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The conference conveners invite proposals for papers and full panels (of 3 chaired papers) on the sample themes below and other relevant themes:

Design and identity in colonial and postcolonial contexts
Design and material culture of independence and de-colononisation
Design and material culture and the imperial ambitions in the context of the Cold War
Craft and Design in colonial and postcolonial networks
Design and modernism in postcolonial contexts
Role of design in national reconstruction in postcolonial societies
Design for development/ grassroots movements
Design exchanges in the colonial period and after through exhibitions and trade fairs
Design, State and Market
Intersection of traditional and modern design pedagogies
Design Education in colonial and postcolonial contexts?
Design discourses in diverse postcolonial geographies
Views from specialisations within design – industrial design, visual communication, textiles and fashion, ceramics and others

Proposal for 25 minute papers must be submitted as below:

Page 1:
Author’s(s’) full name(s), (indicate gender (M/F), in brackets),
Title – Position – Institution
Address for correspondence
Telephone – Fax – E-mail
Theme of the paper
Title of the paper
Five keywords

Page 2:

Abstract of the paper
(Maximum 300 words, Microsoft Word document, double-spaced on A4, in 11pt Arial)
Languages: The abstract should be written in English.