We invite you to 38° South, the first Cumulus conference in Australia. The 2009 Cumulus Conference will be a global forum where northern and southern hemispheres share cultural expressions of art and design across education, industry, and research.

Cumulus 38° South is more than a hemispheric shift in location. We will explore the landscape of design and examine how it contributes to the world around us. Current problems and future problems are layered and complex. They make new thinking, new processes, and new knowledges necessary across disciplinary boundaries.

Cumulus 38° South invites educators, practitioners, and researchers to join our cross-disciplinary conversation, “How can design as a discipline transcend boundaries, shift thinking, and evolve to meet the needs of our future?”

Four main conference themes include:

• Transcending disciplinary boundaries, creating new practices, processes and knowledge
• Transitions in art + design education, balancing teaching, learning and research
• Shifts in art + design practice and technology, defining new ways of working
• Repositioning art + design’s role in society, a catalyst for social change

http://www.cumulus09.com