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Ahmed Ansari
— student curated keynote speaker
Ahmed Ansari
— student curated keynote speaker
— student curated keynote speaker
In conversation with Tai Cossich and Sandra Bischler
Wednesday, September 1
6.30–7.50 pm (CEST/GMT +2)
Decolonisation, the History of Design, and the Design of History
Ahmed Ansari (New York University)
The DHS annual conferences are keen to support the engagement of early career researchers. This year the convenors asked the DHS Student Forum to curate a keynote lecture for the conference. They decided for Ahmed Ansari, who after his lecture will engage in a conversation with Tai Cossich (PhD student, DHS Student Officer) and Sandra Bischler (PhD Student, member of the Convenor Team).
The keynote lecture attempts to do four things: to map the current terrain of decolonial scholarship and practice in light of the uses of (design) history, recognize challenges and problems to decolonisation through theorizing historical interpretation as an impossible and incomplete project of reclamation, introduce several binaries that constitute questions that are and are not being asked in the decolonial turn around designing histories, and proposing four areas or sites of engagement that may constitute projects for design historians to work within moving forward.
Ahmed Ansari is an Assistant Professor in Integrated Design and Media at New York University. His research and writing sits at the intersection of design studies and critical cultural theory, with a focus on decolonising knowledge production in design ethnography, history, and theory.
Ahmed Ansari (New York University)
The DHS annual conferences are keen to support the engagement of early career researchers. This year the convenors asked the DHS Student Forum to curate a keynote lecture for the conference. They decided for Ahmed Ansari, who after his lecture will engage in a conversation with Tai Cossich (PhD student, DHS Student Officer) and Sandra Bischler (PhD Student, member of the Convenor Team).
The keynote lecture attempts to do four things: to map the current terrain of decolonial scholarship and practice in light of the uses of (design) history, recognize challenges and problems to decolonisation through theorizing historical interpretation as an impossible and incomplete project of reclamation, introduce several binaries that constitute questions that are and are not being asked in the decolonial turn around designing histories, and proposing four areas or sites of engagement that may constitute projects for design historians to work within moving forward.
Ahmed Ansari is an Assistant Professor in Integrated Design and Media at New York University. His research and writing sits at the intersection of design studies and critical cultural theory, with a focus on decolonising knowledge production in design ethnography, history, and theory.
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This keynote lecture is free and open to everyone (those registered and those not registered for the DHS 2021 Annual Conference), but participants must book via Eventbrite in advance
Secure your place before Wednesday 25 August 12 midnight (CEST/GMT+2). You will receive a confirmation e-mail with the Zoom link to this event.
This keynote lecture is free and open to everyone (those registered and those not registered for the DHS 2021 Annual Conference), but participants must book via Eventbrite in advance
Secure your place before Wednesday 25 August 12 midnight (CEST/GMT+2). You will receive a confirmation e-mail with the Zoom link to this event.
Programme overview
Saturday, August 14
3.30–5pm (CEST/GMT+2)
Oral histories of researching
— community building workshop
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Asynchronous event
Dear penpal... meet and greet
— community building session
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3.30–5pm (CEST/GMT+2)
Oral histories of researching
— community building workshop
Read more ︎︎︎
Asynchronous event
Dear penpal... meet and greet
— community building session
Read more ︎︎︎
Saturday, August 21
3.30–5pm (CEST/GMT+2)
Recording & Inventing
— image-making workshop
Read more ︎︎︎
3.30–5pm (CEST/GMT+2)
Recording & Inventing
— image-making workshop
Read more ︎︎︎
Wednesday, September 1
6.30–7.50pm (CEST/GMT+2)
Ahmed Ansari
— student curated keynote speaker
Read more ︎︎︎
6.30–7.50pm (CEST/GMT+2)
Ahmed Ansari
— student curated keynote speaker
Read more ︎︎︎
What is this about?
This series of pre-conference events is an initiative of the Design History Society in conjunction with the DHS 2021 Annual Conference hosted virtually from Basel, Switzerland.
All activities are free and open to everyone (those registered and those not registered for the conference), but participants must book via Eventbrite in advance.
It all started with a Picnic... ︎︎︎
This series of pre-conference events is an initiative of the Design History Society in conjunction with the DHS 2021 Annual Conference hosted virtually from Basel, Switzerland.
All activities are free and open to everyone (those registered and those not registered for the conference), but participants must book via Eventbrite in advance.
It all started with a Picnic... ︎︎︎
Organising committee
Tai Cossich
Sandra Bischler
Oral histories of researching
Andrea Foffa
Dear penpal... meet and greet
Fleur Elkerton
Karen Fraser
Felicity Hall
Jennifer McHugh
Recording & Inventing
Anna Talley
Alex J Todd
Jennifer McHugh
With special thanks to...
Jenna Allsopp
Denise Lai
Artun Özgüner
Gael Welstead
Tai Cossich
Sandra Bischler
Oral histories of researching
Andrea Foffa
Dear penpal... meet and greet
Fleur Elkerton
Karen Fraser
Felicity Hall
Jennifer McHugh
Recording & Inventing
Anna Talley
Alex J Todd
Jennifer McHugh
With special thanks to...
Jenna Allsopp
Denise Lai
Artun Özgüner
Gael Welstead
Useful links
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Book via Eventbrite
DHS 2021 Annual Conference Memory Full?
Complete programme
Student-curated keynote speaker
Design History Society
Conference Bursary Application
Publishing Workshops
︎ ︎ ︎
© 2021 Design History Society
Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy