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Narrative Space is a 3-day international interdisciplinary conference exploring the creation of narrative environments in museums, galleries, historic sites, buildings and landscapes. From the level of the site and the building down to the level of the exhibition and the object, how can we create environments which tell stories of people, of places and of collections? How can spaces, objects and a range of media be utilised to create spatial experiences which are engaging, meaningful and memorable?
Narrative Space draws together museum professionals, exhibition designers, architects and academics to explore practice at the cutting-edge of exhibition and experience making. In order to explore this vast area of research and practice it covers a range of themes including the ability of sites and buildings to hold or be overlaid with narratives; the history and theory of display; museums and exhibitions as spatial media; harnessing the spatial character, history and potential of buildings and sites; the nature and role of narrative and storytelling in the making of interpretive environments; the role of visitor-centred design in the production of museum space; and the emergence of a new range of interpretive approaches to museum and exhibition making which cut across architecture, film, design, digital media, interior and graphic design, literature and art.
Proposals are sought from museum practitioners, architects, designers, artists, filmmakers and others actively involved in the imaginative reshaping of museums, galleries and visitor experiences as well as academics researching in the areas of museum and gallery architecture, exhibition and display, both historical and contemporary.
Please send a short proposal of no more than 300 words to Suzanne MacLeod and Laura Hanks at:
Deadline: 29th July 2009
Call For Proposals To Present At A Symposium On Leadership And Governance Of Artistic Festivals
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Friday 27th – Saturday 28th November 2009
Led by the European Festival Research Project (EFRP) in association with the UK Centre for Events Management (UKCEM) and the Cultural Policy and Planning Unit (CPPU) at Leeds Metropolitan University
Festivals emerge in response to a variety of different factors, for some it is the vision of an individual artist/curator, for others it is in response to a communal action or a policy initiative on the part of a local authority or other ‘destination’. Surprisingly, given how ubiquitous festivals are in today’s cultural landscape, there is limited comparative work on how such different starting points support the growth and the sustainability of a festival.
Furthermore, as festivals become established with a Board and diverse stakeholders, the balance of power can shift along with the festival’s objectives.
This symposium will explore the governance and leadership of festivals (e.g. governed by a Board of Directors, an artistic director, a collective or the local authority) and the impact of different structures on the festival in terms of its organisational development, its artistic programme, its ability to position itself within cultural policy agendas and the impact of political leadership.
The main interest is to examine the evidence for the effectiveness of different organisational models in meeting a festival’s objectives, in relation to artistic programming, audience development and placemaking and the implications when things go wrong.
Presentations are invited to investigate Festival Governance and Leadership either through a consideration of leadership theory, a case study approach to a specific festival or a comparative perspective through stages of transformation, growth and/or crisis management. This might take the form of a forensic analysis of the key factors that might contribute to a festival’s success or failure.
Proposals for presentations should be submitted to Leila Jancovich in the UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Metropolitan University:
mailto:l.jancovich@leedsmet.ac.uk
Deadline for submission of proposals – May 25 2009
Notification of acceptance or rejection – June 10th 2009
Presentation in PowerPoint format – September 30th 2009
ESA STUDENT MINICONFERENCE
for doctoral students
Arguing with evidence in studying culture & the arts
Universidade de Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
31.8. – 1.9. 2009
The aim of this two-day miniconference is to gather PhD students studying culture, arts, or everyday life to reflect on the question of evidence in their research. The miniconference is organized in cooperation with the ESA research networks Sociology of the Arts, Sociology of Culture and Qualitative Methods. In what sense are your interpretations based on evidence? How do you present your data to support your arguments, and is it possible for the reader to test or challenge your interpretations? In what way are your research results generalizable, or what is their relevance beyond the case you are studying? These and other related questions are tackled during the miniconference, both in the lectures and in parallel workshops in which the participants have the possibility to introduce their own studies and to get feedback from them. There will be three parallel sessions: the arts, culture, and qualitative methods.
To apply, please fill out the online application form by April 15 at the following address:
http://www.uta.fi/sovako/english/index.php.
