Futurescan 4
Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice 2019
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About Futurescan 4
The Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) forthcoming conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, provides an international forum for the dissemination of research, creative practice and pedagogy surrounding fashion and textiles. The conference will include keynote speaker presentations, full papers (20-minute presentations), short papers (10-minute presentations) and examples of practice-based work.
Topics
Collaboration, Diversity, Drawing, Fashion, Fashion design, Textiles, Sustainability, Industry, Community, Digital technology, History, Textile design, Creative practice, Craft skills, Making, Traditional skills, Cross-disciplinary, Inter-disciplinary, Responsible design, Employability, Creative processes, Pedagogy, Creative pedagogyCall for Papers
Call for Papers / Call for Makers - Closed.
Fashion and textiles practice intersects traditional processes and innovative technologies. Tacit knowledge acquired through hand skills, making, utilising equipment and working with processes is fundamental to developing understanding. Although practical learning is valued, the teaching of creative and making subjects is under threat in formal education. Within the fashion and textile industries there are skills shortages. Heritage crafts risk being lost as digital technologies and automation impact upon future generations.
The Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) invites submissions for its forthcoming conference Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice, which provides an international forum for the dissemination of research, creative practice and pedagogy surrounding fashion and textiles. Submissions are encouraged from established and early career researchers, postgraduates, practitioners, makers and educators regarding completed projects or work in progress under the following topics:
- Valuing Artisan Skills, Drawing and Making
- Learning from History, Tradition and Industry
- Collaborating and Cross-disciplinary Working
- Integrating and Connecting Digital Technologies
- Designing Responsibly and Working Sustainably
- Promoting Diversity, Employability and Community
- Investigating Creative Processes and Pedagogy
Contributors can select from the following submission formats:
Full Paper: 20-minute conference presentation
Short Paper: 10-minute conference presentation
Exhibition: examples of practice-based work
For all submission formats please upload a 200-300 word abstract and biography (200 words max) to: https://futurescan4.exordo.com/ (you will be required to setup an account first). You can also upload images (5 max – jpeg, tiff, png, bmp) to accompany your abstract. You can also upload images (5 max – jpeg, tiff, png, bmp) to accompany your abstract. For exhibits of practice-based work please include images, provide dimensions of work and suggest methods of display i.e. wall-mounted, free standing, digital.
All abstracts will be double-blind peer reviewed.
For conference enquires please email: chair@ftc-online.org.uk
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