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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am a new member to this list, and would like to make other members aware of the conference Networks of Design which is being hosted at University College Falmouth 3-6 September 2008. For more information about the conference and 'call for papers' please visit the conference web site below.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">best wishes</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">fiona</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Networks of Design 2008 Conference of the Design History Society</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">University College Falmouth, UK</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">September 3<SUP>rd</SUP> – 6<SUP>th</SUP> 2008</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The theme<I> Networks of Design</I> responds to recent academic interest in the fields of design, technology, humanities and the social sciences in the ‘networks’ of interactions within processes of knowledge formation. The interest in networks emerges from actor-network theory (ANT) and the work of, among others, the social theorist</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bruno Latour</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> who, along with the international designer and Droog collaborator</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jurgen Bey</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, and</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jeremy Myerson</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, director of research and innovation at the Royal College of art, is a keynote speaker at the conference. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Studying networks foregrounds infrastructure, negotiations, processes, strategies of interconnection, and the heterogeneous relationships between people and things. Within the wider context of post-modernism, it seems, we are experiencing a paradigm shift in design history and visual culture, and this conference offers an opportunity to address, explore and assess that shift, providing a platform for international debate and exchange. </FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Networks can include people, social groups, artefacts, devices, entities and ideas. Papers will be organised around five broad themes: </FONT></P>
<P><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Networks of People</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> including collectives and individuals</FONT>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Networks of Texts</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> including images, documents, databases </FONT>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Networks of Technology</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> including mechanical and virtual technologies </FONT>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Networks of Things</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> including material and technological artefacts</FONT>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Networks of ideas</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> including theories, disciplines and concepts (among them design history and ANT)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Proposals for papers are welcome from individuals and/or panels (of not more than three papers). Please visit the web site: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.networksofdesign.co.uk"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">www.networksofdesign.co.uk</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> or email Fiona Hackney at </FONT><A HREF="mailto:networksofdesign@falmouth.ac.uk"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">networksofdesign@falmouth.ac.uk</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Submission deadline: 25<SUP>th</SUP> February 2008</FONT></B>
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