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June 2008
4th International Conference Exploring Current Research Surrounding Humour, Health and Learning .
02 June 2008
Hosted by The Comedy Trust.Monday 2nd June 2008, LiverpoolJoking Aside, the use of humour in health and learning continues to be an interesting topic for debate amongst academics, researchers and health professionals worldwide. International guest speakers from a wide range of fields and disciplines will present research and invite open and engaging discussion on humour, comedy, health and well-being. There will be opportunities to listen to research, share best practice, engage in debate, make connections, network and perhaps most importantly of all - laugh. The Conference will take place at the Conference Centre at LACE, Sefton Park, Liverpool on Monday 2nd June 2008 and is aimed at; health practitioners, teachers, academics, researchers, local authority staff and anyone who has an interest in the use of humour, laughter and comedy in health and learning. To book you place or for more information please contact us by emailing jenny@thecomedytrust.com or calling us on 0870 443 0955.You can also find out more information and download a booking form by visiting www.liverpoolcomedyfestival.com.
Britishness - The View From Abroad
05 - 06 June 2008
The Centre for
Constructions and Identity at the University of Huddersfield is
organizing a two day conference to be held on 5th-6th June 2008. The
main theme of the conference is 'Britishness' within global contexts,
addressing such issues as transnationality of identity, British
diasporas, representations of Britishness in non-British media,
education and culture, and the implications of dual citizenship across
the former Empire and beyond.
Inaugural Conference on the Inclusive Museum
08 - 11 June 2008
At this time of fundamental social change, what is the role of the museum, both as a creature of that change, and perhaps also as an agent of change? The International Conference on the Inclusive Museum is a place where museum practioners, researchers, thinkers and teachers can engage in discussion on the historic character and future shape of the museum. The key question of the Conference is 'How can the institution of the museum become more inclusive?'
As well as impressive line-up of international main speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal, as well as access to the electronic version of the Conference proceedings.
Culture Meets Economy
11 - 12 June 2008
Following the successful implementation of the conference “Culture meets Economy” in June
2007, the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano and the Innsbruck University initialized a Scientific
Track for the Culture meets Economy Conference, taking place on June, 11th - 12th
2008 (11/06/08: Scientific Track; 12/06/08: Symposium). The first conference addressed the potential of cultural events for tourism and concluded with two theses on approaching the relationship between culture and economy. First of all, culture and arts broaden one´s horizon and secondly, dealing with culture and arts as indicator for future developments, can foster entrepreneurial innovation and open up new markets. Based upon these tenets, the upcoming conference will focus on culture and creativity as location factors, placing the non-metropolitan areas in the centre of attention. The Scientific Track offers a platform for academics and researchers to present and debate state-of-the-art research on the importance of culture and creativity, which are deemed to play a significant role in innovation and social as well as economic regional development. The Scientific Track provides researchers from different disciplines the opportunity to create interdisciplinary networks and co-operations.
Exploring Cultural Perspectives
11 - 15 June 2008
The objective of this five-day international conference — June 11- 15, 2008 — presented by the International Cultural Research Network and hosted by Ankara University is to discuss the practicalities of theories that are applied to culture.Enquiries: arlette@icrn.ca
International Conference on Cultural Economics
13 - 15 June 2008
The Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) is a scientific society that includes academic scholars, government officials, foundation officials, managers of arts and cultural organizations and artists, united in their interest in furthering understanding of the economic aspects of the arts and culture in their own countries and throughout the world. It holds international research conferences every two years, sponsors small conferences, workshops, and sessions concerned with cultural economics at meetings of other scientific societies. It also sponsors a journal and other publications.
ISPA International Congress
19 - 24 June 2008
The
African Ubuntu embraces the concept of solidarity between communities.
The word contains a sense of kindly togetherness and of co-operation
between people, building strength of purpose among them. At an ISPA
Congress in New York in January 2006, Dr. John Kani highlighted the
benefits that the concept of Ubuntu offers the international
community. Ubuntu Revisited, the theme of this year’s June 2008 ISPA
Congress in Durban, SA, provides a beginning point for artists, arts
administrators and the media to respond on a global level to the topic
of Ubuntu in the context of the world’s arts community. This Congress
will seek to address the dynamic relationships that form when diverse
creative forces come together.
Philadelphia
is the birthplace of American democracy, and today it is a leader in
the evolution of civic life. From history to hip, the city is alive
with creativity. Cultures abound in Philadelphia, an open and engaged
metropolis that welcomes a diverse community of artists, innovators,
and creators. here is so much to do and
see in Philadelphia you’ll want to come early or stay late to take it
all in. It's a great opportunity to bring the fmily. For a
comprehensive list of cultural activities surrounding your stay in
Philadelphia, visit PhillyFunGuide.com. Check out these tours arranged just for Americans for the Arts attendees This year, there 10 Advance Workshops taking
place on Thursday, June 19. These in-depth workshops allow more time
and focus on specific topics that matter to you and your work.
International Conference: Active Participation in Cultural Activities
20-22 June 2008
If you agree that European Organisers of amateur arts, socio cultural activities, and community arts should be: recognised more for their importance to individuals, society, culture and art; acknowledged as worthy of support from EU and Council of Europe cultural programmes then attend this conference - a continuation of the Art4All conference in Utrecht, 2004 and 'Value, Include, Connect' in Cardiff, 2005. More information at www.amateo.info
"Thinking Sideways, Moving Forward" (Association of Arts Administration Educators 2008 Annual Conference)
24 - 26 June 2008
The successful arts administrator is a creature of many disciplines: Arts, Business, Culture, Politics, Heritage, Sociology, Urban Planning, Psychology, Social Service, Education, Community Development, and on and on and on. So, how might Arts Administration educators encourage their students and their peers to "think sideways" in response -- to adapt the insights of other industries and disciplines toward the advancement of the arts? What can evolving principles of urban planning tell us about building community through culture? How might findings from brain science inform the connection between artist and audience? How are practitioners incorporating these discoveries in the daily delivery of their mission? And how might arts administration educators take full advantage of the experts all around us on campus? Join your peers from Arts Administration programs around the world to stretch your discipline and advance your craft. You'll be joined by leading arts practitioners and researchers, along with experts and innovative academics from related fields of study. Best of all, you'll be able to share your own insights with friends and colleagues, and refresh your network of peers and partners.
