ICDHS 2012 • Design Frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies

CALL FOR PAPERS

ICDHS 2012 • Design Frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies
8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and
Design Studies

3-6 September
São Paulo - Brazil

University of São Paulo • Mackenzie Presbyterian University

www.fau.usp.br/icdhs2012

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ICDHS 2012 • Design Frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies

History marks territories that in some way or another are reflected in
design. Since the first ICDHS conference, held in Barcelona in 1999,
significant steps were taken to draw attention to the nature of design
studies, practice and history in a wider world context. Parallel to
that, the configuration of design landscapes has been significantly
altered by education, technology and national state policies intended
to promote local industries and sites by means of design.

The 8th ICDHS conference, “Design Frontiers: territories, concepts,
technologies”, aims to discuss how design history and design studies
may push the limits of design knowledge. The frontiers of design may
be challenged by the exploration of new territories, by the
establishment of new concepts, by the emergence of new technologies,
as well as by rediscovering the past and by finding new ways of
applying current wisdom.

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KEY DATES

Deadline for paper proposals: 29 February 2012

Notification of acceptance: 1 May 2012

Deadline for author registration: 1 July 2012

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SUBMISSIONS

Papers are expected to address one of the conference tracks, and to
make an original contribution to the field of design history and
design studies. Paper proposals will be selected by the ICDHS members
and the scientific committee to cover different areas, methods,
approaches and positions.

All proposals should be submitted via EasyChair system, accessible
through this link.

Submissions should be prepared according to the conference guidelines
available in the conference website.

Official language for submissions is English only.

Papers selected might be indicated to be presented orally or in poster format.
All selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Authors of the best papers will be invited to submit extended versions
for publication in a book of selected papers to be published by
Editorial Designio.

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CONFERENCE TRACKS

TRACK 1 | History of Design Education
This track welcomes historical studies of design education,
particularly comparative studies of design education in different
countries, cultures, periods, in its relationship with art and
technology education.
Track Chairs: Haruhiko Fujita (Osaka University, Japan) & Silvio
Barreto Campello (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

TRACK 2 | Identities and Territories
In this track we expect participants to contribute with discussions on
topics such as micro history, collective identities, gender,
internationalization, marginalization, globalization, and other
studies that focus on design from the perspective of identity and
territorial issues.
Track Chairs: Oscar Salinas Flores (National University of Mexico,
Mexico) & Clice Mazzilli (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

TRACK 3 | National Policies on Design
This track invites submissions that study totally or partially
state-funded plans and institutions for the promotion of design. Plans
and institutions must be studied as signifying practices in both their
economic and their cultural dimensions.
Track Chairs: Javier Gimeno-Martínez (VU University Amsterdam,
Netherlands & Artesis University College of Antwerp, Belgium) & Cyntia
Malaguti (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

TRACK 4 | Techniques and Technologies
Papers submitted to this track may be concerned with various
methodologies and different models of process and practice (for
example user centered design, codesign or open design); new
territories of practice emerging from cross disciplinary or
interdisciplinary collaborations; or histories of technique and
practice. Papers may also develop discourse around emerging and
enabling technologies that have impacted or will impact on the
production, reception and consumption of design; or describe different
histories of technologies.
Track Chairs: Paul Atkinson (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) &
Charles Vincent (Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil)

TRACK 5 | The New Imperialism: the international face of design and
design history
Papers submitted to this track should draw attention to the nature of
design practice and history in the wider world, beyond the orthodox
mapping of activity in the mainstream industrialized nations of the
west, therefore helping to redraw the world map of design activity,
history and politics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Track Chairs: Jonathan Woodham (University of Brighton, UK) & Denise
Dantas (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

TRACK 6 | Open Strand
This track welcomes papers that relate to the general topic of the
Conference, but that do not fit the other tracks.
Track Chairs: Victor Margolin (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)
& Priscila Farias (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

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CONFERENCE CONVENORS
Priscila Farias (University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Anna Calvera
(University of Barcelona, Spain)

CO-CONVENORS
Marcos Braga (University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Zuleica Schincariol
(Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil)

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CONTACT

icdhs.br@usp.br