Conferences

Sustainability and Empowerment

October 23, 2012Conferences, Cultura21America Continent, Berlin Germany, Call For Papers, Climate Change, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Ecuadorian, Francesca, Gian Carlo, Graduate Conference, Hamburg Germany, International Graduate, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Latin American Perspectives, Mexico City, Oleg, Organizing Committee, Paris France, Phd Students, Rana, Sacha, Sustainability Issues, Un Secretary General, Vitality, Water War

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The organizing committee of theÂ International Graduate ConferenceÂ inÂ Hamburg, Germany invites you to the conferenceÂ taking place fromÂ 22nd till 25th of November.

The theme of the conference isÂ A survey on Latin-American perspectives after Rio+20, focusing on the Latin America continent, in the context of sustainable development and the role civil society can have in it. Examples like the Water War in Bolivia or the EcuadorianÂ YasunÃ-Initiative, have shown, that Latin America can be an innovative region in forming civil responses to sustainability issues.

Keynote speakers will beÂ Gian Carlo DelgadoÂ PhD. (UNAM) â€“ author of several books dealing with the relationship among political ecology, imperialism and climate change â€“ andÂ Juanita CastaÃ±oÂ PhD. (UNEP) â€“ former member of the UN Secretary-Generalâ€™s advisory board on water and sanitation and former Chief of the UNEP, who was present at the Rio +20 conference.

For more information on the conference:

http://sustainability-and-empowerment2012.blogspot.fr/2012/09/call4papersenglish.html

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura21 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21

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SEAD Call for White Papers on Science Engineering Art and Design Collaboration

July 23, 2012Conferences, Open CallsAix Marseille, Atec, Carol Strohecker, Cross Fertilization, Design Collaboration, Design Innovation, Engineering Art, Engineering Arts, Grateful Appreciation, International Call, M University, Malina, National Science Foundation, Paper Web, Position Papers, Science Engineering, Sciences Engineering, University Of North Carolina, Vital Component, White Paper Steering Committee

SEAD CALL FOR WHITE PAPERS on ISSUES FACING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SEEKING to ENHANCE COLLABORATION AMONG THE SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, ARTS and DESIGN

The US National Science Foundation -funded Network for Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Design (SEAD: http://sead.viz.tamu.edu/) is issuing an open International Call for White Papers from the community. The Principal Investigator is Carol LaFayette of Texas A&M University.

We are seeking to survey concerns, roadblocks and opportunities, and solicit recommendations for enhancing collaboration among sciences, engineering, arts and design. These position papers will be submitted as part of a report to NSF and the community from the SEAD network in the summer of 2013. With grateful appreciation for US funding, we recognize that activity connecting the sciences, engineering, arts, and design is international and, furthermore, that global involvements are essential in todayâ€™s economy. Therefore we are interested both in what US collaborators can learn from experiences in other countries, and vice versa, and also in how to foster collaborations that bridge beyond regions to nations. Cultural cross-fertilization via the SEAD network â€“ whether from disciplinary, organizational or ethnic perspectives â€“ is a vital component of our purpose and goals.

A SEAD White Paper Steering Committee has been assembled (http://seadnetwork.wordpress.com/sead-white-papers-steering-committee/), co-chaired by Roger Malina (ATEC, UT Dallas and IMERA, Aix Marseille University) and Carol Strohecker (Center for Design Innovation, University of North Carolina system). Submitted White Papers will be reviewed by the steering committee and posted on the open SEAD White Paper Web Site <http://sead.viz.tamu.edu/white_papers.html>. Authors of white papers will be invited to join the SEAD White Paper Working Group.

White Papers must address one significant roadblock or opportunity, in terms of the SEAD focus areas or a relevant topic of the authorsâ€™ choosing. SEAD focuses include: research and creative work, learning and education, productive partnerships across disciplines and organizations, and culture and economic development. Although a White Paper may be submitted by a sole author, we encourage collective authorship and group submissions. White Papers must include recommendations for actions to move the community forward. We welcome submission of already existing advocacy papers or reports. White Papers should be short: text up to 10 pages total, including all materials and type size no smaller than 12; video no longer than 10 minutes.

The Deadline for initial one-page Abstracts is August 15, 2012.
Submissions invited on the basis of the Abstracts will be October 15, 2012.

You may submit a White Paper via email to PI Carol LaFayette. If your submission is a video, email the link to its location in an open archive (such as uTube, vimeo, etc.) Note that White Papers in both text and video formats must include explicit recommendations addressed to specific stakeholders.

b) We welcome links to existing reports, which will be added to our compilation of precedent sources internationally <http://seadnetwork.wordpress.com/bibliography/>.

If you wish to be kept informed of the activities of the SEAD network, please email Carol LaFayette.

For further information or questions about White Papers in text or video format, contact Carol Strohecker.

