About IDRP

Call for Papers for IDRP Volume III
Topic: Design + Politics

The Interdisciplinary Design and Research e-Publication (IDRP) is calling for papers to be included in IDRP Volume III, themed: Design + Politics.

In keeping with our commitment to interdisciplinary inquiry, we welcome the broadest possible range of interpretations for what “Design” and “Politics” can mean.

We invite submissions from the following disciplinary domains: The natural sciences, the social sciences, health care/public health, the arts, the design disciplines, from the academic and business worlds, and from public and private sectors.

All submissions will be considered for peer review, provided that the submission interweaves design and politics in a well-defined way. By way of suggestion, topics can address the following areas of concern:

Political factors in the psychology of design process
Regional-national versus global factors in design (specific case studies)
The politics of defensible space: are secure environments also segregated environments?
Politics and cybernetics
Environmental design and group behavior: prisons, hospitals, schools, corporate headquarters
The politics of “sustainability”
The effect of gentrification on disadvantaged urban populations
Implications of design standards / policy on businesses and private property ownership
Implementing service design into design education: Habitat for Humanity, student involvement in medical, faith-based, criminal justice, etc.
Political agendas and “best practices”
Gender, design, and politics

Maximum word count: 5,000. For ease of distribution for blind peer review, be sure the document is in MS WORD (not PDF).

All submissions must include contributor(s) name, affiliation, and contact information. Submission shall be by email only to David Wang at davidwang@wsu.edu. All submissions will be blind peer reviewed.

Deadline for initial submissions: October 31, 2008. We anticipate releasing IDRP Volume 3 in Spring 2009.

Please also note the call for papers for the Fifth Annual Design Research Conference at the Design Institute in Spokane, Washington. That deadline is August 11, 2008.

ISSN: 1939-4659. Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Design Institute of Washington State University.

The Design Institute is a center where faculty, practitioners, undergraduate as well as graduate students in Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture come together to learn in an interdisciplinary setting, to share ideas, and to grow in ability to practice and research in the design fields.