[ecrea] Performance and Protest symposium cfp

*Performance and Protest Symposium: 10^TH January 2019*

*Ulster University, Magee campus*

*Call for Submissions*

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*On 10th January 1969, the pirate station Radio Free Derry broadcast its 
inaugural programme to a nascent Free Derry, a self–declared autonomous 
region established near the Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland 
border.*These twin declarations of autonomy––in both the physical and 
broadcast space––in part embodied the transnational influence of the 
global counterculture upon the local left, including that of Berkeley’s 
Free Speech Movement and other global student protest movements of the era.

The combination of performance and protest has many precedents in the 
sphere of Irish (and Northern Irish) culture. From marching band 
traditions to protest marches and sit–ins and from political chants and 
song traditions to storytelling, the deployment of performative aspects 
of historical and political narratives are rarely far from the surface.

The fiftieth anniversary of the inception of Free Derry (and Radio Free 
Derry) provides an opportunity to reflect on the connections between 
performance and protest in a range of global contexts and across a range 
of cultural forms in public spaces and on social networks and media: 
*the Occupy movement*, *Arab Spring*, *Gezi Park*, *Euromaidan*, the 
*Repeal the Eighth *campaign in Ireland, *#MeToo* and related movements, 
and, more recently, the *Extinction Rebellion*. Can we benefit from 
re–examining varied political acts from the last half–century (or 
beyond) to the present day via their framing as artistic endeavours? 
From marching to sit-downs, music to silence, how useful is it for us 
to consider performance as embedded within political––and cultural––action?

*Possible themes and perspectives include: *

·Historical and contemporary studies of political/performative demonstration

·Performing memory and the use of ideas of the past in contemporary protest

·Performing identities: national/political/gender/sexuality etc.

·Relationships between, and uses of, various artforms (visual 
art/music/drama, etc.) and media in protest

·Parallels between historical and contemporary protest movements

*Organising committee*: Stephen McCann (Dublin Institute of Technology), 
Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick, Dr Murat Akser, Dr Victoria McCollum and Dr Brian 
Bridges (Ulster University)

Hosted by the Music, Drama, Film and Museum Studies research unit, 
School of Arts and Humanities, Ulster University, Magee campus; 
organised in association with the Museum of Free Derry’s anniversary 
programme.

*Academic papers:* we invite proposals for standard–length (20 min) 
papers and short (10 min) presentations. Submission by 150–word abstract 
to (bd.bridges /at/ ulster.ac.uk) <mailto:(bd.bridges /at/ ulster.ac.uk)> (subject 
heading /Performance and Protest/) by 2pm on Mon 10^th  December.

*Artworks:* we also welcome proposals for video or audio–based responses 
(which may be presented over headphones), though we regret we are unable 
to pay artists’ fees. Please email (bd.bridges /at/ ulster.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(bd.bridges /at/ ulster.ac.uk)> with a 100-word description, 100–word 
artist’s bio, and links to sample materials, by 2pm on Monday 10^th 
 December.


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