[Commlist] CfP – NERD (New Experimental Research in Design)

Call for Papers: NERD for – New Experimental Research in Design 
(Hamburg, 23. – 24.October 2020) <http://www.dgtf.de/pinnwand/2597>
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*Call for Papers*
The particular epistemic and innovative potentials of Design Research 
are increasingly recognized within the wider academic sphere and are in 
constantly growing demand by businesses, institutions and politics 
alike. Yet, design research also is a field and practice that, due to 
its in-between nature, lacks the clear boundaries and formal dogmatisms 
of more traditional research disciplines, as well as their implicit 
notions of secured knowledge and linear progress.

Recognizing this inherent openness as one of its key qualities, the New 
Experimental Research in Design (in short: NERD) conference aims at 
providing a genuinely diverse and open platform for discussing, 
reflecting on and exposing to a wider public the manifold ways in which 
design’s unique perspective and proficiencies can intelligently be 
applied as a research competence. It does so by inviting presentations 
of empirical research projects by researchers from around the world and 
from all areas of design research with a focus on methodologically and 
thematically original approaches.

The emphasis on the empirical or the experimental – in the double sense 
of the researcher’s actual involvement and transformative interaction 
with his or her object of research and the brave and playful exploration 
of untrodden paths – is based on the conviction that the discussion 
about the merits and possibilities of design research is one that has to 
be led by example: What constitutes a fruitful method or approach only 
becomes apparent by it actually being conceptualized, worked out and 
eventually put into practice. For the same reason, NERD is decidedly not 
narrowed to a certain topic or school of thought, since the 
qualitatively new often exceeds such preconceived categories. Developed 
and realized by BIRD, the Board of International Research in Design for 
the eponymous design research book series published by Birkhäuser, as an 
annual event with changing venues, this conference format has already 
proven its productivity three times.

NERD, held at HAW Hamburg (Design Department) and hosted by Zentrum für 
Designforschung in Hamburg/Germany on 23./24.October 2020, will feature 
a careful selection of 30-minute presentations of research projects, 
each followed by another half an hour of time for questions and intense 
discussion with the audience. For this, we invite speakers at an 
advanced graduate, doctoral or early postdoctoral level to present their 
ongoing research or completed theses. Contributions should employ an 
original and well-conceived design-based and empirical/experimental 
approach and may deal with all kinds of interesting, engaging and 
socially, culturally and intellectually relevant questions. 
Contributions by NERDs from other fields who share a similar commitment 
to new experimental approaches in design research are also welcome.

*How to apply*
If you would like to apply, we kindly ask for submission of an extended 
abstract (1000–1500 words) of your research project or the part of it 
that you wish to present at the conference to be *sent 
to* bird[at]bird-international-research-in-design.org 
<http://bird-international-research-in-design.org> until *May 15*, 2020. 
All submissions will be blind reviewed and submitters will receive a 
notification about the admission of their contributions to the 
conference until June 15, 2020.

If you have further question, get in touch with:
Prof. Dr. *Michael Erlhoff* (erlhoff[at]be-design.info 
<http://be-design.info>) or
Dr. *Tom Bieling* (Tom.Bieling[at]haw-hamburg.de <http://haw-hamburg.de>)

*Deadline: May, 2020*
The Programme will be announced in June. Admission is free! We are 
looking forward do seeing you at #NERDfor – New Experimental Research in 
Design (Hamburg, 23. – 24. October 2020).

HAW Hamburg, Department Design
Armgartstraße 24
22087 Hamburg
Germany

#NERDfor Call for Papers 
<https://designabilities.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/nerd_for_cfp_2020.pdf> (PDF) 
<https://designabilities.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/nerd_for_cfp_2020.pdf>

https://designabilities.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/nerd_for_cfp_2020.pdf



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