Conference “Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities”

Conference “Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities” The confere will bring together researchers,academics, artists, social workers and policymakers to discuss on the role of art in the way of social change.

Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities

26-27 October 2017

The conference “Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities” will bring together researchers, academics, artists, social workers and policymakers to discuss on the role of art in the way of social change. It aims to encourage debate around various forms and methods of applied art in the context of contemporary

social, political, environmental, technological and economic challenges. The conference will focus on the aesthetics, politics and history of applied art with a particular focus on performing arts, existing and future potential role of socially engaged art practices. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr. Zoe Zontou, Liverpool Hope University (UK)
dr. Sylvan Baker, Royal Central University of London (UK)
dr. Katharine Low, Royal Central University of London (UK)
Sue Mayo, Goldsmiths University of London (UK)

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Researchers, both academics and artists, and all other socially engaged art practitioners are invited to submit proposals for papers/presentations, case studies and best practices on the below mentioned Conference tracks but not limited to:

- Aesthetics, politics and history of applied art
- Forms and methods of applied art
- Ethics of socially engaged art
- Gender-based issues and socially engaged art
- Measuring impact of socially engaged art
- Arts and communities
- The use of the arts in education
- Applied theatre practice
- Music for social change

PROPOSAL FORMAT

All submissions must be in English and will be peer-reviewed. The abstract submission deadline is 5 September 2017 and shall be sent to [email protected]. The proposal must not exceed 500 words (excluding bibliography) and should include the following – please keep this order:

1.Title of the paper/presentation
2.Author(s)
3.Institutional affiliation(s) of author(s)
4.Contact details (including email and full postal address) of corresponding author
5.Abstract. Please consider including the following information in the abstract, when relevant: Objective, societal and scientific problem under investigation, scientific and societal goals, description of research methods used. Summary of findings. Abstract should not include diagrams and in general references are not required in the Abstract
6.3 – 5 keywords

If the abstract is accepted, selected speaker will be notified via email and will be invited to register for the conference. The registration will only be completed by the payment of the registration fee, which is 70 EUR. Registration fee must be paid by the 29 September 2017. Each presentation will have 20 minutes and 10 minutes for Q&A in the roundtable discussions. Selected papers will be published in the special issue of the peer reviewed journal Ars et Praxis (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre). IMPORTANT DATES:

8 September 2017: Deadline for submission of proposals for the last call
18 September 2017: Notifications of acceptance
29 September: Registration payment deadline
26 – 27 October 2017: Conference
6 November 2017: Deadline for submission of final papers


If you have questions about the content of the Conference, its organisation or the abstract submission, please contact dr. Ramune Baleviciute at [email protected] Conference Organizers: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and the Lithuanian Theatre and Cinema Information and Education Centre

It was such an interesting and rewarding days!
30/10/2017

It was such an interesting and rewarding days!

Such a powerful workshop is waiting for us at the first day of the conference (October 26th) with the Workshop leader Ra...
19/10/2017

Such a powerful workshop is waiting for us at the first day of the conference (October 26th) with the Workshop leader Rachel Scott which is Projects Director for Drama at TiPP - formerly known as the Theatre in Prisons and Probation Research and Development Centre.

This workshop is a theoretical and practical introduction to the work of TiPP.
Hosted by the University of Manchester’s Drama Department, registered charity TiPP are North West England’s leading organisation for the delivery, advocacy and training of the arts within the Criminal Justice System.

Workshop leader Rachel Scott is Projects Director for Drama at TiPP, and has over ten years’ experience of delivering arts based projects within Criminal Justice and related settings in England and Wales.

