CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
12 May 2007
Re-visioning the Nation: cultural heritage and the politics of disaster
Cambridge, UK
Over the past eight years, Cambridge Heritage Seminars have brought together researchers, policy makers and practitioners to explore some of the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today. This year's seminar focuses on the uses and abuses of heritage by states and societies as they emerge from crisis situations. Societies emerging from a natural disaster, armed conflict or acute social and economic crisis share many needs regarding their cultural heritage: restoring the rule of law, integrating traumatic events into historical consciousness, negotiating memories, limiting illicit trade and looting, and so on. The day-long seminar will explore these issues through paper sessions with scholars from throughout Europe. There will be an introduction by Simon Munday, King's College London and a keynote address by Ian Russell, Trinity College, Dublin. Contact: www.arch.cam.ac.uk/heritage-seminar or email Dacia Viejo-Rose at dv230@cam.ac.uk
3-6 May 2007
Exploring Cultural Perspectives in Education
Glasgow, UK
The objective of this four-day international conference is to address the realities of education from an experiential, cultural perspective rather than theoretical applications. Through round table discussions, workshops containing practical experiences and one-hour individual presentations, educators will be invited to participate in achieving some practical solutions. Contact: www.icrn.ca
8-12 May 2007
5th Euro American Campus on Cultural Cooperation
Almada, Portugal
The 5th Euro American Campus on Cultural Cooperation will be held in Almada, Portugal, on 8-12 May 2007. The general theme will be Intercultural Dialogue and the specific sub themes will cover networking, research and creators, diversity and development, with special emphasis on the role of young people and artists. Contact: campus@interarts.net or www.interarts.net
6-8 June 06 2007
Culture as Innovation - The Search for Creative Power in Economies and Societies
Turku, Finland
This conference, presented by Finland Futures Research Centre, will reflect the questions: What is the future of the creative economy, the cultural industry, economic innovation and the interaction of culture and the economy? Furthermore, what consequences and challenges do such questions hold for the development of society? The event bring together people from universities, research institutes, companies, regional authorities, public sector, governmental and non-governmental organisations to meet, share and discuss new ideas concerning culture, the creative economy and innovativon. Contact: www.tukkk.fi
13-15 June 2007
Creativity and Cognition Conference 2007
Washington DC, USA
This conference series began in 1993 and has evolved into a lively multidisciplinary event combining research and practice. This year's event is focused on the theme of cultivating and sustaining creativity: understanding how to design and evaluate computational support tools, digital media, and socio-technical environments that not only empower our creative processes and abilities, but that also encourage and nurture creative mindsets and lifestyles. Contact: www.cs.umd.edu
17-19 July 2007
'Across the Divide': The Role of Intergenerational Practice in Building Better Cross Generational Understanding
University of Manchester, UK
The Centre for Intergenerational Practice will host its third UK conference for those interested in intergenerational work to meet, network, share experiences and learn from one another. The following themes will be covered: Practical Applications; Youth Led; Intergenerational Volunteering for Active Citizenship; Community Intergenerational Activities; Principles of Intergenerational Practice. Contact: www.centreforip.org.uk.
18-20 July 2007
InSEA 2007 - Art Education Reasearch and Development Congress
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
The InSEA, the University of Education Karlsruhe and the University of Education Heidelberg are hosting this international congress to present new methods of teaching and learning in the framework of art education. The aim is also a discussion on how to co-ordinate questions of creativity and self-education with questions on individual and societal creation skills and with a multi-perspective generation of knowledge in a complex society. InSea has put out a call for papers: Download PDF.Contact: www.insea2007german.de.
