Call for papers: Nordic Conference on Activity Theory and the Fourth
Finnish Conference on Cultural and Activity Research (FISCAR10)
Theme: “Perspectives on social creativity, designing and activity”
Where: Aalto University School of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
When: May 23-25.2010
Submission deadline: 15.12. 2009 (both Finnish and English submissions
are
acceptable)
More information:
http://www.iscar.org/fi/5NC/Nordic ISCAR welcomes researchers and students from all around the
world to its 2010 conference in Helsinki, on the 23rd-25th of May. The
conference is dedicated to examining human creative activities. We
conceive of design as a field of knowledge and activity concerned with
the creation of artifacts. Creative activities operate with diverse
modes of knowing and representations.
Creativity is a social quality that involves communication and
community formation. Creative activities and design are needed when
humans transform their circumstances by developing new technologies
and institutions. Creation of the new relies on cultural mediation and
historically accumulated resources. Activity theory and socio-cultural
approaches offer fresh perspectives on these themes. The conference
aims at bringing together diverse points of view and disciplinary
orientations to discuss social creativity, design and activity.
-------------------------------------
ıı ı ı ı
Dr. Lily Diaz
Professor, Systems of Representation
& Digital Cultural Heritage
University of Art and Design Helsinki
135C Hämeentie SF 00560
Helsinki, Finland
+ 358 9 75630 338
+ 358 9 75630 555 (FAX)
