The objective of this symposium is to discuss human ability to design and establish the most pertinent world for Earthlings, now and in the future. Taking Goodman’s theory of worldmaking as a starting point, the symposium inquires how the worlds of the arts, the sciences and practice are made, and how they interrelate. Worlds are made by constructing world-versions in language, symbols and other representational systems, as well as through what is exemplified, expressed and shown. Scientific theories, works of art, cinematic representations, literary criticism, psychology, ethics and cultural studies exemplify aspects of worldmaking.
The symposium aims to further discussions on the multiplicity of human and world relationships now and in the future. Worldmaking capacitates new political and ethical practices, and alternative visions of the futures. Still it always starts from the pre-existing worlds. Worldmaking in this sense may guide reflections on the ‘world’ as we know it, and help us reimagine what people used to stereotyping: What do political borders mean in a world where cultures, ideas and people are in flux? How can we reflect on the conceptual borders between arts and sciences, fine arts and crafts, as well as on the aesthetics of everyday life? In which sense can we talk about collaborative worldmaking across disciplinary divides? What kind of worldmaking challenges the status quo, be it national borders, dominant media narratives or therapeutic practices? What are the stories told by groups on the margins, such as immigrants, the impoverished and the incarcerated? What does it mean for cosmopolitan morality if a single world, the world, is lost?
You can apply to the 1st Interdisciplinary Art, Design and Social Sciences International Symposium titled "Borderless: Beyond Worlding & Worldmaking", which will be held by Beykoz University Faculty of Art and Design on May 4-5, 2023, with abstracts sent to borderless@beykoz.edu.tr
The symposium will be held hybrid and the symposium languages are Turkish and English.
We invite scholars who have an interest in the themes and the discussions in the text to submit their contributions on world-making to the symposium.
Submissions may include but are not limited to the following spheres:
University of Central Lancashire The Faculty of Culture & Creative Industries Director of Research- UCLan. Great Britain.
Chairman of EDUCULT – Institute of Cultural Policy and Cultural Management. Vienna, Austria
We warmly welcome abstract submissions of 300 to 350 words to borderless@beykoz.edu.tr latest by March 15, 2023. Please download the template from here. Abstracts should not have been previously published, and may be in English or Turkish.
The dimensions of the poster presentations should be 100 x 70 cm (one piece) or 50 x 70 cm (two pieces). There should be a margin of 3 cm from the edges of the posters on white background. The font should be Times New Roman. Body text should be in 18 pt, headings in 28 pt, subheadings in 22 pt. The body text should be presented in three columns and the resolutions of the images should be suitable for printing.
Proceedings Book: Accepted abstracts will be published in the proceedings abstract book.
Oral presentation for lecturers and independent researchers: 450 TL (₺)
LOral presentation for graduate students: 225 TL (₺)
Poster presentation for lecturers and independent researchers: 400 TL (₺)
Poster presentation for graduate students: 200 TL (₺)
IBAN: TR94 0013 4000 0133 8804 6001 39
Account Number: 13388046-397 (TRY)
Branch Code: 2410
Receiver: BEYKOZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
March 15th, 2023
April 6th, 2023
6-13 April 2023
4-5 May 2023*
*The symposium program will be announced in April.
July 23, 2023
Accepted abstracts will be published in the proceedings abstract book with ISBN after the presentations.
Submitted full texts will be peer-reviewed by the members of the scientific committee and, upon the request and consent of the scholars, will be published in Beykoz Academy Journal Special Issue. Our journal is scanned in the ULAKBİM TR Index field index database. For more information:beykozakademi.beykoz.edu.tr