[spectre] CFP: Balkan Locus-Focus communication design histories (Izmir, 29-30 Jun 12)

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: Artun Ozguner <artun.ozguner at ieu.edu.tr>
Date: Feb 27, 2012
Subject: CFP: Balkan Locus-Focus (Izmir, 29-30 Jun 12)

Izmir University of Economics, Turkey, June 29 - 30, 2012
Deadline: Mar 15, 2012

BALKAN LOCUS-FOCUS: 1st symposium on Balkan communication design
histories
http://fadf.ieu.edu.tr/balkanlocusfocus

This call for participation asks for studies of communication design in
the broader region of the Balkans/Southeastern Europe.

Consisting of heterogeneous cultural groups and diverse socio-economic
structures, the region has had a turbulent history in the last century,
marked by violent manifestations of ethnic conflict but also by regimes
that fostered political integration. Its multiple design histories
sometimes intersected, but often diverged to distinct national
trajectories that looked for points of reference beyond the region’s
geographical borders.

This two-day symposium held at Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
(Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Visual Communication Design
Department) in collaboration with Parsons, USA (School of Art and
Design History and Theory), intends to offer first insights on the yet
silent and poorly recorded histories of communication design in the
Balkan peninsula, focusing on the period from the late 19th century to
the present. This is the first attempt to comprehensively map visual
communication (in the areas of graphic design, advertising, typography,
web design, media, and inclusive of non-commercial examples, private
initiatives and state/civil service design) in the socio-political and
mental territories of the region. The aim is thus threefold:

First, to present and document existing and/or unpublished research
through paper presentations.

Second, to initiate a forum for emerging issues to be investigated and
for new projects to be launched (e.g. more comprehensive national and
transnational trajectories, oral histories, comparative studies). This
aim will be achieved in moderated academic workshops with the intention
of generating co-authored papers to be published on the conference
website, and if possible, a design journal special edition.

Third, to see design practice presentations by contemporary designers
of the region feed and inspire new thinking, and generate oral
histories for future research.

The overall goal of this hybrid event is for scholars, researchers and
designers from the Balkans to establish links, forge collaborations,
and create a strong community of design historians and practitioners.

The symposium committee will seek papers under the following four
THEMES (inclusive but not limited to):
  T1: Inter-Nationalism/Regionalism, Identity(ies), Propaganda, Politics.
  T2: Modernization, Professionalization, Institutionalization.
  T3: Inter-Balkan Connections/Networks, International Influence/Impact.
  T4: Contemporary Practice, Multi-disciplinary Design, New Media.

There will be three SESSION types:
  PPS: Paper Presentation Sessions
  AWS: Academic Workshop Sessions
  DPPS: Design Practice Presentation Sessions

There will be four moderated academic workshops during the symposium.
Confirmed moderators are
  Fedja Vuki (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
  Bratislav Pantelic (Sabanci University, Turkey)
  Basak Senova (curator/designer, Istanbul, Turkey)
  Jilly Traganou, co-moderator (Parsons, USA).

More information and updates on workshop themes and means of
participation will be available on the website.

You may be part of this symposium as one or more PARTICIPANT types:

Presenter by delivering a paper presentation during PPS.
  Discussant by provoking dialogue with the AWS moderator and other
discussants.
  Designer by presenting your work produced in the period from the 1960s
to the present at DPPS.
  Attendee.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

PPS: 1 Abstract (350 word max) + 1 visual (low res.) + short bio (75
words) + CV.
  AWS: 1 Abstract (500 word max) providing your knowledge and
provocations on one of the 4 workshop themes (to be announced in the
website) + short bio (75 words) + CV.
  DPPS: 1 Abstract (350 word max) supported by visuals of your work (low
res.) + short bio (75 words) + CV.

Please use the attached PDF form (BLF_Abstract-Submission-Form.pdf) and
rename it to:

SESSIONtype_theme#_SURNAME_Shortened-title-of-your-abstract_01.pdf
  e.g. PPS_t2_SMITH_Modernity-and-magazine-design-in-Bulgaria_01.pdf

Use Adobe Reader to open the form and enter your text in the fields and
save the document.
  (Get free Adobe Reader at: http://get.adobe.com/reader/)

Enter your personal data, contacts, paper title and the abstract text
on page 1;
  Enter your short bio on page 2 of the form;
  Send your visual as separate .jpg image file(s) not larger than 2 MB
each;
  Your CV can be attached as a separate .pdf or .doc file.

Submit your material to: <balkanlocusfocus at ieu.edu.tr>

DOCUMENTS DOWNLOAD

Call for Participation
  http://fadf.ieu.edu.tr/balkanlocusfocus/BLF_CfP_2012.pdf

Abstract Submission Form
  http://fadf.ieu.edu.tr/balkanlocusfocus/BLF_ASF_2012.pdf

IMPORTANT DATES
  Deadline for all abstracts: 15 March 2012
  Announcement of accepted participants: 15 April 2012

REGISTRATION

For details on registration fees and payment methods, please consult
the symposium website:
  http://fadf.ieu.edu.tr/balkanlocusfocus

SYMPOSIUM LANGUAGE

The language of the symposium will be English.

VENUE

Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir –
Turkey

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
  Jilly Traganou, Associate Professor, School of Art and Design History
and Theory, Parsons The New School for Design
  Marina Emmanouil, Lecturer, VCD (IEU)
  Aren Kurtgözü, Assistant Professor, VCD (IEU)
  Laurie Churchman, Assistant Professor, VCD (IEU)
  Fulya Ertem, Assistant Professor, VCD (IEU)
  Alessandro Segalini, Lecturer, VCD (IEU)
  Artun Özgüner, Research Assistant (IEU)

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  CfP: 1st symposium on Balkan communication design histories | 29-30
June 2012 | Izmir Turkey

Reference / Quellennachweis:
CFP: Balkan Locus-Focus (Izmir, 29-30 Jun 12). In: H-ArtHist, Feb 27,
2012. <http://arthist.net/archive/2792>.

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