Workshop program:
October 26th. 02:00 p.m.
Vilnius Town Hall
The first part of the workshop will cover TiPP’s 21 year history and how our practice has developed to meet the needs of an evolving Criminal Justice population.
The second part will be an opportunity to take part in drama exercises that we use successfully with participants. There will also be time for questions, and a chance to relate the workshop to your own areas of practice and interest.
REGISTRATION:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qyeNp4AlqQkaCMf5pHprbHNhqv89HxOBDkx9v-P6d-Y/edit

Please keep in mind that the registration is required:
12/10/2017

Please keep in mind that the registration is required:

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges a...
06/10/2017

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities 👏

Oriana Haddad - Anthropologist, Performer, Movement Analyst, born in Milan, from an Italian mother and Egyptian father. She currently lives and works in London. Her work lies in a trans-disciplinary research on the human body. She combines dance, performance art, cultural and body anthropology, together with somatic and movement studies. Her projects address the body as an infinite process of becoming and of embodiment of the world. She aims to raise awareness on the potential of embodiment as a process through which experiences can be changed, so that reality can be regenerated. She works with different media, from performance to visuals and writing.

Abstract:
“Make My Skin” project addresses the relation between the body and the city; it aims to regenerate the reality of the city through a revolution of its physical and sensorial experiences. Through this regenerative practice, the body is set “out of place”, free to explore its touch with the urban environment, so that the process of embodying the city opens up anew. The body merges again with the urban space into a fluid and indeterminate existence. Such practice dismisses any distinction between being a performer and a citizen, a producer and a consumer of reality. The body becomes a sensual and poetic weapon against the political order: it breaks through the extraordinary, which lies within the ordinary.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges a...
06/10/2017

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities 👏

Katharine E. Low is a practitioner and researcher in applied theatre, specializing in sexual and reproductive health and the role of women in theatre. She is a lecturer in Applied Theatre and Community Performance here at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has facilitated practice in Tanzania, South Africa and the UK.

Topic: “To Hell with Good Intentions”: Considering Heroism and Reciprocity in the Labour of the Applied Theatre Practitioner

Abstract:
In this paper I consider the role of the facilitator in socially engaged theatre practice. I examine the conceptions of agency and emotional labour within the field of practice. My interest lies in the intentions of the facilitator and the different perceptions people hold about their practice and ways of working. Within these practices, lie layers of intention and roles the facilitator assumes. I am specifically interested in how the facilitator’s labour or work is sometimes regarded as being heroic.

I am interested in how perceptions of emotional labour can influence our understandings of the impact on a person working in “difficult”, “vulnerable”, or “dirty” (c.f. Mary Douglas 1966) settings. I am challenged by the concept that in applied theatre practice, or socially engaged theatre practice, the work of the facilitator is sometimes viewed as a form of emotional labour and their labour is often unsupported, difficult and emotionally draining. In the paper, I make an argument for re-considering the reciprocity and reciprocal value found in our work.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges a...
06/10/2017

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities 👏

Dr Kay Hepplewhite is a Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Northumbria University, UK and an HEA Teaching Fellow, leading modules for undergraduate and postgraduate students. She gained her PhD at University of Manchester. She has a background in community theatre, working as a performer and theatre-maker, in particular with young people and women. She has directed projects in North East England at Sage Gateshead, Northern Stage, Northern TUC Youth Forum, York Mystery Plays and GiFT festival. She is a Director of Guild of Lillians production company.

Abstract:
Applied theatre’s responsive-ness is indicative of a prioritisation of participant experience that distinguishes applied theatre practice from other performance participation. Further, my research also revealed the way in which a responsive ethos impacted and enriched the practitioners through supporting their own generative engagement with the work.
My research offers a vocabulary to conceptualise what has been previously un-named. For my investigations, practice-responsive research methods were devised to analyse how artists make decisions in-action in a range of applied theatre practice in contexts such as a group of women refugees, a mental health group, old people in a care home, and young people in school and youth groups. The research included reflective dialogues recorded on video where joint researcher-practitioner reflection followed on from observations of practice. Leading figures in the field were also interviewed for the investigation. The presentation will use examples to analyse their work and conceptualise the role alongside academic sources.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges a...
06/10/2017

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities 👏

Radka Kunderová is a Czech theatre academic and critic. She has a longstanding interest in the theatre’s potential to influence social and political discourses. She has been examining such processes during the Communist period in Czechoslovakia, as well as when analysing current European productions. She has been an assistant professor and a director of the Institute for Theatre Research at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. She has organised several international conferences there, this year, Politics and Community Engagement in Doctoral Theatre Research (3-4 November 2017). See her full CV: http://theatreresearch.jamu.cz/en/mgr-et-mgr-radka-kunderova-ph-d-1

