[Commlist] International Visual Methods Conference Seven, Cape Town Dec 2021

The deadline for contributions to the seventh International Visual 
Methods Conference hosted by the Department of Applied Design, Cape 
Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), is on the 5th March.  The 
conference is scheduled to take place from 13/14 December 2021.
CPUT would like to build on the success of the conference series with a 
dynamic, inclusive event in the heart of Cape Town: World Design Capital 
2014 and home to some of the foremost creative industries in South Africa.

The theme of this year’s event is ‘Decolonising Design’ - a pressing 
concern for the creative arts in the global South in general and for 
post-apartheid South Africa in particular. Discourses of decolonisation 
have gained traction in recent years, in the domain of higher education 
and not least in the arts and humanities. At a conceptual level, 
decolonisation implies a ‘dismantling’ of the dominant epistemological 
assumptions that have historically shaped the arts and humanities. These 
assumptions are often rooted in Western ideas (and ideals) of knowledge. 
They typically neglect perspectives and contributions from the 
historically disenfranchised - the Other, the colonised - and minimise 
the influence of scholars, designers, and artists in the Global South.

In the visual and applied arts, including design, we seek to 
problematise, explore, and embrace the social and cultural perspectives 
of those at the peripheries of Western knowledge. We therefore invite 
contributions that discuss or explore, in a critical manner, the 
following aspects:
- Ideological and ethical underpinnings of modern visual methods
- The portrayal and interpretation of cultural knowledge through visual 
and narrative
means
- Collaborative and participatory methods that go beyond traditional 
design disciplines
(e.g., participatory video, digital storytelling, photo elicitation)
- Underrepresented, marginalised or resurgent visual methods
- Design thinking as a decolonising practice
- Depicting ‘small/mundane stories’ in the Global South
- The role of visual methods in communicating disruption and complexity
- Construction of non-Western representational systems
- Exploring indigenous methodologies and concepts, e.g. land as 
pedagogy; practices of refusal
We invite contributions from various disciplines, including media theory 
and practice, applied arts and design (fashion, graphic, industrial, 
etc.), visual anthropology, architecture, communication studies, urban 
planning, computing and the social sciences. Contributions can be in the 
form of extended abstracts, panel proposals, workshop proposals, and/or 
proposals for visual exhibitions or physical activities. We particularly 
encourage creative, interactive ways of engaging online, such as digital 
exhibitions, online workshops, live but virtual tours, virtual public 
art, digital guided walks - photo safaris, digital drawing-based 
activities, cultural tours, and treasure hunts.
We encourage multi- and transdisciplinary contributions.

Full details - https://ivmc7.visualmethods.info/

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