19-22 July 2007
Cultural Studies Now - An International Conference
London, UK
This major international conference is being organised by the School of Social Sciences, Media & Cultural Studies (SSMCS) at the University of East London. The question the event will be addressing is: has Cultural Studies been expanded, relocated and disseminated to the point where it no longer has a coherent identity? Is there a future for Cultural Studies as such? The conference will consider these issues by addressing a number of connected topics including: Cultural Studies & Politics; Cultural Studies & Its Disciplinary Neighbours; Cultural Studies in the Public Sphere; Cultural Studies & Creative Practice; and Cultural Studies & National Contexts. Contact: www.uel.ac.uk
24-27 July 2007
Expanding Cultures Conference
Melbourne - Australia
This conference will focus on the contribution of arts and cultural development to the strength and well-being of local communities. It will be of particular interest to decision and policymakers in government (especially local government) as well as staff engaged in arts and cultural planning and programming. It will address themes such as: local government’s engagement with Indigenous art and culture; improving evaluation of arts activities and cultural development programs; the changing shape of community cultures and their impact on local government in Victoria; arts as a vehicle for building and strengthening communities and facilitating social inclusion; the impact of arts activities on health, education and economic development; innovative partnerships. Contact: www.culturaldevelopment.net
12-14 October 2007
Performing the World 4: The Performance of Community and the Community of Performance
NY, USA
This event recognizes, celebrates and interrogates the growing global performance movement and its relationship to community building-- the thousands of innovative performance projects taking place in urban centers, towns and villages the world over, and the researchers, theoreticians and analyzers of what all this ensemble creativity, improvisatory play and "stage-making" might mean for human development, the growth of communities and social change. The weekend conference will bring together performers, educators, artists, scholars and researchers, psychologists and therapists, health and helping professionals, business professionals, youth workers, social entrepreneurs, activists, and community organizers to showcase innovative practice and scholarship and provide a rich context for learning and performing together. A limited number of work/study positions and scholarships are available for residents of the US, UK, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan before 1 July 2007. Contact: www.performingtheworld.org.
8-10 November 2007
MutaMorphosis: Challenging Arts and Sciences
Prague, Czech Republic
This international conference is organised by CIANT as part of the ENTER festival in the framework of the Leonardo 40th anniversary celebrations. The event will explore the major mutations that are affecting the future of our world and will concentrate on the growing interest -- within the worlds of the arts, sciences and technologies -- in extreme and hostile environments. These environments appear as symptomatic indicators of the mutations that are taking place; they are potential vectors that make possible an awareness of the different problems at the origin of the disturbances that threaten the ensemble of the Earth’s eco-systems. For more details please visit www.mutamorphosis.org.
15-18 November 2007
re:place 2007
Berlin, Germany
This Second International Conference on the Histories of Media, Art, Science and Technology is an international forum for the presentation and the discussion of exemplary approaches to the rapport between art, media, science and technolog. It will address historical contexts and artistic explorations of new technologies as well as the historical and contemporary research into the mutual influences between artistic work, scientific research and technological developments. This research concerns such diverse fields as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, nano-technology, and bio-technology, as well as investigations in the humanities including art history, visual culture, musicology, comparative literature, media archaeology, media theory, science studies, and sociology. Contact: http://tamtam.mi2.hr/replace
| Back to top |
TRAINING & COURSES
May - July 2007
CIDA Summer 2007 Programme
London, UK
If you are a creative individual, business or arts organisation CIDA's (Creative Industries Development Agency) Summer 2007 Programme offers business support, professional development, and networking opportunities that will help you reach new heights. There’s First Steps to get freelancers and new businesses moving in the right direction, Creative Business Club offering knowledge through networking and intensive support to existing businesses, Creative Space Agency connecting people to creative spaces in London, Digital Women’s Club supporting women wanting to work in the creative digital sector, Maker to Market giving London’s designer-makers the edge, and Sustain to Gain helping arts organisations and cultural groups become more sustainable. There’s also In Focus… featuring major panel discussions/ networking events and CIDA’s new ‘Time to Think’ summer schools – offering support and guidance to all creative sectors. So whether you’re just starting out or looking to take a creative business or project further don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to get the support you need! For full programme information: www.cida.co.uk or contact Jessica Green, CIDA’s Project Administrator by email or phone 020 7247 4710.
