[spectre] Fwd: 'Data Across Scales' conference - Harvard GSD - Call for participation

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: joelle at superficiel.org


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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

*DATA ACROSS SCALES : Reshaping DesignConference*
Harvard University - Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA --- 
17th of April 2015
http://datascales.wordpress.com/ <http://datascales.wordpress.com/>

The Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Doctor of Design program 
are hosting an international interdisciplinary conference open to the 
general public. The conference focuses on 'data' and how it is steering 
design practices across all scales. We are looking for expressions of 
interest for talks from theorists and practitioners alike.

*TOPIC*

With the rapid increase of information technologies in our personal and 
professional lives, we produce, share, collect, archive, use and misuse, 
consciously or unconsciously an immense amount of data. This burst of 
data production and collection has already had a profound impact on the 
way we organise ourselves as a community.  It drastically changes the 
way in which we conceive, materialize and experience designs and the 
physical world. These on-going transformations have permeated all layers 
of social debates including issues of openness, transparency and civil 
participation.

The questions brought about by these debates are also challenging 
academic research and professional production. Under the umbrella of 
'Data Across Scales' this conference aims to reveal and discuss how the 
accessibility and processing of 'data' is shifting the design practices.

The conference 'Data Across Scales' opens an opportunity to juxtapose 
these ongoing transformations in  a diverse set of design fields: from 
fabrication methodologies to evaluating and representing the rapid 
transformation of the urban landscapes.

We invite expressions of interest for talks on the following topics - 
among others:

*  Data-driven design
*  Data visualisation
*  Computational design
*  The input of 'programs' in our daily environment
*  Open data and access to data
*  Programmable materials
*  Digital Fabrication
*  Interactive Art
*  Imagination, perception, representation, and production of urban space
*  Research methodologies in design disciplines

*SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST*

Talks: The submission should express in a short text of 500 words what 
their interest, statements and/or work is in relation to the topic of 
data across scales.

Please send your submissions in PDF format (additional audiovisual 
material can be submitted in the form of online material with 
corresponding URL) to the following email address by 30th October 2014, 
23.59 GMT+1:
datascales2015 at gmail.com <mailto:datascales2015 at gmail.com>

*IMPORTANT DATES*

Deadline for expressions of interest: 4th November 2014
Notification of acceptance: 19th November 2014
Conference: 17th April 2015

*FEE*

The symposium, all events included, will be free of charge for all 
participants and audience. Speakers who are not supported by an 
institution will get an aid for transport to Cambridge, MA and 
accommodation.

CONTACT AND INFORMATION

For more information, please email us at datascales2015 at gmail.com 
<mailto:datascales2015 at gmail.com>and/or visit the conference website: 
http://datascales.wordpress.com/ <http://datascales.wordpress.com/>

*ORGANIZERS*

Özlem Altinkaya, Joëlle Bitton, Felix Raspall (DDes program, Harvard GSD)
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/doctoral-programs/ddes/ 
<http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/doctoral-programs/ddes/>

The conference is supported by Harvard GSD and the DDes program.
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu



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Joëlle Bitton
Art, Design, Technology

http://joelle.superficiel.org
twitter @msvarjak



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