Call for papers

A Sense of Place: Arts, enterprise and placemaking, is an
interdisciplinary conference that will bring together arts funders,
policymakers in local and regional government, artists and academics
through a discussion of the impact of art practice on Œa sense of place¹.
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November 2017

Deadline for abstracts Sunday 6th August 2017

Artists engaged in a range of art forms, artistic and cultural practices
are exploring new concepts of home, community, and location. Our sense of
place has been challenged by societal and technological change leading to
concerns over location mapping, population movement, suburban development
and the dislocation of community. Creative practice allows us to explore
these changes and test new scenarios which in turn have important benefits
for social cohesion, rural and urban identity and public impact.

Therefore place making as a concept is receiving considerable interest and
is deployed across a range of professional, policy and academic domains as
a means of both intervention and knowledge production in relation to
public space, cultural policy, participatory practices, identity and
community engagement. In the light of significant challenges to notions of
globalisation and international mobility, placemaking becomes a further
contested and challenging locus for debate. It is an inherently
multidisciplinary endeavour which relies on collaboration and partnership
working.

A Sense of Place: Arts, enterprise and peacemaking. University of
Bedfordshire Luton Campus, Cultural Quarter in Luton and other
participating locations in the town

The call for papers can be downloaded here.
http://www.testbeds.beds.ac.uk/blog/2017/a-sense-of-place

Submit to A Sense of Place

The University of Bedfordshire welcomes proposals for: talks, papers,
presentations, case studies, performance events, policy interventions,
workshops and exhibitions of practice. For more information please visit
the website. http://www.testbeds.beds.ac.uk/blog/2017/a-sense-of-place
Please submit a 200-300 word proposal by midnight Sunday 6th August 2017
using our online submission form

All proposals will be reviewed and you will be notified of the outcome by
Thursday 31st August 2017.

A Sense of Place is a part of the Arts Council England-fundedTestBeds
project based at the University of Bedfordshire in Luton. TestBeds is part
of the unique Arts Council England Luton Investment Programme, a £1.5m
investment over three years into the development of arts and culture in
Luton that will ensure that this super-diverse town has Œa cultural offer
with something for everyone¹.
The Luton Investment Programme also includes As You Change So Do I, a
public realm arts programme which explores creative ideas, projects,
projections and art in public spaces with visitors to, and users of
central Luton. The project is led by Luton Culture in association with
lead artist and Turner Prize nominee Mark Titchner. The Programme also
supports the new Ten Year Strategic Vision for the arts, cultural and
creative industries in Luton which has a focus on placemaking and links to
the wider strategic vision and ambitions for the town which are set out in
the Luton Investment Framework 2015-2025.