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DESCRIPTION:Paul Stirton (Bard Graduate Center) will lead a roundtable\ndis
 cussion on the topic “Design History: Where Are We Now?” with several of t
 he\nBGC’s Research and Visiting Fellows: Steven Leuthold (Northern Michiga
 n\nUniversity)\, Richard Taws (University College London)\, Jilly Traganou
  (Parsons\nThe New School for Design)\, and Anne Kraatz (Independent Schol
 ar). The roundtable\nwill take place on Thursday\, November 13\, 2014\, fr
 om 12:30 to 1:30pm\, at the\nBard Graduate Center in New York City.\n\nDes
 ign History\, as an academic discipline\, grew out of the\npolitical and i
 ntellectual turmoil of 1970s Britain. At a time when many\ntraditional ins
 titutions seemed ossified and established subjects like art and\narchitect
 ural history were struggling to embrace new values\, design history\noffer
 ed a way forward\, using methods from sociology and popular culture to\nin
 terpret the myriad of designed goods. Abandoning notions of aesthetics and
 \n“quality\,” design historians sought to interpret “the material facts of
 \neveryday life.”The mission of design history has evolved since then\,\ns
 hifting the emphasis from studies of production to consumption\; from anal
 yses\nof style\, function and gender\, to questions of mediation\, semioti
 cs and\nepistemology\; from an emphasis on product design to an interest i
 n all manner\nof manufactured and crafted goods. This diversification is s
 een by many as a\nhealthy sign\, reflecting the fact that design penetrate
 s to all aspects of\nlife. Yet some of the early scholars have voiced crit
 icisms. To them\, the\ndiscipline has stalled\, failing to deliver on its 
 promises. At the same time\,\nthe “material turn” has brought the kinds of
  questions for which Design History\nwas called into existence into the he
 art of historical\, anthropological\, and\nart historical inquiry in the e
 arly twenty-first century.\n\nHas design history lost its way\, or are its
  critics stuck in\nthe historical questions and methods of the late twenti
 eth century? Has design\nhistory lost its identity by expanding into all m
 anner of material inquiries?\nOr has its success (whether or not directly 
 responsible for the “material\nturn”) at shifting debate within older\, mo
 re traditional disciplines obviated\nthe need for an independent identity?
  Is Design History dead? Or has it\nsucceeded beyond the wildest dreams of
  its early proponents?\n\nThese are the big questions our panelists will t
 ackle.\n\nCoffee and tea will be served\; attendees are welcome to\nbring 
 their own lunch.RSVP is required.
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