26th Jun 2012 10:00am-4:00pm
Grand Parade Campus
A one-day symposium organised through the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton.
Location/venue: G4 Seminar Room, University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY.
Cost: FREE (Space Strictly Limited)
Speakers:
Anne Boddington Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton
Dr Andrew Grantham Senior Research Fellow Brighton Business School
Prof Bruce Wood Director Centre for Creative Industries Glasgow Caledonian University
Prof Marcus Jahnke HDK, School of Design & Crafts / Business & Design Lab, University of Gothenburg
Deadline for proposals: 14 June 2012
At the CHEAD conference (Edinburgh 2011) delegates identified the importance of articulating value of art and design and its education with other disciplinary communities, prospective students and public audiences.
The success and values of art and design and its education are generally identified by the quality of the artefacts produced, but provide little detailed analysis or articulation as to the knowledge, media and methods employed in such achievements and how such predominantly constructivist form of knowledge building might be key to building and advancing new educational models that help students and staff bridge disciplinary barriers. Building on an international symposium focusing on design and Innovation held at the University of Brighton in March 2012, this joint symposium in collaboration with CHEAD hopes to build a dialogue across these fields from the perspective of Art & Design community.
To date the practices of art and design have been primarily analysed and articulated by others and this event will develop voices from within the community and share these with colleagues within innovation and business through the design and development of a pilot pamphlet publication, inviting participants from across the art and design community and their collaborators to attend and share how they have or might create the conditions through which to systematically interconnect different kinds of knowledge and reveal transformative ways of seeing, thinking and developing new insights and opportunities for creative learning.
The one day event will be hosted at Brighton in June (26th) from 10am until 4 pm and final papers for this will be required by the 14th June 2012 if they are to be shared with this audience. The symposium will ask the business and innovation studies community to reflect on what and how they perceive art and design and where and how we might collaborate effectively across these sectors.
A detailed programme for this event will be developed in due course. For those wishing to attend, the symposium - including refreshments and lunch - it is free, but spaces are strictly limited and early registration is vital.
To submit a paper proposal (no more than 1500 words by 14th June) or register for a place at this event please email Ema Findley : e.findley@brighton.ac.uk
Conference Venue and Accommodation The main venue will be in the G4 Seminar room at the Grand Parade site of the University of Brighton, in the town centre.
http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/research-conferences/art-and-design-and-innovation-and-business/
The Higher Education Academy Workshop and Seminar Series; http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/seminars/disciplines/DW203