“Communication Strategies: How to make an impact”
25-28 June 2008
Having a strategy for how you communicate your organisation’s message is vital to your organisation’s success. So how do we go about creating strategies for both the long and the short term, for both permanent collections and temporary exhibitions? ‘Communication Strategies: How to make an impact’ The theme of the 8th Communicating the Museum conference will cover topics including Audience Development and Research, Advertising, Programming, New Media and more. The programme will deliver fresh, innovative and proven ways of strategy planning from fellow museum colleagues, looking at how to create a brief from start to finish to inspirational ideas and success stories from outside industries. Delegates will be weclomed in the most prestigious venues – Palazzo Ducale, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Grassi. International speakers, including, Will Gompertz, Head of Tate Media, Tate, UK, Arthur Cohen, CEO of LaPlaca Cohen, USA and Damien Whitmore, Director of Public Programmes, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK. Just some of the things you will learn in Venice:
- the best practices from inside and outside the museum industry to help you explore ways to plan your strategies for the future.
- practical tools to help you implement or improve the strategies of your organisation
- how to be create a brief, from start to finish and how to evaluate your strategies
Essential for:
Anyone working in cultural marketing and communications today at both senior and junior levels.
28 June 2008
This one-day international conference, co-sponsored by the College of Arts at the University of Guelph and the Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies at the University of Ulster, will bring together scholars examining the economic, social, cultural and political histories of tourism in Scotland and Ireland. We invite papers on any aspect of tourism history in districts of Scotland and/or the nine counties of Ulster. We welcome research that highlights tourism history in either or both of these places using comparative approaches, as well as papers that situate and explore Scottish and Ulster tourism history within broader international contexts.
Proposals are invited for sessions at the 7th International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, scheduled for 3-7 July 2008 in the Caribbean. Entitled Of Sacred Crossroads, the event will allow for a broad interpretation, being set across disciplines and forms – religion, art, dance, song, orature, healing, re-creation, performance, ritual, belief systems, ethics, globalization, communication, and others. General areas of interest include: body, identity and difference, media, gender and sexuality, popular culture, cultural industries, performance and gender, youth culture, religion and culture, nation states, power and knowledge, new information technology, globalization and diaspora, nationalism and locality, consumerism and fetishism, culture and economy, fundamentalisms, cultural studies pedagogy, policing the crisis, culture and ethics, critical methodologies, politics of opposition, cultures of everyday life, social and cultural theory, the city, cultural policy, centre and periphery, space and culture, imagined communities.
05 - 07 July 2008
The fourth meeting of this global research project shall explore the many facets of creative engagement with children. Grounded in an inter-disciplinary perspective and with reference to historical and contemporary representations of childhood, this project will examine the complex issues which surround the notion and practices of creative engagement in the context of pedagogy and the curriculum, and in the face of frequently instrumental institutional imperatives. More generally, our work will also address the role of creativity in social interaction, with particular reference to children's development of life skills, autonomy and independence in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
Regions of Culture – Regions of Identity
13 - 23 July 2008
Regional Identity has long been a dynamic branch of research, to which more and more interdisciplinary approaches are finding access. Against this backdrop, the question arises whether and how regions can be described from a cultural perspective and distinguished from each other. Are region defined by certain parameters, such as state or administrative borders, the prevalence of elements of a particular material or intellectual culture, or the realms of certain linguistic interactions or other social practices? What role is played by perception and attribution, both from the outside and from within the region in question, in the process of rooting a regional identity in the collective consciousness? How can the various levels of scale be brought to bear in the comparison of regions? The objective of the International Summer School is to draw together the current debates about regional identity and the structural elements of culture upon which regions are based. This discussion will provide a starting point for the interdisciplinary comparison of innovative PhD projects. The centre of reflection will by no means be a functional analysis of administrative or strategic regions, but rather a perspective that could best be captured in the coupling of the concepts “Region of Culture” and “Region of Identity”. Which phenomena and concepts, from history, language, academia as well as popular and high culture, can make regions tangible? And does this attempt to define correlate with the diverse aspects of identification and identity management connected to regions? The International Summer School 2008 is interdisciplinary but does place emphasis on the study of culture.
Media and Global Divides
20 - 25 July 2008
The congress addresses relationships between media and contemporary
global divides, be they historical or emergent phenomena. It will
explore the pivotal yet under-researched roles of the media with regard
to today’s global inequalities. In recent decades the world has
undergone fundamental changes related to geopolitical, economic,
cultural, religious and other conditions. New divisions, no longer
based on territory, have complicated or partially replaced the old
East-West and North-South dimensions of the world system, generating
differences and distinctions that cut through local life worlds,
between cities and suburbs, between the expanding metropolis and the
countryside. We have witnessed the globalization of traditional group
identities and affiliations along ideological, religious, class, gender
and ethnic lines, at the same time that new transnational affiliations
are being formed.
Arts Leadership - Leading In Creative Contexts
22 - 24 July 2008
The
ENGENDERING LEADERSHIP Through Research and Practice Conference in
Perth (Western Australia) July 2008 aims to generate new thinking about
gender and leadership by providing a creative forum for interaction
between leadership scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy
makers from across the world.
Contributions are encouraged from a wide theoretical spectrum. Arts
educators, leaders and researchers should note that the conference
includes a special stream specifically aimed at leadership in the arts
sector - "Leading in Creative Contexts". This stream aims to explore
how creative artists respond to leadership of various kinds in various
settings.
