DXARTS Assistant Professor Afroditi Psarra will be chairing the Textiles and Interaction Track of the Textile Intersections Conference taking place at Loughborough University in London, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on September 12 -14, 2019.

"TEXTILE INTERSECTIONS is a two-days conference and three-days exhibition of works organized by the Textile Design Research Group at Loughborough University in collaboration with Royal College of Art and Queen Mary University London exploring collaborations in textile design research to be held at Loughborough University in London between 12 – 14 of September 2019.

TEXTILE INTERSECTIONS is interested in topics related to connections and cross- or interdisciplinary collaborations furthering research in the field of textiles and textile design. The focus will be on the nature of collaborations textiles are susceptible to establish with other disciplines and the consequent opportunities for each discipline. How are these collaborations initiated? What makes a successful collaboration leading to innovative research? What are the issues? Why collaborate?"

Call for papers and general information: http://www.textile-intersections.com/

Deadline for paper submissions: March 25, 2019