Abstract:
The Design Research Institute at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou, China is organising its inaugural exhibition Design and Research: Shared Territories (28 October – 11 November 2014). The exhibition is curated by academics at XJTLU - Dr Anuradha Chatterjee, Dr Marian Macken and Dr Thomas Fischer. The exhibition features peer reviewed, mixed media contributions by scholars, academics and designers from Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Finland, United States, United Kingdom, and of course China, from interdisciplinary fields of architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, fine art, industrial design, biological sciences, and language. Design and Research: Shared Territories explores two themes: Inquiring Inquiry and Research as Design. The aim is to inquire and expose, rather than present a known/given view of design research. To this end, the exhibition is approached as a form of scholarship, offering a productive space for creating new ways of knowing and critical insights into existing ways of knowing. Information on exhibition venue and opening times will be posted soon. Please save the date if you are in China and wish to attend.