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DHS Reading Groups 2022
Design History & Language Rights
DHS Reading Groups 2022
Design History & Language Rights
Design History & Language Rights
Design History & Digital Humanities
The DHS
Reading Groups are a new initiative of the Design History Society to support emerging researchers interested in developing their ideas through
debate and peer review in a friendly environment.
From July, the reading groups will give place to Collaborative Publsihing Workshops.
Read the Call for Papers︎︎︎
First drafts (2000 words) are due on August 1, 2022.
The reading groups are open to all: those interested in developing their papers with the support of other participants, and those interested in dropping in for the reading sessions only.
Participants are welcome to suggest texts and lead a discussion. Here are some questions to start thinking about:
Design History and Language Rights
Design History and Digital Humanities
Are Digital Humanities and Language Rights related areas?
Each reading group will follow its own programme to explore intersections with Design History, but Digital Humanities and Language Rights also have interesting connections between them. Scholars in the Digital Humanities often trace the origins of this field to Linguistic Computing and have, more recently, been increasingly interested in working with corpora, sources, and materials in minoritized languages. Although these intersections are not the focus of the DHS Reading Groups, we are aware of the fundamental role of design (through the visual displays of linguistic data, or through digital interfaces, for example) in bringing the Digital Humanities and the promotion of Language Rights together.
From July, the reading groups will give place to Collaborative Publsihing Workshops.
Read the Call for Papers︎︎︎
First drafts (2000 words) are due on August 1, 2022.
The reading groups are open to all: those interested in developing their papers with the support of other participants, and those interested in dropping in for the reading sessions only.
Participants are welcome to suggest texts and lead a discussion. Here are some questions to start thinking about:
Design History and Language Rights
- What are the histories of designed artefacts and systems used to promote or suppress linguistic diversity in national contexts, globally, or locally? What theories and materials might be used to explore these histories?
- How has design been used to mediate multilingualism in exhibitions,
classrooms, healthcare campaigns?
- How might design historians lend historical context to the challenges faced by designers working with/from/within linguistic minorities today?
- How do the power dynamics between national and indigenous languages manifest in design and in its historiography? What might be the benefits and limits of using “indigenous languages” to define the scope of design historical enquiry?
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Why should design historians care about
language rights? How can design historians join activists’ efforts to promote
endangered languages and empower linguistic minorities?
Design History and Digital Humanities
- Why are the digital humanities a useful field for design historians to familiarise themselves with?
- How can theories, methods and technologies of the digital humanities be applied to research in design history?
- How might we apply pluriversal practices from design history to digital humanities research and vice versa? How can we ensure that we remain aware of biases in the design of digital systems and how might the structures of these systems impact research?
- What are some digital humanities projects that are useful to study insofar as they relate to both the collection and dissemination of research? What are the limits of digital research, collection and display both for personal and institutional projects?
Are Digital Humanities and Language Rights related areas?
Each reading group will follow its own programme to explore intersections with Design History, but Digital Humanities and Language Rights also have interesting connections between them. Scholars in the Digital Humanities often trace the origins of this field to Linguistic Computing and have, more recently, been increasingly interested in working with corpora, sources, and materials in minoritized languages. Although these intersections are not the focus of the DHS Reading Groups, we are aware of the fundamental role of design (through the visual displays of linguistic data, or through digital interfaces, for example) in bringing the Digital Humanities and the promotion of Language Rights together.
Please say hello ︎
Coordinators
Tai Cossich (DHS Student Officer 2019–2022)
Anna Talley
Editors
Claire O’Mahony —
Daniel Huppatz — Design History & Digital Humanities
August 1, 2022
Paper submission (first draft, 2000 words) for the first round of collaborative peer-review.
November 1, 2022
Paper submission (second draft) for the second round of collaborative peer-review.
September or October (tba)
Editors of the Journal of Design History, Claire O'Mahony and Daniel Huppatz, join one special session of the publishing workshops.
Those interested in convening an online reading group are encouraged to apply for the DHS Virtual Event Award︎︎︎
Coordinators
Tai Cossich (DHS Student Officer 2019–2022)
Anna Talley
Editors
Claire O’Mahony —
Daniel Huppatz — Design History & Digital Humanities
August 1, 2022
Paper submission (first draft, 2000 words) for the first round of collaborative peer-review.
November 1, 2022
Paper submission (second draft) for the second round of collaborative peer-review.
September or October (tba)
Editors of the Journal of Design History, Claire O'Mahony and Daniel Huppatz, join one special session of the publishing workshops.
Those interested in convening an online reading group are encouraged to apply for the DHS Virtual Event Award︎︎︎
Looking for Memory Full?
The DHS Student Forum hosted a series of events in response to the theme of the DHS 2021 Annual Conference. Please follow the links below to see what we were up to.
Student Curated Keynote Speaker
Dr Ahmed Ansari ︎︎︎
Workshops
Oral Histories of Researching ︎︎︎
Dear penpal... meet and greet ︎︎︎
Recording & Inventing ︎︎︎
Memorabilia
Digital keepsake box ︎︎︎
It all started with a picnic... ︎︎︎
The DHS Student Forum hosted a series of events in response to the theme of the DHS 2021 Annual Conference. Please follow the links below to see what we were up to.
Student Curated Keynote Speaker
Dr Ahmed Ansari ︎︎︎
Workshops
Oral Histories of Researching ︎︎︎
Dear penpal... meet and greet ︎︎︎
Recording & Inventing ︎︎︎
Memorabilia
Digital keepsake box ︎︎︎
It all started with a picnic... ︎︎︎
