*1st International Conference on ‘REINVENTING DESIGN PEDAGOGY AND CONTEXTUAL AESTHETlCS (ICDPCA 2015)- Thanima’*, jointly organized by the Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology Calicut(NITC), Kerala and Indian Institute of Architects(IIA), Calicut Center. The conference is scheduled during 30th and 31st January 2015 at NIT Calicut. *Objective of the Conference* The Objective of the Conference is to explore various aspects of aesthetics- its formation, conditioning, politics, connection with culture, ways of teaching design (pedagogy). This is also an open invitation for collaborative research in allied areas as well. *The theme* The visual experience of modern spaces all over the world is beginning to look alike. Architecture, artifacts are no exception! Until last century we have had diverse cultures with distinct ways of life and fitting aesthetic sensibilities. The homogenization of human cultures is one of the biggest challenges of modernity to be addressed by both academia and practice. The real issue is to understand how aesthetic sensibilities as manifested by the things they make and the spaces they employ are inextricably linked to the cultural context. It is the innate need of the system for its aesthetics to respond to cultural needs and nurture cultural diversity of local contexts. Modernity as embraced in most contexts (let it be art, architecture or theater) bluntly deny this. In the present era, education conditions and homogenizes the sensibility of people through the way it imparts lessons in art, architecture, design etc. (to begin with). In the process, we are neglecting vibrant contextual elements and thereby constructing a generic world lacking humane facets of design. So if aesthetic awareness through education is reinvented as awakening the sense through creating situations to connect to the natural context of the learner, authentic diverse cultures can stage a comeback. A part of what is lost can be regained. Conference aims to do this on a continuous basis from time to time. *Topics* The topics include, but are not restricted to the following: · *Homogenization of aesthetic sense- architecture, theatre, art, literature. · Teaching aesthetics? new explorations and possibilities. · Indigenous aesthetics. · Politics of taste- Colonization of senses. · Aesthetics born out of materials. · Traditional aesthetics- Asian, African, Russian, Scandinavian, Arabian , **Indian, French **etc etc* * · School as a homogenizing element · Social conscience of aesthetics-Genesis & Transformation · Change in perceptions of Aesthetics- As reflected in interiors and Landscape* *Please visit our website ** icdpca2015.nitc.ac.in icdpca2015.nitc.ac.in/ for more details and important deadlines. Kindly send in your abstract in relevant areas for making it a meaningful process. Also please post this information on other connected forums as well. Your valuable inputs on any allied areas may be sent to [email protected] . *
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