NUREC 2008 - The Northern Urban Regeneration Exhibition and Conference
28 - 29 July 2008
NUREC 2008 - The Northern Urban Regeneration Exhibition and Conference, the key event for regeneration practitioners to listen, learn, discuss and debate the challenges facing Northern Cities and Towns, is to take place in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 28-29 July 2008. 28 industry leaders will lend their expertise, share their knowledge and offer lively debate to the conference proceedings, and the exhibition will present up to 50 exhibiting organisations including Councils, Urban Regeneration & Development Companies, City Regeneration Investment Agencies, Local Corporate Companies, Government Agencies and Community Programmes. The Conference will look back on 30 years of urban regeneration policy and implementation, highlighting the key successes made in Northern Towns and Cities, in areas such as city centre redevelopment and the development of the tourist industry, whilst at the same time, examining the challenges that now face Northern Town and Cities, particularly in terms of economic development and local neighbourhood renewal. As the 2008 Conference is being held in Liverpool, delegates will also be able to witness what is going on in the European Capital of Culture and see the exciting regeneration developments taking place in Liverpool City Centre and surrounding areas. Contact:Andrew Clark, Eton Events Ltd, 25 The Waterfront, Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, BN23 5UZ, United Kingdom; tel.: +44 ( 0 ) 1323 472467; fax: +44 ( 0 ) 8701 355855; www.eton-events.com, www.nurec2008.com
Third International Conference On The Arts In Society
28 - 31 July 2008
The special theme of this year’s Conference is art as communication. The
annual International Conference on the Arts in Society (The Arts
Conference) and The International Journal of the Arts in Society create
fora for discussion and visual critique, and a place for the
publication of innovative theories and practices in the arts. The
purpose of the annual Arts Conference is to create an intellectual
frame of reference for the arts and arts practices, and to create an
interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. It
is intended as a place for critical engagement, examination, and
experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the
world, on stage, in museums and galleries, on the streets, and in
communities.This year's annual conference will address a range of
critically important issues and themes relating to the arts today
Creative Communities and the Making of Place: Sharing Creative Experiences
08 - 10 August 2008
Building on the success of the first Arte-Polis in
2006, the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) is pleased to present
Arte-Polis 2, an international conference and workshop with the theme
of Creative Communities and the Making of Place: Sharing Creative
Experiences, to take place in Bandung, Indonesia from 8-10 August 2008. The aim of Arte-Polis 2 is to bring together academics,
community leaders, local governments, policy-makers and professionals
from different regions of the world concerned with the quality of life
and livelihood of creative communities in both urban and rural
settings. Participants are expected from a diverse range of
disciplines, including architecture and planning, business and
management, cultural and development studies, design and visual arts,
economics, geography, information and communication technology, and
others. Its objective is to share international experiences and
knowledge regarding current issues, best practices and policy
implications on the relationship between creative communities and
place-making. In an era of globalization, activities of the creative
economy such as fashion, film, television, theater, music, dance,
visual arts, design, architecture, advertising, publishing, multimedia
and information technology, have contributed significantly to local
economy, community life and the creation of places in cities. Such
cultural places become hubs for creative communities, having taken
advantage of the trend in natural agglomeration of creative industries
as clusters, given that information, imagination, opinions and cultural
sensibilities are transmitted through them.Contact: Organizing Committee, Arte-Polis 2
International Conference and Workshop, Attn. Dr. Woerjantari
Soedarsono, Chairperson, School of Architecture, Planning and Policy
Development - Institute of Technology Bandung, LabTek. IXB, 2nd Floor.
Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indnesia; tel.: (+62-22) 250-4962;
fax: (+62-22) 253-0705; e-mail: artepolis@ar.itb.ac.id, artepolis_itb@yahoo.com; www.ar.itb.ac.id/artepolis2
Creative Societies/Cultural Industries/New Humanities?
11 August 2008 to 22 August 2008
The study of culture—of the significance, meaning, and value of its
various expressions and products—has traditionally been the domain of
the humanities. With the elevation of culture to industry, and of
creative institutions to the mainstay of economic activity and social
arrangements in cities and across regions, it is time to ask whether
the emergence of cultural industries generates a new humanities. What
new modes of cultural comprehension and interdisciplinary tools of
analysis are necessary to address the modes of conception, production,
marketing and dissemination of cultural industries, their regional
variety, the unequal cultural exchange across the globe and their
reduction to consumer products, their impacts on cities and societies,
and the working conditions facing those in the creative sector? What
professional possibilities and responsibilities today face the
humanities in engaging these recent developments? And what are the
likely impacts on the humanities yet to come?
Understanding Conflicts: Cross Cultural Perspectives
19 - 23 August 2008
An international, interdisciplinary research conference on the diversity of conceptions and cultural images of conflicts. Cross-cultural perspectives on methods of conflict analysis, forms of conflict transformation, and the role of culture and religious worldviews for and in conflicts.
5th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research
20 - 24 August 2008
ICCPR 2008 aims to provide an outlet for an interdisciplinary and international exploration of the meaning, function and impact of cultural policies. Cultural policy is understood as the promotion or prohibition of cultural practices and values by governments, corporations, other institutions and individuals. Such policies may be explicit, in that their objectives are openly described as cultural, or implicit, in that their cultural objectives are concealed or described in other terms. The historical range is not limited to any given period, but the ICCPR is primarily concerned with material that is relevant to the contemporary world and which contributes to a fruitful international exchange of ideas. ICCPR 2008 acknowledges the multiplicity of meanings around the idea of culture and the inter-relationship of these meanings. However, whilst it takes a broad view of culture, encompassing a wide range of signifying practices that include the products of the media, the arts and various forms of government or religious display, ICCPR 2008 will attempt to maintain a focus on policies relating to culture as symbolic communication rather than culture in the anthropological sense as 'a whole way of life'. ICCPR 2008 addresses itself to all those with a serious intellectual interest in how and why different agencies attempt to work on the cultural practices and values of individuals and societies. ICCPR 2008 welcomes participants to Istanbul , the biggest city in Europe and the former capital of three empires (Eastern Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman); and a historical centre of Islam, Orthodox Christianity and Eastern Christianity. The city also benefits from being at the meeting point of two continents and different cultures. These features make the city culturally one of the most important places in the world. The venue of the conference is Yeditepe University , which was established in 1996 and situated at 26 August Campus, on the Asian side of Istanbul.
