VIII Conference of the Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory
LIVE THEORY AND LIVED CULTURE: BETWEEN CONCEPTS AND IMAGINATIONS
University of Tartu, Estonia
April 22–24, 2015
The eighth conference of the Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory
invites researchers to reflect upon the dynamics between cultural theory
and cultural practice. Live theory, as we understand it, is cultural theory
that is carried out today, that is currently relevant to the effort to make
sense of culture as it is lived – practiced and experienced by people – at
a particular time and in particular socio-environmental conditions. Lived
culture encourages us, as researchers, to understand how and why people do,
and make sense of, things in a particular way. Like culture itself, live
theory is not conclusively defined or finalised, although it may rely on
existing ideas in cultural research. Live theory refers to our
constant struggle to find a balance between attempts to interpret culture
through analytical conceptualisations and open-ended imaginations, visions
that aim to describe emergent cultural phenomena. Furthermore, we see
cultural theory itself as part of cultural practice – by describing and
explaining culture we also create it in different terms and imageries.
Different types of contribution of and collaborations between scholars from
various disciplines are welcome. The topics of the panels are formulated
around broad concepts that provide opportunities for different theoretical
imaginations of the current research into how culture is being lived today
as well as in the past.
Panel I: Time and space
<http://cect.ut.ee/tegevus/Autumn_Conference_VIII_Panels.html#VIIIPanelI>
Panel II: Nature and culture
<http://cect.ut.ee/tegevus/Autumn_Conference_VIII_Panels.html#VIIIPanelII>
Panel III: Borders and centres
<http://cect.ut.ee/tegevus/Autumn_Conference_VIII_Panels.html#VIIIPanelIII>
Panel IV: Dominants and alternatives
<http://cect.ut.ee/tegevus/Autumn_Conference_VIII_Panels.html#VIIIPanelIV>
Abstracts due: November 14, 2014
Acceptance notification: December 19, 2014
Please kindly forward this CfP to whom it may concern.
Contact
Conference administrator: Monika Tasa, CECT project manager
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (+372) 737 6534
http://cect.ut.ee
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