[Nettime-bold] cfp: design education, a dialogue across cultures (split, feb. 2002)

[geert lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>]

From: "Mirko Petric" <mpetric@umas.hr>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: Fwd: CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for papers

DESIGN EDUCATION: A DIALOGUE ACROSS CULTURES

An international conference to take place at
the Department of Visual Communication Design,
Arts Academy, University of Split, Croatia
February 28th - March 2nd, 2002

The awarenness of the importance of design and designers in an 
industrial and postindustrial world grew at an unprecedented rate 
throughout the twentieth century. At the beginning of the new century, 
we are faced with an even more pronounced role of a seemingly universal 
design culture, spurred by the confluence of new technologies and new 
identities forged in the era of reflexive modernization. In spite of the 
globalizing tendencies, however, there still exists design production 
reflecting local needs and following local traditions.

This situation is reflected in the process of design education, which is 
more often than not linked to the very specific conditions of individual 
countries and regions. To educate designers to successfully practice 
their profession still entails rather different processes in different 
parts of the world. Educators working in the area have a lot to learn 
from one another, even though they are working in radically different 
contexts.

The British Council Zagreb and several Croatian educational design 
organizations have initiated a dialogue across cultures on what it means 
to educate designers today. The aim of this conference is to expand this 
dialogue to include participants from other countries reflecting on the 
intricacies of contemporary design education.

The organizing committee welcomes contributions on teaching and learning 
methods in various fields of design education, skill requirements of 
design graduates, new areas of study in design research, the role of 
business in design education, the relative importance of the local 
industries and the global economy for the design profession, and the 
related issues.

The language of the conference is English.

Please send your 200-word proposals for 20-minute papers to the 
organizing committee by December 31, 2001. Proposals should be e-mailed 
to: office@umas.hr

Queries will be answered by the conference coordinator: Mirko Petric 
(Arts Academy, Split)
mpetric@umas.hr

Organizing committee:
Rosana Besednik (The British Council - Zagreb)
Lana Cavar (Croatian Design Society)
Ivan Doroghy (Department of Design, Zagreb)
Tomislav Lerotic (Arts Academy, Split)
Mirko Petric (Arts Academy, Split)
Nina Rezek-Wilson (Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb)
Tonci Vladislavic (Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb)
 

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