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Date: 05 March 2008 12:57 +0000
From: Objects of Engagement <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Call for Proposals
Objects of Engagement
A one-day conference organised by and for emerging scholars and
practitioners at the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway,
University of London.
Egham, Surrey.
12 June 2008. From 10:30 am to 05:30 pm
Objects of Engagement looks at performance and non-performance strategies
that seek engagement with particular objects/bodies/spaces. The conference
hopes to explore the various modes of interaction
between human consciousness and inert matter, and the shifting boundaries
of subject-object relationship. It examines the object and its status
within diverse cultural, historical and social contexts and explores the
various roles that artifacts and objects play in shaping our understanding
of performance. The event invites emerging scholars and practitioners from
various disciplines to come together, share their research, and raise
questions regarding our relationship to the materiality of our world.
The conference welcomes presentations of 20-minutes papers; 30-minutes
practice demonstrations and up to 45-minutes workshops, with the aim of
opening up wider dialogue within a multidisciplinary framework.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
* Object, body, space, time
* Objects and perception
* Objects and the archive
* Objects and the community
* Object/performer/spectator
* Objects as weapons
* Objects and ritual
* Objects and the earth
* Objects and reception
* Fetishised objects
* Familiar objects
* Functional objects
* Sacred objects
* Transitory objects
* Broken Objects
* Recycled Objects
Keynote speakers:
Professor Richard Gough: Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and
Television Studies at University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Artistic Director
of the Centre for Performance Research (CPR) and General Editor and
co-founder of Performance Research journal.
Professor Pete Brooks: Principal Lecturer and Course Director, MA
Performance Design and Practice, Artistic Associate Imitating the Dog,
Founder Member of Impact Theatre Co-operative and Insomniac Productions.
Please send 250 words abstract proposals and general enquiries to:
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Submission deadline: Monday 21 April 2008.
More information on http://objectsofengagement.blogspot.com/
Objects of Engagement will also form the starting-point for the Autumn 2008
issue of Platform, a postgraduate eJournal of Theatre and Performing Arts.
Conference participants and delegates are invited to submit papers for this
issue. For further details, see: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/drama/platform/
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