EACEA 2013-2014:
Strand 1.3.5: Special Cooperation Projects with Third Countries

Program Summary

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Strand 1.3.5: Special Cooperation Projects with Third Countries (lasting up to 24 months)The third category seeks to support cultural cooperation projects aimed at cultural exchanges between the countries taking part in the Programme and third countries, which have concluded association or coop­eration agreements with the EU, provided that the latter contain cultural clauses. Every year one or more third country(ies) is/are selected for that particular year. The country(ies) is/are indicated each year on the website of the Executive Agency in due course before the deadline for submission.The action must generate a concrete international cooperation dimension. The cooperation projects involve at least three cultural operators, from at least three eligible countries and cultural cooperation with at least one organisation from the selected third country and/or involve cultural activities carried out in the selected third country. Funds of between EUR 50 000 and maximum EUR 200 000 are available, but EU support is limited to a maximum of 50 % of the total eligible cost.

OBJECTIVE

to support cultural cooperation projects aimed at cultural exchanges between the countries taking part in the Programme and third countries (Australia or Canada)

MAX DURATION

24 months

FUNDS

EUR 50 000

EUR 200 000

EU support is limited to a maximum of 50 % of the total eligible cost.

Project Partners

Coordinator

Koszalin Technical University

Design Department

Co-organizer(s)

Goldsmith- Duncan Fairfax/Ludwig Maximilians University Munich Friederike Borntrager/ Glasgow school of Art- Sarah Drummond etc.

Third Country Partner(s)

Griffith University

Design Futures

Application procedure

Submit the eForm and Annexes

eForm

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template provided

detailed description of the project

NO template provided

The Estimated Budget form

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template provided

The signed Declaration of Honour

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template provided

(Checklist)

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Send the application package to the Executive Agency

A) Document to be provided on paper:

1/ an official cover letter signed by the legal representative of the coordinator

B) Document to be provided on CD-rom

2/ the cooperation agreement*

3/a mandate* for each coorganiser

4/ an estimated budget form*

5/ the legal entity form

6/ the financial identification form (for the coordinator only)

7/ the financial capability form (for the coordinator only)

application package by post at the latest on 04/05/2012

Main topic

Project Proposal

Question / Proposal

The REDESIGN / EXCHANGE of Design Education Methodologies - an attempt to create a curriculum that matches new modernity/The re-design of design education: Creating the Curriculum of the 'Futuring'.

Research


designer's negative impact on environvironment/Designers: Receipients or Creators of 'Defuturing'.

devastation of biodeversity/ Devastation of the biophysical environment

e.g. Rise of earth's temperature/ American Mink in Europe

decrease of natural resources/ Exhaustion of natural resources

consume more lifestyle's side effects/ Attachment to materiality

Nihilistic behavior towards climate change

Dialectics of Sustainment: The Culture of consumptionconsequences on design / architecture / lifestyle

Hofstede's Dimensions of Culture - implementation on design & architecture

M-F

Uncertainty Avoidance

Power Distance

Collectivism / Individualism

Time

Universalism vs Particularism

e.g. US vs Japan Japan is considered to be Western Design

Eurocentricism

MNCs

Advertising Inadequacies/Colonization of imagination

Designers' Identity

cultural background

derivative / imposed aesthetics

Design psychology

how people perceive futures

perception of time

uncertainty avoidance

design as part of designers' ontology

Vision science I believe that's irrelevant to the proposal or at least to the certain approach

historical

Structuralism

Gestalt

Ecological Optics

now

Constructivism

Human Computer Interaction/Design research

Singularity approach

Human Computer Interaction

Neo-liberalism's approach- attachment to consumerism

User Centered Design

REVISEMENT Neue Craft (?)

Atoms + Bits = Craft

Method / Testing and Redesign- QUALITATIVE RESEARCH/SCOPING STUDIES/CASE STUDIES/ETC

Results & Conclusion

Product

Educational Platform

Workshops

Report

Bibliography, References and Acknowledgements (needs REVISEMENT)

Prof. Tony Fry

Design Futuring / Design Politics

Griffith University

Prof. Geert Hofstede

Cultures and Organizations: Software for the Mind

Tilburg University

Prof. Stephen Palmer

Vision Science

MIT, Berkeley

Prof. Lev Manovich

Media Visualization.Visual Techniques and Exploring Large Media Collections.

Media Studies Future

Prof. Marieke de Mooij

Consumer Behavior and Culture: Consequences for Global Marketing and Advertising

Prof. John Maeda

Creative Code: Aesthetics + Computation

RISD

Prof. Ayesha Jalal

Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy

TUFTS University

Prof. Brenda Laurel

Design Research: Methods and Perspectives

MIT

Prof. Alan Barnard

History and Theory in Anthropology

The University of Edinburgh

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