The Rise and Fall of Urban Cultural Industries: Place-bound Dynamics of Urban Cultural Industries
9th International Conference on Urban History
27-30 August 2008
Within the scope of the 9th International Conference on Urban History to be held in Lyon, France on 27-30 August 2008, Mariangela Lavanga, Robert Kloosterman and Clemens Zimmermann will organize a session entitled The Rise and Fall of Urban Cultural Industries: Place-bound Dynamics of Urban Cultural Industries. A call for papers is open until November 2007. Cultural industries are increasingly considered among the most promising growth sectors. But do cultural industries develop and thrive just anywhere, or does their success depend partly on locally-specific, historical conditions, institutions and developments? Cultural industries require specialization. Comparative advantages are therefore crucial. Initial advantages can become self-reinforcing, leading to path-dependent and place-bound trajectories. Innovation is nurtured within specific place-bound environments or "industrial atmospheres", and encouraged by place-bound mechanisms. In agglomerated cultural industries complexes, regular formal and informal interaction between highly skilled producers leads to knowledge spillover and transaction costs generally are lowered. Dedicated institutions reduce overhead costs for all local producers. Highly developed local consumer tastes raise overall standards. Mechanisms such as these produce increasing returns for localities with initial advantages in a given cultural industry. Papers are invited that, from a historical, socio-economic and cultural perspective, explore:
- mechanisms underlying place-bound growth in cultural industries,
- continuities and critical junctures in the development of cultural industries, and
- patterns of spatial clustering and the evolution of the spatial division of labour in the cultural industries.
Papers may take the form of a case study or a comparative approach involving different cities or clusters within urban areas. Interdisciplinary studies able to combine new economic- geographic insights on dynamic agglomeration economies with extensive historical work on the evolution of institutional contexts are appreciated.
Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness: Regional Perspectives
27 - 31 August 2008
The
2008 ERSA Congress will be jointly hosted by the Department of Civic
Design at the University of Liverpool and the British and Irish Section
of the Regional Science Association International. Chosen as
European Capital of Culture for 2008, Liverpool has been the focus for
numerous regeneration initiatives. The City has changed dramatically in
the last decade and is emerging as one of the UK's leading centres for
learning, culture, entertainment, sport and endeavour. The Congress
will provide an excellent opportunity to see, and reflect on, the
substantial progress that has been made. The overarching theme
for the Congress will be Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness –
Regional Perspectives. This encapsulates a number of different aspects
that are topical and relevant not only for Liverpool but also across
the whole of Europe. The programme will be organised around a
variety of topics and include plenary sessions with lectures by
distinguished keynote speakers, including Professor Ed Glaeser
(Harvard).
September 2008
Culture and Citizenship
03 - 05 September 2008
Citizenship and Culture represent two of the most central concepts in contemporary social thought and, over the last decade, the relationships between them have been highly contested. Debates on citizenship have shifted from a focus on democracy, political rights and responsibilities and questions of belonging to a concern with culture, both formally and informally inscribed. The focus of citizenship historically tended more toward universalistic issues, with the realm of culture assigned to the particular, and to questions of difference and meaning. The interconnections between these approaches have become of growing academic interest on the one hand, as well as being of crucial significance in the political realm on the other. Thus claims for citizenship rights are increasingly required to consider the more culturally defined questions of identity, gender, sexuality, race, that are typically the concern of the new social and political movements. At the same time the issues of emancipation, responsibility and freedom remain key questions for debates concerning citizenship and culture.
The Cultures of Rebuilding in Post-Katrina New Orleans
03 - 05 September 2008
Without a doubt, the response from the culture sectors in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina was one of the most striking narratives of the storm. Cries from all over the country arose in the weeks after Katrina, issuing forth clarion calls to save New Orleans’ culture, and the past two years have seen an explosion of local, regional, and national efforts intended to support the musical, artistic, culinary, performative, and architectural industries. Some of these efforts have been modest individual endeavors to preserve the city’s cultural traditions (such as the House of Dance and Feathers in the Lower Ninth Ward); others have been large-scale capital projects intended to revitalize entire neighborhoods (such as Habitat for Humanity’s Musicians’ Village, or the Hyatt Jazz District). Regardless of scale, such developments suggest that culture still is and will continue to be one of the saving graces of New Orleans, so much so that in May 2007 novelist Jason Berry argued in the Boston Globe that individuals from the cultural sector such as Wynton Marsalis have shown more leadership on the national stage in rebuilding the city than some public officials. Yet grave questions still remain: with one-third of New Orleans’ citizens still in diaspora, and many of those projected to remain in their displaced locations, what will the altered cultural landscape of the city look like? What forms of hybridization will take place in other cities around America—will, as Andrei Codrescu suggested, “their food get better”? How will New Orleans physically change after its historic architecture suffers demolition, reinvention, and development. and what impacts will this have? How will Mardi Gras Indians reunite their scattered tribes? What new forms of cultural expression will arise as the floodwaters recede—sculptural, musical, literary—and by what process(es) will they be woven into the fabric of the city’s identity? Further questions should be directed to Benjamin Morris, bam32@cam.ac.uk.
Networks of Design
03 - 06 September 2008
Networks of Design explores the interactions informing visual culture and design. Social theorist Bruno atour, the designer Jurgen Bey and Jeremy Myerson from the RCA are keynote speakers. The conference seeks papers on a wide range of topics related to Networks of Design across all time periods and disciplines that address issues to do with history, theory and practice. The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 25 February 2008. Enquiries: networksofdesign@falmouth.ac.uk Web address: http://www.networksofdesign.co.uk
Sponsored by: The Design History Society, University College Falmouth, and Oxford University Press.
Music and Health: Current Developments in Research and Practice
09 - 10 September 2008.
The Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health is currently engaged in an integrated programme of research exploring the possible health benefits of active participation in music making and singing. It aims through its research and evaluation activity to contribute to a wider understanding of the power of the arts in health and social care and in the promotion of community wellbeing and health. In particular, the Centre is seeking to contribute to building an evidence base to help justify greater investment in the field of arts, wellbeing and health by NHS Trusts and local authorities. This conference has been organised to mark the third anniversary of the establishment of the Centre in the Creative Quarter in Folkestone – a wider creative arts economic regeneration project managed by the Creative Foundation, and made possible by the vision and generosity of Roger De Haan. Aims of the Conference To bring together a wide constituency of academics, health professionals and musicians interested in exploring the value of music in health and social care and the wider context of public health, wellbeing and community development. To provide an overview of current developments in research and practice in the field of music and health, with particular reference to: music in health and social care settings; music in public health promotion and community development, and the role and value of established community music activity for wellbeing and health.
Fourth Art of Management and Organization Conference
09 - 12 September 2008
September
2002 saw the beginning of the Art of Management and Organization
Conference series in London. The aim was, and continues to be, the
exploration and promotion of the arts (in the most inclusive sense) as
a means of understanding management and organization(al) life. This
conference series has given rise to a vibrant global community of
praxis – including scholars and practitioners. The conference has
resided in London (2002), Paris (2004), Krakow (2006); and in 2008 will
travel to Banff, Canada.
Sustainable City and Creativity: Promoting Creative
Urban Initiatives
24 - 26 September 2008
The aim of the Meeting is to analyze in depth principles and practices of
the creative city for the formulation of policy lessons and
recommendations able to contribute to the building of a creative city. In particular, it will be focused on the
following issues: 1. what is a creative city; how the creative city actually
works, which are the key features and the critical elements conditioning creativity;
how ideas turn into urban innovations; the drivers stimulating a city to
innovate, the barriers and the constraints; 2. which are the benefits of the
creative city in terms of competitiveness, environment, welfare, social stability,
quality of
life, vitality; 3. which are the key assets, infrastructures and tools required
to promote creative processes in cities towards competitive,
sustainable and cohesive places, and how public policy can influence the
creative city. The Scientific Committee invites researchers and practitioners
from all over the world to submit abstracts of papers for oral or poster
presentations at the meeting. Your
abstract should be about 30 - 60 lines in English, and should also
indicate information on all authors of the paper, i.e. the title, affiliation, full address, phone, e-mail
address and the interested Session. The number of Sessions to be
activated will be defined according to the selected papers. The papers should present theoretical approach
(full research paper with innovative results) and/or practical experiences
with ex post evaluation and lessons learned and/or preliminary ideas with
work in progress. Each submitted
paper will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee (SC). The
SC will decide about the acceptance for presentation in one of the
parallel sessions or for the poster session.The papers to be presented and then
published in a proceeding volume will be selected. Event website: http://www.creativecity2008.eu/ocs
ELIA's 10th Biennial Conference
29 September - 01 October 2008
Each
of the previous nine ELIA conferences had a specific title. While the
10th ELIA Conference has no title as such, we have chosen the image of
a stuffed polar bear as a visual signifier — not just for the
conference itself, but also as a reminder of the more fragile aspects
of our world. As a metaphor, it is a potent reminder of our
responsibilities and how we need to orient ourselves and our actions
toward the future. In organising the 10th ELIA Conference we are
taking the opportunity to reflect on the previous conferences and to
identify a few important issues: the continuing concerns that we all
have in terms of the future of our arts schools, the things that give
us confidence in our work and our successes, and the areas in which we
still need to maintain a focus and a sense of commitment to bring about
changes and ensure the continued vitality, relevance and significance
that arts education plays in our increasingly complex societies. The
content of the conference is conceived as a whole in which the cultural
programme, the exhibitions, the symposia, the discipline sessions, the
speakers’ contributions and the interactive forum are all interrelated.
The focus of the conference and that of its various themes stem from
issues that concern us all; the all-encompassing focus will be the
future role of higher arts education institutions and the relationship
of those institutions with our changing societies. The physical
centre of the conference will be a tent, located in the middle of
Gothenburg’s main square and surrounded by the city’s art schools and
cultural institutions where the conference sessions will be taking
place. The tent will have the interactive forum, exhibitions, a stage
and screen for presentations and a bar where delegates will have an
opportunity for informal networking and relaxation.
October 2008
Performing the World '08 - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
02 - 05 October 2008
The conveners of Performing the World, the
conference/festival of the growing international performance movement,
announce the fifth Performing the World to be held in New York City,
New York, USA, from 2-5 October 2008. The event will showcase
innovative practice and scholarship and provide a rich context for
learning and performing together. Performing the World '08 (PTW '08) builds on the
momentum of 2007's PTW 4, which brought together 300 practitioners,
scholars and community activists—educators, youth workers, researchers,
psychologists and therapists, health and helping professionals,
business people, artists and activists from 27 countries PTW '08 invites proposals from all who are involved in
performance work that is related to cultural, economic or psychological
development, community-building, social justice, citizenry, individual
and social transformation, social entrepreneurship, etc. It is looking
for a variety of presentation types, including workshops,
conversations, demonstrations, discussions and panels. Playfulness and
experimentation for all presentations, especially with regard to theory
and data, are encouraged. This year's theme, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
encourages participants to attend to history and process—their own and
that of the performance movement. Examinations/explorations of the
shift from a cognitive to a performative approach to understanding,
interacting with and (re)creating the world as embodied in the work of
the participants and/or those they with whom they work/play/ study are
particularly welcome. Also of interest is the performance movement's
interaction with and impact on poverty, war and peace, sustainability,
democracy, globalization, cultural diversity and creativity.Proposals are due 1 April 2008 and should be e-mailed to Lois Holzman aptw@eastsideinstitute.org. The subject headline should be PTW Proposal. Contact: Lois Holzman, Director, East Side Institute
for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, 920 Broadway, 14th Floor, New
York, New York 10010, USA; tel.: 212-941-8906, fax: 212-941-0511.
