FutureHistory3: Call for Proposals
Posted by: "Linda Bracamontes-Roeger" linda.fh3@gmail.com lbroeger
Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:47 pm (PDT)
FH3: Twenty-First Century Curriculum
Chicago, March 7–8, 2009
www.futurehistory3.com
The conference will explore current and future curricular
challenges and innovations, and their relationship to traditional
frameworks of design education. It will include national and
international main stage speakers as well as breakout sessions
discussing curricular models and issues addressing graduate
and undergraduate design education. There will be three juried
presentation tracks: Curriculum, MFA Thesis Projects,
and Design Research.
Based on the past FutureHistory conferences, we expect to
draw an audience of over 350 educators, students, and
practitioners from the U.S. and abroad. The FH3 conference
is a project of AIGA in partnership with Adobe Systems. FH3 is
hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you
will be able to join us in Chicago in 2009. Our website will be
updated with more information in the next few weeks.
Sincerely,
Linda Bracamontes-Roeger, Conference Chair
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
linda.fh3@gmail.com
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Call for Proposals
We invite you to respond to the FutureHistory 3 call for proposals.
Curriculum
Course Plans, Models of Interdisciplinary Study, or Design
Leadership and Advocacy programs and projects
MFA Thesis Projects
Completed over the last 5 years: presentation + exhibition
Design Research
Case studies: iconography, ethnography, etc.
The deadline for abstracts (the first round in the call for proposals)
is October 10, 2008. See specifications below. After this date,
future deadlines will be notified via email.
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Process of Submission and Deadlines
Round 1:
Submit an abstract for your presentation on Curriculum,
MFA Thesis Projects, or Design Research.
Due Oct 10. Include the following:
--Bio of speaker(s): no more than 150 words, pdf
--Title and description/summary: one page, pdf
For Curriculum track:
--What is the history of your curriculum, how has it evolved,
and what are the plans for the future?
--Is the curriculum novel or original in a way that adds value
to the body of education?
--Does the curriculum add something new and meaningful to what
the design education community already knows and understands?
--Include program plan with course descriptions.
For MFA Thesis Projects track:
--How has the curriculum helped to develop and define a thesis?
--Is the applied curriculum based on a central interdisciplinary theory?
--Current or recent graduate students are highly encouraged
to present their own work.
For Design Research track:
--How does this work contribute to graphic design education
in meaningful ways?
--How can educators (or other practitioners) make use of the results?
Abstracts will be reviewed within 3 weeks.
Round 2:
Submit a complete presentation for your abstract. Due Jan 1.
Include the following:
--Paper: you will have 45 minutes, must include visuals, pdf
(For Curriculum and MFA Thesis Projects tracks,
include 1–2 paragraphs and 1–2 visuals for each course.)
--Video: 3 MB maximum (Please include for greatest
consideration. Video can be made by presenters and/or students.)
Presentations will be judged for submission by February 1 and
selected papers will be published on http://www.futurehistory3.com.
Round 3:
15 of the selected papers will be chosen for presentation. Final
draft is due Feb 14. If a video was not previously submitted, it must
be submitted by Feb 28 to be shown at the conference. Final
papers and videos will be published on http://www.futurehistory3.com.
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Please send proposals to both:
Joerg Becker, Programming Co-chair
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
joerg.fh3@gmail.com
Sharon Oiga, Programming Co-chair
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
sharon.fh3@gmail.com
