12-14 OCTOBER 2023
Extended Deadline for Extended Abstracts: 3 July 2023
CALL FOR PAPERS
Design is everywhere! Historically, the term design has gained currency and legitimacy in almost all disciplines, including engineering, architecture, industry, agriculture, economics, and politics. It has gained further popularity in the new millennium with the emergence of digital information and communication technologies and platforms such as social media. Due to its positive resonance, the term has been overcharged and manipulated in unprecedented ways, particularly by populist discourses and consumerist policies and practices.
Today, design is conveniently consumed by political, economic, and social mechanisms. This situation presents us with the emergence of popular phrases as diverse as parametric design, design thinking, feng shui design, wellness design, hair design, and design city. On the one hand, such appropriations further complicate conventional disciplinary boundaries and elitist definitions of design. On the other hand, in this somewhat suspect and complicated context, where everything can be produced, consumed, and marketed under design as a catchphrase, we believe it is time to revisit a fundamental question: But what do we mean by design? Instead of taking the various meanings of design for granted, we would like to critically explore what design has come to mean in history, theory, and practice in the face of populist and consumerist agendas. Questions proliferate:
Papers are invited to problematize the meaning of design and to address these questions in contexts including, but not limited to, activism, politics, economy, everyday life, disasters, education, management, health and medicine, digital technologies, user-experience, production and consumption networks, marketing, and media. Papers grounded in specific theoretical positions are strongly encouraged.
Those who are interested in contributing papers to the fifteenth 4T Symposium are invited to submit a title and an extended abstract of 800-1000 words, including a critical question/argument, theoretical/conceptual framework and research method, through EasyChair by 05 June 2023. Registration to Easy-Chair is essential in order to submit abstracts. The symposium language is English, therefore all abstracts, presentations and papers should be in English. All papers will go through a blind review process and the accepted papers will be announced on 20 July 2023.
All the presented papers will take place in a proceeding book traditionally published by the 4T Society. In addition, selected papers will be published as articles either in an edited book or a special issue of a journal.
IMPORTANT DATES
| Extended Deadline for Extended Abstracts | 3 July 2023 |
| Notification of Acceptance | 20 July 2023 |
| Early Bird Registration | 14 August 2023 |
| Regular Registration | 4 September 2023 |
| Announcement of Symposium Program | 18 September 2023 |
| Symposium | 12-14 October 2023 |
For any further information, send an email to symposium@4t.org.tr
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