2008 Regional Arts Australia Conference "art at the heart"
03 - 05 October 2008
Proposals are being sought from artists and those who work in the arts, including volunteers, with ideas for presentations, exhibitions, displays or performances. While traditional presentation formats will certainly be considered, we are particularly interested in ideas that are receptive to audience participation or involve new ways of sharing ideas and information. Those considering submitting an expression of interest are invited to be as bold and imaginative as they like with their proposal. The themes that art at the heart will explore are: Place and identity, Arts partnership, collaboration and exchanges, Sustaining participation in the arts, Creativity, innovation and change
Arts and the New American City
12 - 15 October 2008
The 2008 Grantmakers in the Arts conference will convene in Atlanta,
the country's fastest growing metropolitan area. The landscapes of the
new South will provide diverse opportunities to explore familiar and
unexpected themes, crossing the borders of Arts and Community
Development, Arts and Social Justice, Arts and Cultural Literacy.
Urban… Suburban… Rural… explore new territories with new strategies,
new tools, and new forms of philanthropy. Set a course for Atlanta,
where tradition and change live side by side.
Cross-Cultural Communication in the World Heritage
15 - 16 October 2008
Promoting
and employment of new innovative technologies in the sphere of world
cultural and natural heritage management and cross-cultural
communication is one of the fundamental tasks of the modern culture.
Art of effective management policy is directly determined by the
adequate professional training of future specialists. Education is the
factor, which generates all necessary conditions for engendering and
installment of new ideas into modern business. The aim of the conference is to show the place and role of
cross-cultural communication in the educational and global heritage
dimensions.
UNeECC General Assembly and Conference: 'Whose Culture(s)?'
16 - 17 October 2008
University students and faculty, as well as cultural professionals active in
past, present and future European Capitals of Culture will present in three
different conference tracks:
1. European Capitals of Culture - whose culture? : high vs popular culture;
cultural identity; centre vs periphery; European culture vs European (local?)
cultures.
2. European Capitals of Culture and their impact on culture(s): socio-cultural
impact of ECCs; ECCs as catalysts of cultural awareness; ECCs - fleeting events
or milestones?; ECC-bids, cultural competition and attraction.
3. Events and culture (non-academic track): Presentations about ECC-events and
cultural attractions of given ECCs.
The Liverpool conference will touch upon key issues emerging from the way
culture is perceived and dealt with by the different stakeholders in European
Capitals of Culture, e.g. cultural policy makers, the general public, local
authorities, citizens, visitors and tourists, academics, artists etc. Given the
academic objectives of the conference, presentations will focus on new insights
into the functioning of European and international culture and the relevance of
these insights for cultural policy makers. Should you like to receive any further information please do not hesitate to
contact Ms. Gyön gy i Pozsgai Secretary General at gy on gy
i.pozsgai@iro.pte.hu.
ENCATC Annual Conference and General Assembly
16 - 18 October 2008
16th
ENCATC Annual Conference and General Assembly “Intercultural dialogue
and project management: New training programs in a context of major
challenges”. The 16th ENCATC Annual Conference will be organised
in Lyon, France, from the 16th till the 18th of October in close
cooperation with the Faculty of Anthropology and Sociology of Lyon2,
the city of Lyon and the Rhone Alpes Region. This outstanding event on
cultural management education, taking place during the French EU
Council Presidency, will focus on the International UNESCO Convention
for the Protection and Promotion of Cultural Diversity. This document
has highlighted the major international and local challenges ahead in
the field of cultural development and prevention of conflicts. The
debate on the diversity of cultures versus the choc of civilizations
addresses not only public authorities but also artistic and cultural
producers: opinions are asserted, professional activities are evolving
throughout Europe, and even if they stem from a variety of cultural
policies, they are all questioned by these new perspectives.
Globalization of Culture
17 - 18 October 2008
As a part of the PSRC FORUM, the Political Science
Research Centre (PSRC) and Scientific Forum are organizing the 6th
International Conference on the topic of Globalization of Culture as a
Global Scientific Network. The event will be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia
on 17-18 October 2008.The PSRC is the only specialized private research
centre for globalization in Croatia, and the Scientific Forum is a
nongovermental organization. The PSRC Forum links scientists, members
of the network, worldwide. The idea of this project is to create a
global scientific network in the field of social sciences. The main
goal of the network is to produce new knowledge and understandings
using information technologies and the Internet. The main objective of the event is to provide
understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of Globalization of
Culture. By initiating a multidisciplinary discussion from different
points of view, the conference will ensure broad scientific insight
into these phenomena. All papers will be published in a Volume which
will be accessible both online and as paper edition. English language applications and paper proposals are to be sent to lana.kosovac@cpi.hr by 20 June 2008. Contact: Lana Kosovac, Marketing and Public
Relations Manager, Political Science Research Centre, Gupčeva 14a,
10090 Zagreb, Croatia; tel./fax.: +385 1 3863 113; e-mail: lana.kosovac@cpi.hr; www.cpi.hr
How Globalization Affects Cultures and Cultures Shape Globalization
22-26 October 2008
The Society for Intercultural Education Training and
Research invites proposals for presentations and workshops at its 2008
world congress in Granada, Spain on 22-26 October 2008 under the title
How Globalization Affects Cultures and Cultures Shape Globalization. The Presentation Committee will be looking for a rich
mixture of presentations that show solid academic research, best
practices in organizational development, consulting and training
interventions in both private and public sectors, as well as arts and
literature with a clear focus on the interplay of culture and
globalization. The purpose of the conference sessions is to inform,
update and stimulate participants in their work. Therefore the emphasis
is on the value added by the research or practice in terms of breaking
new ground and questioning assumptions, demonstrating innovative tools
and techniques, and showing creative expression. Contributions are welcome from all academic disciplines
that deal with intercultural issues and all fields in which
intercultural work is exercised and applied. The deadline for early
bird registration and proposals for presentations and workshops is 15
March 2008. Session tracks are tailored to professional needs of
business leaders, human resource managers, academic researchers,
professors, teachers, experienced or novice interculturalists, NGO
professionals or government representatives.
