INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
A World in
Transition
In-between
Performative Arts and Migration
curated by
the Department of Sociology and Business Law of the
7 March
2019 | Bologna, Italy
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
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@unibo.it) and Pierluigi
Musarò (pierluigi.musaro@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.
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