[Bilimsel Haber] 4T 2015 Sempozyum Duyurusu

[Bahar Emgin]

*DESIGN IN TIMES OF TURMOIL: DISPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT EMPLACEMENT*



*DATE*

May 14-15, 2015



*VENUE*

Yasar University, İzmir



*KEYNOTE SPEAKER*

Jeremy Aynsley

Professor of Design History, University of Brighton

President, Design History Society UK





*THEME*

“It was inevitable:”

Reads the opening of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s much acclaimed
book, Love in The Time of Cholera. “It was inevitable: the scent of bitter
almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”  And it is
inevitable: every news item on wars, revolts and disasters reminds us of
the fate of people suffering. It is inevitable for designers not to ponder
the place of design in a world in turmoil.  Turmoil, as a state of great
disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty may apply to subjects as well as
cultures, societies, and marginalized identities.



What are the potentials and shortcomings of design when people face
constant fear, danger, death, hunger and sickness; when they strive to
continue their lives in search of new normalcies in unsettling, unhomely
and unfriendly environments? Is it possible to talk about an emancipatory
position for design under these circumstances?  What can be the designer’s
capacity and role in anxiety-ridden contexts embedded in uncertainty?  How
does design respond to turmoil in various scales and define, reinforce, or
exacerbate such conditions? Can design resist, preempt, or avert turmoil?



This year’s symposium adresses such questions under specific conditions of
displacement, replacement and emplacement.  These are highly charged terms,
loaded with multiple meanings, some of which are cited below to indicate
the span of possible approaches for symposium presentations.  Papers are
welcome to focus on one of the thematic categories or their intersections
at various levels in the context of different design fields including
spaces, buildings, industrial products, graphics, clothing and others.



*Displacement*: *1.* The removal of someone or something by someone or
something else which takes their place; *2. *The enforced departure of
people from their homes, typically because of war, persecution, or natural
disaster;  *3. *(Psychoanalysis) The unconscious transfer of an intense
emotion from one object to another



·       Geographical displacement, i.e. war and forced migration

·       Cultural displacement, i.e., hybrid cultural practices caused by
migration

·       Professional displacement, i.e., unprecedented tasks for
established professions

·       Technological displacement, i.e., new media taking the place of the
traditional desigers’ role

·       Domestic displacement, i.e. places of the homeless



*Replacement: 1. *A person or thing that takes the place of another; *2.* A
person who fills the role of (someone or something) with a substitute;  *3.
*An immediate renewal of an unsuccessful attack, often while still on the
lunge



   - Corporeal replacement, i.e. prosthesis after personal turmoil or
   traumas
   - Replacement of  needs and priorities in everyday life
   - Replacement of realities, i.e. the role of histories, memories, dreams
   and hopes in coping with turmoil.







*Emplacement*: *1.* A structure on or in which something is firmly placed;
*2.* A platform or defended position where a gun is placed for firing;  *3.
*(chiefly Geology) The process or state of setting something in place or
being set in place



·       Geographical emplacement, i.e. refugee camps

·       Urban emplacement, i.e. urban renewal

·       Corporeal emplacement, i.e. migrant enclaves

·       Cultural emplacement, i.e. gentrification



Participants are invited to address these or similar themes as they relate
to design discourses, production processes, products, producers and users.







*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Those who are interested in contributing papers to the tenth 4T Symposium
are invited to submit a title and an abstract of 250-300 words through
EasyChair  (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=5t2015) by January 16th
2015.  Registration to EasyChair is essential in order to submit abstracts.
The symposium language is English, therefore all abstracts, presentations
and papers should be in English. For any further questions please contact
Bahar Emgin (bahar.emgin at yasar.edu.tr).  Selected proposals will be
announced on February 16th, 2015.





*ORGANIZERS*

Prof. Dr. Tevfik Balcıoğlu

Prof. Dr. Gülsüm Baydar



*ORGANIZING BOARD*

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgen Osman Demirbaş

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Yücel

Assist. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Arda

Dr. Özlem Taşkın Erten

Ömer Durmaz



*COORDINATOR*

Dr. Bahar Emgin



*ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*

Didem Dönmez

Yasemin Oksel

Selin Gençtürk

Eda Paykoç



*GRAPHIC DESIGN*

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