The form asks you to provide the following information:
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- your name and email address
- the name and e-mail address of a supervisor who supports your application
- a short curriculum vitae
- a short description of your PhD research plan
- the phase of your PhD research
- an abstract of the paper you would like to present in a workshop
50 students will be selected. All applicants will be informed about the outcome through e-mail by April 31st 2009.
The participants need to pay for their own travel and accommodation, but it is possible that during the miniconference 31.8.-1.9. 2009 there will be inexpensive lodging available in shared student rooms provided by the Universidad de Nova de Lisboa. The selected students will get a confirmation in order to apply for funding by their universities or other funding institutions.
From 2 – 5 Sep., after the miniconference, students have the opportunity to participate in the 9th ESA Conference on “European Society – European Societies?”
To register please visit: http://www.esa9thconference.com/
For enquiries, please send e-mail to: Ari Rasimus (ari.rasimus@uta.fi)
Keynote Speakers: Professor Peter Davidson, University of Aberdeen; Professor Mette Hjort, Lignan University, Hong Kong; Professor Dave Russell, Leeds Metropolitan University.
We invite proposals for papers from scholars and practitioners in the fields of film, photography and fine art that explore:
- what northernness is;
- how historical experiences and preconceptions impact upon contemporary visual representations of the north;
- how different conceptions of the north play through representations in recent and contemporary fine art and photography, film and documentary practice.
While we envisage much of the debate focusing on the north of Britain, we welcome papers which explore northernness in other regions such as Scandinavia, the Baltic states, Germany, North America, and Russia. Proposals for panels and round table discussions are also welcome.
Abstracts (200 words approx) by 1st November 2008 to:
Dr Ysanne Holt Reader in Art History School of Arts and Social Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
First call for abstracts
Following the success of their conference in Glasgow in June 2007, the SUE-MoT consortium is pleased to announce the Second International Conference on Whole Life Urban Sustainability and its Assessment on 22-24 April 2009 in Loughborough, UK. For further information about SUE-MoT, please visit the project website http://sue-mot.org/
Conference themes:
Submission of abstracts covering any of the following
conference themes is invited:
* Urban planning and design for sustainability
* Sustainable buildings: design, performance and assessment
* Quality of life in the urban environment
* Stakeholder participation
* Urban sustainability and the move to low carbon development
* Measures, assessment theory, complexity and uncertainty
Key dates:
15 October2008 Abstract submission deadline
22 October 2008 Notification of acceptance
01 December 2008 Submission of full papers for review
01 February 2009 Notification of feedback from the Scientific Advisory Committee
01 March 2009 Submission of final papers
22-24 April 2009 Conference
Abstract submission:
Abstract submission is now open and can be reached on the conference web site http://sue-mot.org/conference/ – if you have any queries regarding the conference please contact us on conference@sue-mot.org
Paper session at Annual Association of American Geographers Conference (Las Vegas, 22-27 March 2009)
Organisers: Mark Jayne (Geography, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK) and Bas van Heur (Maastricht Virtual Knowledge Studio, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, NL).
The last decade in particular has seen the emergence of a discourse that understands creative production as central to the economic development of urban spaces. The `urban’ in this context, however, has almost invariably referred to large global or capital cities such as London, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam or Berlin. With a few exceptions (e.g. Christopherson 2004; Bell and Jayne 2006), small cities have been ignored and remain under-investigated. This session tries to counter this bias in urban geography by focusing on the following questions:
In what ways are policy strategies developed for large cities applicable to small cities?
Are creative entrepreneurs such as artists, designers and musicians – i.e. those actors analytically privileged in most studies on the creative economy and the cultural industries – the most relevant actors in the case of small cities? Or should we be looking for other creative and innovative actors (and actor constellations) in other fields?
Large cities tend to dominate the surrounding landscape through their concentration of media, jobs and governmental institutions. How does this urban hierarchy shape the very attempts of small cities to develop and promote local creative economies?
To what extent do the dynamics of small cities necessitate a rethinking of dominant theories and concepts used to explain the creative economy?
Authors that address these – and other relevant – questions are invited to submit a brief abstract (not more than 250 words) to the session organizers Mark Jayne (mark.jayne@manchester.ac.uk) and Bas van Heur (b.vanheur@vks.unimaas.nl) by October 1st at the latest.
