[Commlist] Call for Papers/Call for Contributions - The International Conference on Augmented Fashion: ICAF 2022

Please consider our *Call for Papers/Call for Contributions - The 
International Conference on Augmented Fashion: ICAF 2022 *

16th – 18th November 2022
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Donghua University, Shanghai, China
*Location: Virtual for presentations
On location for exhibition and selected workshops (RGU, DHU) *

This international conference is organised by Augmented Fashion, a 
multidisciplinary research project funded by the Arts and Humanities 
Research Council, UKRI. The research team is formed across Computing, 
Fashion and Textiles between Robert Gordon University, UK and Donghua 
University, China. The project facilitates interdisciplinary cultural 
knowledge exchange opportunities between academia and industry partners 
in the creative industries across the UK and China to bridge digital 
skills gaps and encourage innovative practice. Specifically, Augmented 
Fashion seeks to educate the consumer about the craftsmanship, heritage, 
value and sustainability of traditional fashion and textile products, 
using a variety of media, such as immersive technologies and Human- 
Computer Interactive (HCI) applications, to interact and engage with new 
generations of audiences and consumers. Fashion has embraced technology, 
with Immersive Technologies increasingly being used as powerful digital 
tools to create interactive consumer experiences to market designs. 
Given these recent technological developments, it is timely to reflect 
on their potential purpose within the context of a more sustainable 
global fashion and textile industry.

The first International Conference on Augmented Fashion (ICAF 2022) 
invites submissions from established and early career researchers, 
postgraduates, industry, designers and educators regarding completed 
projects or work in progress. The conference provides a forum for the 
dissemination of research and creative practice surrounding fashion, 
textiles and immersive technologies. Submissions are encouraged that 
discuss, challenge and provoke debate in connection to one or more of 
the following themes:

*Augmented Reality in Fashion and Textiles: *

Augmenting physical resources, materiality and processes, technological 
innovations in production and supply chain, wearable technologies, 3D 
printing. Augmented digital resources, the intersection between the 
virtual and the real, fashion apps, mobile technologies for fashion, 
layering the virtual and the real, virtual try-on.

*Virtual Reality in Fashion and Textiles: *

Digital fashion design, digital technologies for fashion, fashion in the 
metaverse, creating value in virtual fashion, NFTs and blockchain for 
fashion, avatars and 3D modelling, the sustainability of immateriality 
and virtual events.

*Sustainability and Immersive Technologies: *

Immersive technologies in relation to driving sustainability within the 
fashion and textile industry , circular fashion and textile design 
digital interventions, the relationship between the virtual and the 
real: driving empathy through immersive technologies, the circular 
economy and augmented or virtual initiatives. Sustainable digital 
futures for the fashion industry: repair, re-wear, virtual wear, 
degrowth fashion.

*Slow Fashion and Immersive Technologies: *

Hand making, tacit knowledge, contemporary textile skills and craft, 
artisan skills, the value of intangible cultural heritages and digital 
representation, the hybridization of hand and immersive technologies, 
the intersections between materials and immateriality, the relationship 
between the augmented and the authentic, the virtual artefacts and the 
hand made object, immersive technologies and glocalisation.

*Fashion, Textiles and HCI: *

Human-computer Interactive (HCI) applications for fashion and textiles, 
motion capture and/or motion detection in fashion and textiles, 
interactive projection and mapping, the gamification of fashion, 
accessibility and skills challenges in fashion and textile computer 
applications, new models of consumer interaction through digital interfaces.

*Submissions *

Contributors can select from the following formats:

Full paper: 20-minute conference presentation

Short paper: 10-minute conference presentation

Poster: Digital file

Exhibit: Physical or digital examples of practice-based work, please 
discuss preferences with conference organiser. We are hopeful we will be 
able to hold physical exhibition elements at RGU, UK and DHU, China.

For *all *submissions please provide:

  * Title
  * Abstract (maximum 250 words)
  * Keywords (5)
  * Theme(s)
  * Format – Full Paper, Short Paper, Poster or Exhibit
  * Author(s) and affiliation(s), option to include ORCID iD
  * Biography for each author (maximum 150 words each)
*Poster – *please send the details above via email. We will then contact 
you to upload the following separately:

Poster submission as single file upload:

  * A1 (84.1cm x 59.4 cm), landscape page orientation, PDF format
    (maximum 200MB)
  * Sufficient resolution (i.e. 300dpi) to be enlarged and viewed on
    digital devices
  * On the poster include title, author(s) and affiliation(s), text and
    images
*Exhibit – *please send the details above via email. We will then 
contact you to upload the following separately*: *

  * Images of the work (5 images, 10MB each maximum)
  * Type of work – Image(s) (printed or digital), Artefact, Film,
    Performance etc.
  * Preferred method of display – Wall-mounted, Free-standing, Digital
    image(s), Film, Printed image(s), Mannequin(s), Tabletop, Plinth
  * A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) PDF document (maximum 50MB) of additional
    information to include:
-  Number of pieces of work and dimensions (Height x Width x Depth in 
centimetres)

-  Options for display

-  Physical or digital kit required (i.e. mannequin, software, screen)

-  URL/link for larger work (e.g. film) – optional

Please note:

  Exhibition space is limited, and exhibits will be peer reviewed, 
please provide as much information as possible

*Please send enquiries & submissions to: 
(AugmentedFashionConference /at/ rgu.ac.uk) *

*Associated Journals *

We are currently exploring opportunities for associated publications 
including a special issue journal and conference proceedings.

Further details will be shared with contributors as necessary.

*Key Dates *

Call for Papers / Call for Contributors issued - February 2022

Closing date for abstracts - 31 March 2022
Acceptance and feedback - 31 May 2022
Virtual exhibit upload - 7 November 2022

Presentation upload - 7 November 2022
Physical exhibit onsite installation - 14 – 15 November 2022


*Augmented Fashion Conference - *16 – 18 November 2022 *
*Journal article & conference publication submission - TBC

*Further Information *

Email: (AugmentedFashionConference /at/ rgu.ac.uk)

Website: www.augmentedfashion.co.uk
Twitter: @AugmentFashion #AugmentedFashion1

Instagram: @augmented_fashion


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