apologies for cross-posting / please circulate this announcement widely
Dear all,
We welcome paper proposals for a panel on the situatedness of design practices
and artefacts at EASST 2018 “Meetings - Making Science, Technology and
Society Together” , 25-28th July 2018 in
Lancaster University, UK.
(B07) Situating designs
Discussant: Alex Wilkie (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Convenors: Peter Fuzesi (Lancaster University) p.fuzesi@lancaster.ac.uk
; Yana Boeva (York University, Toronto)
yaboeva@yorku.ca ;
Design, at the heart of creating new technologies, has a predominant existence
and influence outside the theoretical framework of research as a professional
practice. A plethora of practices identify as design. These range from
traditional product design over design engineering to more recent conversions
in UX/UI or design thinking. Simultaneously, the boundaries of design have
become porous; research in the social sciences discloses that design is also
practiced by those avoiding the term. Newer approaches at the intersections of
design and STS, such as craft (Rosner & Fox, 2016; Pérez Bustos, 2017),
critical technical practice (Agre, 1997; Boehner et al., 2005), hacking
(Söderberg and Delfanti, 2015), repair and fixing (Denis and Pontille, 2014;
Jackson, 2014), offer unconventional reconfigurations of both technological
expertise and socio-political worlds. This diversity of locations and
approaches makes it difficult to provide a definition what design
means—something even design research has been struggling with.
Rather than seeking a substantive definition, this panel makes an inquiry into
the location, circulation, presences and absences of design practices. Part of
this challenge to situate design, is articulating the geographical,
organisational, discursive and material arrangements that converge at sites,
where design is practiced and reflexively delineated. We welcome both
theoretical contributions and practical case studies that follow along
dialogues on what design means for design, STS, and beyond.
To submit a paper please go to the panel website:
https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6280
Submissions should include: a paper title, a short abstract of max. 300
characters, and a long abstract of max. 250 words.
The call for papers closes at midnight CET on February 14, 2018 (23:59 CEU).
Best wishes,
Peter & Yana
Yana Boeva
PhD Candidate
Science and Technology Studies
York University, Toronto
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