CALL FOR PAPERS
Baupläne für Zwischenräume / Blueprints for No-Man's Land
Connections in Contemporary Austrian Culture
University of Aberdeen, 14-17 September 2000
Künstlerische Forschung und Experiment sind
... ebenso wichtig wie die Produktion von Kunst
(Peter Weibl)
This interdisciplinary conference will investigate the connections between
different forms of cultural production and representation in present-day
Austria. It has two interrelated aims: first, to facilitate interaction
between theorists and practitioners with an interest in contemporary
Austrian culture and second, to explore areas of overlap between various
forms of cultural representation in contemporary Austrian culture. The
conference will be accompanied by literary readings, an art exhibition, and
a theatre performance. These 'accompanying events' will form an integral
part of the conference, while also presenting aspects of Austrian culture
to a wider non-academic audience. Among those who have expressed an
interest in contributing are Manfred Erjautz, Veronika Dreier, Theater im
Bahnhof (Graz).
Utilising as a central motif a model of the cultural sphere as city,
divided into distinct, but overlapping areas through which theorists and
practitioners circulate, we are seeking papers which explore the nature of
the 'Zwischenräume' between different forms of representation. Papers
should address the connections (historical, existing, potential and missed)
between various cultural spheres such as:
* literature
* art
* architecture
* music
* film
* theatre and cabaret
In each case, we are interested in both 'high' and 'low' culture, as well
as in works which subvert this distinction.
Papers, either in English or in German, should be 30 minutes long. Please
send your paper title and short abstract (200 words) by 15 December 1999
to:
Dr. Janet Stewart
Dept. of German
Taylor Building
University of Aberdeen
OLD ABERDEEN AB24 3UB
Tel.: 01224 272488
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Further information will be posted on our web-site:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~ger042/conference.html
Conference Organisers:
Mag. Astrid Becksteiner, Dr. Janet Stewart, Dr. Simon Ward
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Dr. Janet Stewart
Dept. of German
University of Aberdeen
Taylor Building
ABERDEEN AB24 3UB
Tel: 01224 272488
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