[ecrea] cfp - A World in Transition: In-between Performative Arts and Migration

Call for proposals for academics and artists
http://www.atlasoftransitions.eu/international-conference-call-2019/

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
A World in Transition
In-between Performative Arts and Migration
curated by the Department of Sociology and Business Law of the 
University of Bologna

7 March 2019 | Bologna, Italy

Organizing Committee: Claudio Longhi, ERT Fondazione project | 
Piersandra di Matteo, ERT Fondazione project | Pierluigi Musarò, 
University of Bologna | Roberta Paltrinieri, University of Bologna | 
Paola Parmiggiani, University of Bologna | Melissa Moralli, University 
of Bologna

The conference is hosted within the Atlas of Transitions Biennale 2019, 
a ten-days festival to discuss about new ways of perceiving public 
spaces and cohabitation between European citizens and asylum seekers and 
refugees organized by Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, in collaboration 
with the Department of Sociology and Business Law, Department of Arts 
and Cantieri Meticci.

In a context of complex transitions, performative arts are not only 
physical and symbolic spaces of expression and artistic creation, but 
also and above all spaces of resistance, disruption and negotiation. The 
experiential and relational nature of performative arts are valid social 
and political transformation agents at the level of cultural uses, 
spatial organizations, identities. But the role of performative arts in 
shaping new social imageries, new forms of citizenship and new spaces of 
coexistence is particularly important in relation to migration. In fact, 
within a general situation where new forms of poverty, exclusion, social 
desegregation and gender inequalities are emerging, the relation between 
newcomers and local communities should be problematized and tackled 
through innovative and critical instruments. Among these, performative 
arts play a challenging and fundamental role.

The aim of the conference is to study, discuss, engage and co-construct 
knowledge about the role of performative arts within migration issues. 
Firstly, performative arts can provide innovative ways to represent 
migration, challenging conventional narratives and xenophobic rhetoric 
which depicts migrants as criminals or as mere victims, without any 
power to speak up. Secondly, artistic projects, intervening both on the 
socio-political and the esthetical dimension of the performance, can 
promote forms of empowerment, new capabilities, new hybrid identities. 
Moreover, intercultural forms of performance can have the effect not 
only in terms of social integration - a highly criticized concept in the 
last few years -, but also in terms of economic and political 
integration, giving voice to migrants and refugees while promoting 
intercultural dialogue.

The themes of analysis that we would like to explore are, although not 
limited to, those suggested below:

    Performative arts, media and alternative narratives on migration
    Political role of performative arts
    Participatory practices, performative arts and community engagement
    Theatre and urban space
    Co-creation between arts and academic research

Call for proposals:

We invite to participate scholars, theatre practitioners, visual artists 
and performers. Interventions in the conference should last about 15/20 
minutes and can take the shape of traditional presentations or short 
performances, interactive explorations or video presentations, etc. We 
also consider the possibility to organize a poster or an exhibition in 
accordance with the proposals received. All creative, unconventional or 
innovative modalities to contribute to the conference are welcome! The 
conference will be free of charge but there is no budget available for 
the interventions. After the conference, selected contributions will be 
invited to publish within an edited book  that aims to engage in a 
constructive debate with scholars and artists from different fields.

Proposals should be a maximum of 400 words and indicate not only the 
proposed topic but the kinds of approach, methods and forms of 
illustration/documentation/data to be employed.

Deadline for proposals: December 10th, 2018
Notification of acceptance: January 25th, 2019

Proposals should be emailed to Melissa Moralli 
((melissa.moralli2 /at/ unibo.it)) and Pierluigi Musarò 
((pierluigi.musaro /at/ unibo.it)). Selection for invitations to submit the 
paper for the book will follow the conference. The book is expected to 
be published in Spring 2020.

Fore more information please read the full call for proposals here:
http://www.atlasoftransitions.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CFP_International-Conference-Atlas2019_def-1.pdf

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