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The 2nd Bi-annual Conference of the Social Design Network will bring together scholars from various disciplines to explore how design responds to and shapes our understanding of crises by encompassing a range of activities and interventions.

Some potential topics for exploration could include:

• The roles that designers take on in responding to crises
• The capacities and literacies that designers bring to the table in crisis situations
• How current forms of thinking about design may be shifting in the context of transformation
• Different ontologies and their implication for designs’ ability to grasp and respond to the interconnected nature of permacrisis
• The relationships between design and other disciplines in responding to crises
• The potential for design to shape our understanding and response to crises
• Adaption of design education as a response to “the long emergency”

The program is sponsored by the Foundation for Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design as part of the Global Voices initiative.