Abstract:
The paper will explore potential of the current “artistic“ (not “applied“) theatre practice to challenge norms of public discourses and inspire social change. As a case study, Nicholas Hytner’s recent production of Othello at the National Theatre in London will be used and a particular attention will be paid to the issue of performing rase and rasism in the current UK context. The theoretical framework will include Janelle Reinelt‘s thinking on theatre and social change and Matthias Warstat’s analysis of performative aspects in political rhetorics.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges a...
27/09/2017

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities 👏

Dr. Sylvan Baker is an Applied Theatre researcher and practitioner with experience in a range of applied arts contexts. He's an Associate Artist at People's Palace Projects and an Artist Fellow at QMUL and the Royal Society of Arts. He holds an MA from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and practice PhD from QMUL. His current research includes; the Verbatim Formula, uses verbatim practice with care experienced young people and is a recent winner of the QMUL Public Engagement award 2017 and has been awarded 3-year AHRC funding to extend its practice to several other university partners including Goldsmiths College & UEL. And 'All in All' a practice inquiry into issues of Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education from the perspective of non-white academics.

Abstract
My paper will focus on the disparity of non-white academic staff in relation to non-white students in higher education, What does it mean for nonwhite students to not see themselves represented amongst the teachers working with them? It will explore why discourse on Diversity, has superseded the more productive articulation of inclusivity and equality in higher education. Some of the questions it will pose include: how can a nonwhite academic who is identity and representation is somewhat compromised in relation to their white colleagues begin a collaborative conversation about representation inclusion and equalities within the Academy. I seek to pose this question because one of the barriers to successful conversation is the sense of discomfiture by both the poser and the recipient of questions about inclusion.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges a...
26/09/2017

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities 👏

Eva-Liisa Linder is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. She holds a MA in theatre studies from Tartu University and is a PhD student at Tallinn University School of Humanities, conducting research on the relations of contemporary theatre, nationalism and ethics, for a comparative study of Estonian and European political theatre practice. As a freelance editor, she is editing books on theatre history and as a freelance critic she is following theatre for young audiences after serving as a longtime member of the jury for the Estonian Theatre Union’s annual children’s theatre awards.

Abstract
Estonia is an example of a tiny nation-state searching for its identity in the conflicting historical experiences of Eastern Europe and Nordic countries, socialism and capitalism, ethnic and civic nationalism, local and global village, places and non-places, mythical past and modernizing future.
The theatrical approach to national identity crisis surpasses in its scope and depth the one provided by politicians and daily media. A number of recent productions discuss globalization versus nationalism using strategies of documentary, devised and applied theatre.
I shall examine the contribution of aforementioned scenic studies to the ongoing debate on emigration and immigration by the help of theories of nationalism and critical theory of Frankfurt School.
In summary, theatrical practices have demonstrated their ability to provide research, informative insights and creative solutions to topical political problems, suggesting alternatives, that reach via the path of Enlightenment to synthesis with traditional values instead of contradiction.

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges a...
26/09/2017

We are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the International Conference Art and Social Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities 👏

Pia Strandman, PhD, MA
Pia acts as Senior Lecturer in Cultural Management at Helsinki Metropolia UAS.
Her special areas are art/culture and well-being as well as cultural studies, audience development and cultural policy. Her PhD (2013) focused on developing art-based services of social and health care sector, and she has strong working knowledge of interdisciplinary projects bringing together cultural and healthcare sectors in inclusive and audience oriented service design and design thinking. She has been member of many national and European expert groups and has been lecturing on themes related to Arts and Health in several countries.

Abstract:
Pia Strandman will discuss the different aspects of arts/culture and well-being as well as their interactions. The approach will be that of cultural managers and practitioners in mediating roles. The main focus will be the challenges in raising interdisciplinary projects. She will also discuss the concept of a meaningful art experience as a core of individual well-being.

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