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ACUADS 2018 Conference
\nTransition<\/h2>\n

The 2018 ACUADS Conference\u00a0was\u00a0held in Perth, Western Australia on the 27th\u00a0<\/sup>and 28th\u00a0<\/sup>of September 2018. The conference\u00a0was\u00a0co-hosted by Curtin University, Edith Cowan University and North Metropolitan TAFE in conjunction with UAMA (University Art Museums Australia).<\/p>\n

27-28 September\u00a02018
\nCurtin University, Edith Cowan University, and North Metropolitan TAFE.<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-0-9758360-4-0<\/p>\n

The 2018 ACUADS conference considered\u00a0Art and Design in Transition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>remarked last year, \u2018there has been more change in the public sphere in the last 20 years than in the previous two centuries\u2019.<\/a>[1]Politics now struggles to keep pace with the social media revolution, and the aesthetic realm is now more politically charged than ever.\u00a0 And these same upheavals in media and communications are overturning the very institution of the university within society.\u00a0 What is to be the true purpose of the university in this new landscape and how might it best serve the needs of a society that increasingly sees its considered contemplation and expertise as irrelevant, or even an elitist threat? The great experiment of bringing art within the halls of the University has met new challenges as society shifts \u2013 as the needs of the wider community undergo seismic change it is no longer possible to rely on traditional approaches to teaching and learning within art and design schools. Against this restless and precarious backdrop, this conference takes pause to consider possible strategies for art and design education to transition meaningfully alongside the emerging needs of society. So, what are the new concerns and questions art and design are asked to address?\u00a0 In what ways might art and design form new and unexpected partnerships with other disciplines? Or should art and design instead consolidate their disciplinary uniqueness? \u00a0In a world where artificial intelligence and robotics are expected to overthrow long-held beliefs about employment, skills and human agency, what role might empathy and emotion in art and design bring to our immanent future?<\/p>\n

We invited papers from academics, art teachers and postgraduate students on topics relating to Transition and its need and use within contemporary Art and Design practice and pedagogy. Papers and roundtable proposals\u00a0sought to address topics including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n