Announcing a call for papers for the DRS (Design Research Society) Limerick, Ireland, 25th-28th June 2018 Deadline: November 6, 2017 On the theme: Design, Technology and Society The Design, Technology and Society track at DRS 2018 focuses on critical perspectives and creative insights into the roles of technological systems and discourses in the design and production of our built environment. As computation, software, simulations, digital fabrication, robotics, ‘big data,’ artificial intelligence, and machine learning configure new imaginaries of designing and making across fields, we seek to approach these subjects critically from enriched socio-material, technical, and historical perspectives —exploring how conceptions of creativity, materiality, and labor have shifted and continue to shift in conjunction with technological change. We seek contributions that reflect on themes including but not exclusive to: * Historical papers examining the roles of university laboratories, government sponsored research, public policies, or technology companies in shaping ideas, systems and practices of design; * Studies of specific computational artifacts, formal languages, algorithms, or software systems which examine their material and cultural histories, and their role in enabling new design practices and discourses; * Ethnographic studies unveiling cultures where technological ideas or methods have shaped conceptual or practical aspects of design; * Research projects addressing design critically from an enriched socio-material perspective accounting for the agencies —both human and non-human— involved in the design, operation of and interaction with computational systems; * Studies reporting on speculative or critical technologies addressing questions about the design process, envisioning alternative modes of design participation or engagement with traditions, materials, and the body, or probing innovative theories and practices of design. <http://www.drs2018limerick.org/track/design-technology-and-society> Track Subchairs Daniel Cardoso Llach, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (dcardoso@cmu.edu<mailto:dcardoso@cmu.edu>); Terry Knight, MIT, USA (tknight@mit.edu<mailto:tknight@mit.edu>); Co-conveners Ignacio Farías, Technische Universität München, Germany; Lilly Irani, UC San Diego, USA; Theodora Vardouli, McGill University, Canada. Track Website http://www.drs2018limerick.org/track/design-technology-and-society Submission Deadline: 6th November 2017 Submission details: See conference website<http://drs2018limerick.org/participation/call-papers>. -- Theodora Vardouli Assistant Professor | School of Architecture | McGill University 815 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal Québec, Canada H3A 0C2 | 514.398.6709 theodora.vardouli@mcgill.ca<mailto:theodora.vardouli@mcgill.ca> | openarchitectures.com<https://openarchitectures.com/>