[ecrea] Imagine Europe - arts/academic exchanges / Open seminar: 19 October 2017

Gentle reminder, proposal submission deadline approaching (August 15):

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS

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OPEN SEMINAR: IMAGINE EUROPE

IAMCR’s Participatory Communication Research Section and Roskilde 
University are happy to invite artists, academics, and students to 
submit proposals for the Imagine Europe seminar.

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WHEN AND WHERE

Date: Thursday, 19 October 2017, 9 AM – 5 PM

Location: Roskilde, Denmark

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SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE

To submit a proposal, send a presentation abstract or project 
description of no more than 500 words (per participant, in case of a 
panel) to the organiser, Jonas Agerbæk Jeppesen, at <(joagje /at/ ruc.dk) 
<mailto:(joagje /at/ ruc.dk)>>.

The deadline for submitting proposals is August 15, 2017.

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THEME

The Imagine Europe seminar gathers participants interested in discussing 
and experimenting with participatory and creative methods, with the aim 
to articulate, explore, and create knowledge and perspectives on the 
contemporary, so-called European ‘crisis’.

Dramas fuelled by financial instability, the refugee influx, Brexit, and 
the shifting directions of newly-elect governments powerfully reveal a 
breakdown and need for re-negotiating a shared sense of ‘Europe’—both in 
terms of its meaning and in terms of its value as a common political, 
social and cultural project, and as provider of an agonistic identity to 
its citizens. With the collapse of the progress narrative—the idea that 
we’re moving towards ‘ever closer union’—space has been opened for the 
re-emergence of older visions of, for and about Europe, and for new 
visions to be developed and circulate. These intersecting and competing 
visions range from pleas to renew the prior consensus, to dreams of 
renegotiating Europe from the ground up, or of retreating from Europe 
altogether, and withdraw into more ‘traditional’ and ‘natural’ units, 
based in nationality, ethnicity or religion. These visions come from 
many different actors within Europe and from outside of its borders, 
including from migrants seeking refuge from structural and political 
violence.

As these actors express new social imaginaries, they also, and on larger 
or smaller scales, (attempt to) mobilize publics around their competing 
visions—engaging them in struggles to translate these imaginaries in 
material realities, to bring about a European space, or set of spaces, 
that may suit their needs, desires and phantasies.

While it is not clear which vision or set of visions will stand when the 
dust of recent ‘crises’ had settled, it remains a paramount task for us 
as students, artists, and academics to reflect, to critique, and to take 
action as history unfolds.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

With the aim of supporting discussion and dialogue across thematic and 
disciplinary boundaries, we invite contributions that include, but are 
not limited to:

* Research presentations

* Presentations of artistic projects

* Interactive performances, short film screenings, installations

* Workshops

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (TENTATIVE)

* Keynote on “Discursive-material struggles over Europe” by Prof. Nico 
Carpentier

* Keynote on artistry and intercultural dialogue in Danish refugee 
initiatives (TBA)

* City walk and interactive workshop by Assoc. Prof. Kristine Samson

* Project presentations, workshops, and performances by seminar participants

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ATTENDANCE

The seminar is open to all. Prior registration is required. For online 
participation, contact the organiser, Jonas Agerbæk Jeppesen at 
<(joagje /at/ ruc.dk) <mailto:(joagje /at/ ruc.dk)>>.

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