26-27 April 07; 24-25 May; 21-22 June 07
Young People, the Arts and Social Inclusion - 6 day accredited course
London, UK
This six day course is accredited with Middlesex University, and provides an excellent, practical induction to the benefits of using the arts with socially excluded young people, and the tools, skills and knowledge needed to run a successful youth arts project within this context. Through case studies and other means participants will explore social exclusion within a variety of contexts, and ways the arts can contribute to the development of young people within these areas. Contact: Artsplan Development Mananager on 023 8063 0960 or email artsplan@artswork.co.uk
Cumbria Institute of the Arts degree programmes
Cumbria, UK
This specialist art, design, communication and performance higher education institution, is offering the following degrees: MA Community Arts: students examine definitions of community and the role of the public arts in policy development and delivery; Foundation Degree in Performance, Festivals and Events: developed for students who have an enthusiasm for the arts in all their many forms; focuses on the development, organisation and management of performance and other cultural events; Foundation Degree in Drama and Performance in the Community: aimed at students who have a passion for drama and performance coupled to a commitment to helping people in the community. Contact: Allison.Roberts@cumbria.ac.uk
University of Victoria M.A. programme
Victoria, B.C., Canada
The University is offering an M.A. in Education - Community Leadership and Learning for Social, Cultural and Environmental Change. This community-based programme will have a strong international focus with an emphasis on community leadership and adult education as processes that promote empowerment, critical debate, creativity and imagination, democratic citizenship, environmental sustainability, community building, social action, anti-racism, and media, cultural and aesthetic literacies. Professors in the programme will be national and international scholars in adult education and lifelong learning and in addition to Canada, will come from countries such as South Africa, India, Argentina and Australia. Contact: Dr. Darlene E. Clover clover@uvic.ca Tel: 250-721-7816; Fax 250-721-6190
| Back to top |
CALLS for PROPOSALS and Papers
11-13 October 2007
2007 International Conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STPA)
New York, USA
New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Research Center for Leadership in Action invite paper and panel proposals for this conference. STPA brings together researchers, students, policy makers, artists, foundation staff, and managers of arts institutions and advocacy organizations to explore key trends, practices, and public policy issues affecting and shaping the arts around the world. This year’s conference is organized around five central themes: Artists, Activism and Social Change; Leadership in, of, and through the Arts; Role of the Arts in Bridging Ethnic, Cultural, and Regional Differences; Role of the Arts in Bridging Ethnic, Cultural, and Regional Differences; Local and Regional Revitalization through the Arts. For more information on call for submissions email stpa2007@gmail.com or visit www.stpa.culture.info. The deadline for submissions is May 25, 2007.
25-28 October 2007
Enclosure, Emancipatory Communication and the Global City
Vancouver, Canada
Hosted by the School of Communication, this conference will look at how the field of culture and communication manifests struggles between contradictory tendencies. On the one hand, pressures from capital and state sometimes promote various forms of enclosure - the private appropriation, suppression or marginalization of socially-produced public expression. On the other hand, progressive forces, from artists and academics to broad social movements, are not only resisting such enclosure, but developing practices and policies that explore new ways of reorganizing culture and communication democratically. The organisers invite proposals, from artists, activists and media scholars, for presentations, roundtables, workshops and panels that examine and critique this theme, especially in the context of the global city. Proposals are invited for both individual papers and panel or workshop sessions. Contact: udc2007@sfu.ca.
9-14 November 2007
Creative Clusters
London, UK
Creative Clusters 2007, the 5th international conference on the creative economy, takes place in four distinct areas of London, each of them dense concentrations of creative enterprise and cultural activity: the South Bank, the City Fringe, Soho/West End and Exhibition Road. In addition there will be a host of visits to projects across the city. We are looking for lively and challenging speakers from all parts of the UK, and all parts of the world, to present their work in this context. We invite proposals for presentations and workshops on the Themes below. If you have a compelling contribution to make to policy debate, then we want to hear from you. The call closes on Sunday 29th April. Contact: www.creativeclusters.com
| Back to top |
© 2007 Centre for Creative Communities