The Silent Language: Culture in Creative Research

De Montfort University's - Faculty of Art and Design, Leicester

Wednesday 17 March 2010

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A postgraduate symposium organised by PhD students from the Faculty of Art and Design at De Montfort University.

Call for papers and posters

This one day symposium seeks to explore the relation between researched topics and people in the form of cultures, social relations, behaviors, and communities.

“There is a great need to revise and broaden our view of the human situation, a need to be both more comprehensive and more realistic, not only about others, but about ourselves as well. It is essential that we learn to read the silent communications as easily as the printed and spoken ones. Only by doing so can we also reach other people, both inside and outside our national boundaries, as we are increasingly required to do”. (Hall, E. T., 1966)

All research students from art, design and creative disciplines are welcome to contribute.

Contributions are invited in the form of written papers and/or posters topics might include but are not restricted to:

- Collaborative design

- Socially relevant art and design

- Design and emotion

- Public and/or private spaces

- Art and design education cultures

- Social and cultural sustainability

- Art/design and human behaviour

- Visual arts and culture

- Human representation in art and its meaning

- Identity in art and design

- Design meaning

- Meaning and visual art

- User evaluation methods

- Cultural design methodologies

This event is free for all academics and research students and will:

• Give you an opportunity to tell everyone about your research

• Provide an opportunity to practice your presentation skills in a friendly environment, with constructive feedback

• Allow you to meet other research students who are doing related research

Deadlines:

- Thursday 28th January 2010: Submission of (200-300) word abstracts (format attached)

- Thursday 4th February 2010: notification of acceptance

- Monday 22nd February 2010: Full paper (600-1200 words) (format attached) and/or an [A1] poster (pdf or PowerPoint or image files)

- Tuesday 2nd March 2010: Final submissions including any required amendments (posters are submitted on the day during registration)

- Monday 1st March 2010: deadline for registration of attendance

- Wednesday 17th March: Symposium day 9.45 AM - 4.00PM

Presentations should be a maximum of 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of discussion and there will be a prize for the best presentation and the best poster.

For submissions and any other enquiries please contact Crystal at:

p08040140@myemail.dmu.ac.uk