Research Into Practice Conference 2008
31 October 2008
The
conference will focus on the theory of interpretation in research in
traditional disciplines and on the emerging theory of interpretation in
research in the visual and performing arts.
03 - 06 November 2008
Cultural heritage research and practice is increasingly aided by and dependent on digital media. In the last decade or so, digital media have become the choice media for the documentation, management, and communication of cultural heritage. However, it is often argued that digital media tend to create and compile value-free content and thus are unable to communicate cultural and symbolic meanings. Digital media, as any other medium, tend to amplify or reduce the cultural phenomena as a result of their constraints and limitations. Thus the issue of using digital media for cultural heritage is by no means a simple one and must be examined from different angles. The aim of DMACH2008 is to explore the opportunities and challenges of using digital media in the research, preservation, management, interpretation, and representation of cultural heritage. The theme of the conference is "Digital Media and its Applications in Cultural Heritage" This captures the role of the conference as a forum to examine and discuss current practices and future directions related to the application of digital tools to cultural heritage documentation, representation, communication, and interpretation. The conference aims to provide the participants an occasion to share and exchange experiences and research findings, to stimulate more ideas and useful insights regarding the uses of digital media in cultural heritage, and to debate their views on future research and developments.
Responsibilities and Opportunities in Architectural Conservation: Theory, Education, and Practice
03 - 06 November, 2008
Architecture and heritage are intertwined through conservation. Architecture is a container of heritage in the sense that anything related to history and culture had occurred in space and in a place, the raison d’être of architecture. A guiding hand in human endeavors, heritage is a record of cultural precedents in any society, and as such, it is a foundation for growth and advancement in any human discipline, profession, or industry. Past poetry and poets in a country, established glass manufacturing and its developers in a region, and old houses of a style line and their designers in a city all add to the body of heritage in their respective settings. These accomplishments are credited to the culture of the place—a city, province, country, or the world—through time and are referenced by the spatial environments that contained or witnessed them, being a building, an urban district, a designed landscape, or an interior space. This is to say: a) that such accomplishments represent conspicuous events, pattern of occurrences, general trends, consummate persons, and societal ingenuity that coalesce to make the weave of the culture of the place through time; and b) that such spatial environments are important, first and foremost, by the virtue of being associated with the cultural phenomena. The centrality of “place” in the construct of heritage makes heritage a fundamental driving force in architecture and other built environment fields. Place and space are the framers of architectural thinking, imagination, and production. Practitioners, researchers, and educators in architecture and environmental design fields are deservedly entrusted with the built environment heritage and are expected to lead professionally in protecting its integrity through diverse means and approaches. Are they leading? This loaded question aims in essence at invoking self reflections, collective dialogues, and, ultimately, personal positions on the role and responsibilities that architecture and design professionals have to reckon with in the way of conserving heritage buildings, sites, and cities. In addition to sustaining the cultural well being of societies, heritage conservation holds professional rewarding prospects. For example, existing buildings and districts in older cities and urban cores are the frequent domain of sizable architectural and planning projects all over the world. When conservation professional expertise is lacking or unavailable, as occasionally—and sometimes frequently—is the case, opportunities for architects and planners are rendered in vain. The incessant opportunity of conservation projects versus the uneven availability of qualified professionals to engage in them makes it imperative for the architectural and environmental design community to look into ways for enhancing the conservation capacity of its members at the theory, practice, and education platforms.
Arts, Culture and Public Sphere: Expressive and Instrumental Values in Economic and Sociological Perspectives
04 - 08 November 2008
The FDA – Faculty of Design and Arts, together with DADI - Department of Arts and Industrial Design of the University IUAV in Venice, in cooperation with the Research Network for the Sociology of Culture and the Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts of the ESA - European Sociological Association are organizing the conference: Arts, Culture and Public Sphere Expressive and Instrumental Values in Economic and Sociological Perspective. The conference also represents the 5th ESA Sociology of the Arts Research Network mid-term conference and the 2nd ESA Sociology of Culture Research Network midterm conference, and it will be the first opportunity to have three European networks - the two Research Networks of the European Sociological Association, ‘Sociology of Arts’ and ‘Sociology of Culture’, and the network ‘Economics and Planning of Arts and Culture’- meeting around a common theme in Venice from 4 to 8 November 2008. For organizational reasons, we are presenting the Conference Topics according to the perspectives of the three Networks. However, the conference will be aimed at crossfertilizing research using mixed research fields in all the areas. Papers with a crossnational, comparative focus and papers by researchers earlier in their career are particularly welcome. You are invited to submit your abstract electronically, according to the guidelines. It requires you to fill in the form available at: www.artculturevenice2008.org Individuals are allowed to apply for one presentation only and may submit a maximum of two abstracts. They may be co-author of several papers but first author of only one. The deadline for submission of abstract is 28th April 2008. Abstracts have to be to a maximum length of 500 words, must be submitted in English. For any information about the paper please write to: abstract@artculturevenice2008.org
The
Second International Conference on Religion and Media will be held in
Tehran and Qom, Iran, from November 9th to 12th, 2008. We cordially invite all
media researchers and scholars, representatives from diverse religious
traditions, professionals and students involved with the subjects of the
conference to attend and submit a paper. Further information could be found at
conference website: http://www.religion-media.ir/ A few scholarships are
available to partially subsidize the costs of participants with selected
papers.
9th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference
14 - 16 November 2008
The aim of this conference is to provide a forum
for international educators, scholars,
researchers, industry professionals, policy-
makers and graduate students with opportunity to
explore and discuss issues in the topics on
culture, tourism, etc...
