[ecrea] 4T 2015 Sempozyum Duyurusu

DESIGN IN TIMES OF TURMOIL: DISPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT EMPLACEMENT



DATE

May 14-15, 2015



VENUE

Yasar University, Izmir



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 Balcioglu

Prof. Dr. Gülsüm Baydar



ORGANIZING BOARD

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgen Osman Demirbas

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sebnem Yücel

Assist. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Arda

Dr. Özlem Taskin Erten

Ömer Durmaz



COORDINATOR

Dr. Bahar Emgin



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Didem Dönmez

Yasemin Oksel

Selin Gençtürk

Eda Paykoç



GRAPHIC DESIGN

Umut Altintas



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