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🛎️ CALL FOR PAPERS: DRS 2026 - Theme Track 12.2 🛎️
We invite design researchers, sound experts, and practitioners to submit their work to Theme Track 12.2, "Mediating Sonic Worlds: Critical Approaches to Boundary Objects in Sound-Driven Design," for the DRS 2026 Conference in Edinburgh!
This track critically examines how sound-driven artefacts, representations, and arrangements—what we call "sonic boundary objects"—can effectively facilitate cooperation and shared understanding across diverse groups in design processes.
We are seeking submissions that address:
⭐ How objects defined by sound and listening fulfil the role of boundary objects.
⭐ The challenges of sound's ephemeral nature to the stability of boundary objects.
⭐ Methodologies for capturing and representing sonic experiences for shared understanding.
⭐ The role of sonic boundary objects in promoting "sonic habitability"—positive auditory experiences that enhance well-being and social connection.
⏰ Key Submission Dates for DRS 2026
⏰ Deadline for Paper Titles, Abstracts, and Authors: Friday, October 31, 2025 (AoE)
⏰ Final Deadline for Full Paper PDF: Friday, November 14, 2025 (AoE)
Join the conversation and help shape the future of design research on sound!
🔗 Find out more and read the full abstract for Theme Track 12.2 here: https://drs2026.thedrs.org/12-2-mediating-sonic-worlds
😊 Organisers
Stefano Delle Monache | Elif Özcan | Nicolas Misdariis
Sara Lenzi | Davide Rocchesso | Sandra Pauletto | Daniel Hug | Simone Spagnol
Design Research Society (DRS)