Creative Clusters 2008
17 - 20 November 2008
We
are delighted to announce that Creative Clusters 2008, which takes
place for the first time in Scotland, will be looking at the creative
economy from the point of view of the world's smaller nations and
regions. In the 'winner takes all' world of the creative economy,
it is increasingly apparent that issues facing the creative industries
in smaller nations are substantially different from those in larger
ones. Experience from nations that have been vigorously pursing
creative economy policies, such as Singapore, New Zealand, Ireland,
Sweden, Austria and Scotland, has thrown up some key challenges: Against
competition from global media giants, just getting started in the
creative economy is a daunting task for small nations. In a crowded
media world, how can small nations develop a credible and distinctive
creative voice? What is the relationship between the national culture
and the national creative economy? Should small nations regard their
national broadcaster, their publishing, music and film industries, as
essential elements of the cultural infrastructure alongside their
national theatres and museums? Indeed, can these arts institutions
prosper without embedding themselves in the creative economy? As
globalisation brings ever-increasing levels of economic
inter-dependence, what level of creative independence does a nation
need? How much foreign direct investment in the creative economy is
desirable? Does the presence of strong foreign firms encourage or crowd
out national creative talent? In larger nations, which can afford
separate policy structures for cities and rural areas, creative
industries are very much an urban phenomenon. But smaller nations need
a more holistic approach, which takes into account the closer
relationship between cities and rural areas. How can they turn this to
advantage? Is there a special role for the creative industries in
building national self-confidence and international reputation? How can
government, the tourist industry, traditional culture and creative
business best work together? Is a strong place-based identity good for
business? Some small nations emphasise their distinctive national
brands, while others seek to position themselves as players in a
supra-national global culture. Can small nations get the best of both
strategies?
The Creative Economy in Smaller Nations
17 - 20 November 2008
Creative Clusters 2008, to be held in Glasgow, UK, on
17 - 20 November 2008 under the title The Creative Economy in Smaller
Nations, is a conference for creative economy policy and development
practitioners, not an academic or a public relations event.. The
purpose of the conference is to enable delegates to learn from each
other, identify and articulate policy issues, connect to development
resources, and showcase their work. Presentations on creative economy policy and development practices are invited by 12 May 2008.
International Conference on Language and
Linguistics
24 - 28 November 2008
The focus of the conference will be on the role of English in the Asian
cultures, religions, literatures and economies, and to the extent English has
been indigenised in Asian societies, giving it a new life and energy through the
infusion. This conference will investigate the enigmatic relationship between the English
language and Asian cultures for a better understanding of how these societies
and cultures have benefited from or been adversely affected by this colonial
inheritance. It is apt that a conference on this topic be carried out as Asia is
fast becoming the largest English-speaking region. The focus of the conference
will be on the role of English in the Asian cultures, religions, literatures and
economies, and to the extent English has been indigenised in Asian societies,
giving it a new life and energy through the infusion of Asian tempo, Asian
spirit and Asian blood into this “alien” language.
December 2008
Picture this...Young children and the Arts
03 - 05 December 2008
This
international two-day conference, organised in collaboration with
Children in Europe partners from across Europe, will consider the
significance of the arts (encompassing all art forms) in learning,
social and emotional development and communication.Day one will
offer delegates the chance to see a range of arts projects for young
children in urban and rural settings in Scotland (including Highland,
Edinburgh, Stirling and Glasgow). Delegates will have the chance to
attend a two-day visit to Highland, beginning on 3 December. Day two
will bring together renowned experts and practitioners from a wide
range of European Union and other countries and will consider the role
and use of the arts in all services and the community for children aged
0-10.The conference offers an opportunity to examine more closely issues raised by Children in Europe magazine Issue 14, to be published in March 2008.
International Conference on the Roles of
the Humanities and Social Sciences in Engineering 2008
05 - 06 December 2008
The humanities and social sciences play an important role in engineering and
technical education especially in this era of globalization. Globalization
posits that an engineering graduate must be able not only to handle engineering
issues.
International
Conference on Intercultural Studies
09 December 2008
Conference directed at national and international researchers who develop an
active interest for the vast field of Intercultural Studies. Papers will be
selected for national and international publication. Special free panel for
students. Organized by: Centre for Intercultural Studies (CEI) -
Polytechnic Institute of Oporto’s School
of Accounting and
Administration (ISCA-IPP) Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 June 2008
Shakespeare in the Globe and Globalized
Shakespeare
13 December 2008
It is an international conference that seeks to address cross-cultural,
transnational issues on Shakespeare. Shakespeare Society of Eastern India (SSEI) is a non-profit
organization that supports and disseminates Shakespeare Studies in the Eastern
Region of India. Since it was established in 1986, it continued to organise
seminars, conferences and workshops related to Renaissance Culture in general
and Shakespeare Studies in particular. It works in collaboration with its
sister organizations Tagore-Gandhi Institute of Culture Studies and Writers'
Co-operative. It also regularly publishes its academic journal Theatre
International.
January 2009
International Conference of Pacific and Asian Communication Association (PACA 2009)
10 - 12 January 2009
The Department of Communication,
Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM),
Serdang, Selangor, will be organizing an International Conference entitled
Communication Encounters
Across Cultures. This conference is jointly organized between us
and the Pacific and Asian Communication Association (PACA). The conference will
be held on the 10-12th January, 2009, at the Universiti Putra
Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. (Serdang is located 23 km from Kuala
Lumpur, capital of Malaysia)
April 2009
Traditions and
Transformations: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in
the Middle East and North Africa Region
04 - 07 April 2009
Tourism is a well established
phenomenon across the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) Region and despite political instabilities it demonstrates
remarkable resilience. As well as being a major economic force and a key driver
for development, tourism is also an important mechanism for social exchange and
identity building at both the individual and regional/national levels. Over
recent years the rate of tourism development has increased substantively.
Multi-national investments in hotels, resort complexes and infrastructure,
together with major heritage conservation projects are catalysing significant
social changes (such as shifting patterns of labour migration and the testing
of ‘traditional’ values and practices), environmental changes (at
the aesthetic level and in terms of physical change), and political changes
(re-orientation of alliances and new globalised relationships). The aims of this major international
and multi-disciplinary conference are: To critically explore the major issues
facing the MENA region with regard to the development of tourism and its
relationships with heritage and culture; To draw upon ideas, cases and best
practice from international scholars and help develop new understandings and
research capacities regarding the relationships between tourism, heritage and
culture in the MENA Region and; To provide a major networking opportunity for
international scholars, policy makers and professionals.
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