participants whose proposals are selected from juried submissions.
There will be three juried presentation tracks: Undergraduate
Curriculum, MFA Thesis Projects, and Design Research.
Based on the past FutureHistory conferences also held in Chicago, we
expect to draw an audience of over 350 educators, students, and
practitioners from the U.S. and abroad. The FH3 conference is a
project of AIGA in partnership with Adobe Systems. AIGA FH3 is
hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able
to join us in Chicago in 2009. Our website will be updated with more
information in the next few weeks.
Sincerely,
Linda Bracamontes-Roeger, Conference Chair
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Deadline Extended to October 17, 2008
Call for Proposals
We invite you to respond to the FH3 call for proposals.
Undergraduate Curriculum
Course plans, models of interdisciplinary study, and/or Design
leadership and advocacy programs and projects.
MFA Thesis Projects
Presentation and exhibition of thesis projects completed over the past
5 years (2004-2009).
Design Research
The role of research in design education including design methods,
iconic research, and ethnography.
The NEW deadline for abstracts (the first round in the call for
proposals) is October 17, 2008. See specifications below. After this
date, future deadlines will be notified via email.
Process of Submission and Deadlines
Round 1:
Submit an abstract for your presentation on Curriculum, MFA Thesis
Projects, or Design Research. Due Oct 17. Include the following:
—Bio of speaker(s): no more than 150 words, pdf
—Title and description/summary: one page, pdf
For Undergraduate Curriculum track:
—What is the history of your curriculum, how has it evolved,
and what are the plans for the future?
—Does the curriculum add something new and meaningful to what
the design education community already knows and understands?
—Include program plan with course descriptions.
For MFA Thesis Projects track:
—How has the curriculum helped to develop and define a thesis?
—In what way do the results impact or inform the profession at large?
—Current and former students are highly encouraged to submit their own work.
For Design Research track:
—In what ways and with what methods can research influence the process
of designing?
—How does this work contribute to design education in meaningful ways?
—How can educators (or other practitioners) make use of the methods
and/or results?
Abstracts will be reviewed by October 27.
Round 2:
Submit a complete presentation for your abstract. Due Jan 1. Include
the following:
—Paper: you will have 45 minutes, must include visuals, pdf
(For Curriculum and MFA Thesis Projects tracks,
include 1–2 paragraphs and 1–2 visuals for each course.)
—Video: 3 mb maximum (Please include for greatest
consideration. Video can be made by presenters and/or students.)
Presentations will be judged for submission by February 1 and
selected papers will be published on http://www.futurehistory3.com.
Round 3:
Fifteen of the selected papers will be chosen for presentation. Final
draft is due Feb 14. If a video was not previously submitted, it must
be submitted by Feb 28 to be shown at the conference. Final papers
and videos will be published on http://www.futurehistory3.com.
Please send proposals to both:
Joerg Becker, Programming Co-chair
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Sharon Oiga, Programming Co-chair
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
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