Hello everyone,

 

Apologies for any cross-posting.

 

We have extended the expression of interest deadline slightly to Monday 6 June.  

Call for contributions:

Art, Planning and dialogue: a one-day workshop to generate a creative conversation

14th September 2022, online, times TBC

This one-day workshop aims to interrogate and reconfigure the relationships between, and experiences of, planners working with artists and artists working with planners. This will cover a range of issues from the conceptual to the practical and we welcome participants from both academia and practice, and across all disciplines engaging with the issues we set out below:

• What are the experiences of artists and planners working in each other's fields - what are the positives/benefits, what are the issues/discords/difficulties?
• How is public space generated by the collaborations between artists and planners? What sorts of places can this produce? What are the tensions in this? What part does community engagement play?
• What historical examples can be drawn on for contemporary practitioners? For example, the legacy of the Artists Placement Group which placed artists within industry and government departments, and site-specific collaborative art works such as Park Fiction which involved extended interaction between artists, participatory planning processes, and local communities to engage with and influence community concerns away from the interests of capital. 
• How can aesthetic practices challenge the structured ways of thinking which are prevalent in planning practice (understandings of use, need etc)? Can this lead to a more progressive planning culture, in which power dynamics are altered rather than perpetuated?
• What is the relationship between artists, the planning system and gentrification? How can practice resist the tokenistic deployment of artists in public consultation? What sorts of spaces are needed to resist this? 
• Can developing dialogue between planners and artists change ways of working and create more progressive urban spaces? 

Please email Danny McNally [log in to unmask] and Katie McClymont [log in to unmask] with a 300 words expression of interest describing what you would like to bring to the workshop. Joint/group submissions welcomed!

Expression of interest deadline: 6 June 2022

We aim that this workshop will be a starting point for publication and further research including an Interface section for Planning Theory and Practice Journal. This section is a space for dialogue between the academic and practitioner communities, stimulating analytical reflection on practice and practical engagement with theory. See https://www.planningtheoryandpractice.com/our-company for more info.

 

Best wishes

 

Danny and Katie