Additional Guidelines for White Papers are available at http://seadnetwork.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/white-paper-guidelines . We welcome innovative ways of using online media to articulate the arguments of the White Papers. If you wish to explore experimental publishing approaches, contact Roger Malina.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1142510, Collaborative Research: EAGER: Network for Science, Engineering, Arts and Design (NSEAD) IIS, Human Centered Computing. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

/adaptations/ 2012 Call for Entries

July 16, 2012Conferences, Open Calls5mb, Adaptations, Canal Street, Design Architecture, Design Fabrication, Design Ingenuity, Ema, Fabrication Engineering, Fashion Design, Ginni, Global Consumption, Human Expression, Industrial Design Fashion, Innovative Solutions, Natural Processes, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia Pa, Proposal Submission, Resource Depletion, Street Philadelphia

This exhibition is open to proposals from all fields of design including industrial design, fashion design, interior design, graphic design, architecture, fabrication, engineering, and information technology. We are looking for innovative approaches which reflect the future of design through sustainable, emergent and regenerative systems, particularly those which are informed by biological and natural processes.

Adaptation refers to the ability of an organism to survive in a particular setting or milieu, through alterations of structure, physical form and/or behavior, operating through a process of natural selection. Similarly, design ingenuity, the creation and articulation of new technologies, is a human expression of adaptation.

Patterns of global consumption, resource depletion, and pollution have rendered many of our current modes of design and production insufficient or harmful to our existence. Innovative solutions to these issues are essential and as they emerge, they collectively influence and integrate the fields of design, fabrication, and information technology to bring us back into balance with our planet.

/adaptations/Â is an exhibition to showcase leading developments in sustainable, emergent, and regenerative systems, particularly those which are informed by biological and natural processes. The exhibition is curated by Ginni Stiles, as part ofÂ DesignPhiladelphia 2012.

/adaptations/Â will be installed in indoor and outdoor galleries atÂ Â Provenance Architecturals,Â located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia.

October 10 – 20, 2012
Provenance Architecturals
912 Canal Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Deadline: August 1, 2012

Proposal Submission:

Please email a .pdf file (max 5MB) which includes:

a description/narrative of the work including any specific display requirements (max. 200 words)
3 to 5 images
bio(s) or company information (max. 200 words)
Supporting links for reference may be included in the body of the email but may not substitute for the information requested in the Proposal document.

Email for Submissions:Â entry@adaptations2012.org

For more information and inquiries please contactÂ ginni.stiles@adaptations2012.org

DesignPhiladelphia, in partnership with University of the Arts, now in its eighth year, is a nationally recognized, city-wide design festival that celebrates Philadelphia as a center for creative advancement, drawing from broad range of design disciplines.

Ginni StilesÂ is an interior designer and craft artisan who specializes in the reuse of salvage materials. She is currently designing the renovation of several Philadelphia row houses and organizing the non-profit initiative Arcadia Commons. Previously, she worked atÂ Greensaw Design & Build, where she was the lead designer and one of the fabricators for theÂ â€œReclaimed Kitchenâ€Â episode of House Crashers, and atÂ Onion Flats, where she assisted with the construction administration of green roof, storm water management, and solar pv projects.

Sense of Planet: The Arts and Ecology at Earth Magnitude

July 13, 2012Conferences, Cultura2125 August, Berlin Germany, Book Sense, Climate Change, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Douglas Kahn, Ecological Crises, Environmental Sensor, Francesca, Gabrys, Goldsmiths University Of London, International Array, Jill Bennett, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Mexico City, Modern Thought, New York University, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Niea, Oleg, Paris France, Rana, Sacha, Santa Barbara Co, Sensor Technologies, Smith Professor, Species Extinction, Stanford University, Technology University, Theorists, Timothy Morton, University Of California At Santa Barbara, Vitality

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NIEA Symposium

Saturday, 25 August 2012, 9:30â€“6:30pm

The acceleration of climate change, species extinction, and other ecological crises enjoins us to find ways of grasping historical and evolving circumstances at earth magnitude. The Sense of Planet symposium concentrates together an international array of artists, eco-theorists, and scholars to address the issues and activities of representing the earth in its entirety, and of representing and self-representing regions or localities amid the complex global systems in which they are enmeshed. The symposium follows the lead taken by Ursula Heise in her book Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global to investigate the possibilities and difficulties of sensing the planet, in all senses of sense.

Invited speakers

Ursula Heise, Professor of English and Director of the Program in Modern Thought & Literature,

Stanford University

The Database and the Ecological Imagination of the Planet

Marko Peljhan, Professor in Art and Media Arts & Technology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Co-director of Arctic Perspective Initiative

One Degree At A Time â€“ Creating Systems of Systems for Interpolar Constructiv(ist)e Engagement

Jennifer Gabrys, Convener of the MA Design and Environment at Goldsmiths, University of London

Environmental Sensor Technologies and the Arts

Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University

Anthropocene Aesthetics

Timothy Morton, Professor and Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, Rice University

Of Planet-Sense

Panel discussion

Terry Smith (Professor at Pittsburgh and NIEA, UNSW), Douglas Kahn (Professor of Media & Innovation, NIEA, UNSW), Jill Bennett (Professor and Director, NIEA, UNSW), and others. Convened by Douglas Kahn and Jill Bennett.

Click here to go to the Registration page.

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura21 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21

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ALECC 2012 Biennial Conference

July 3, 2012Conferences, Cultura21Berlin Germany, Biennial Conference, Canada Association, Carbon Footprint, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Disciplines, Dissemination Of Knowledge, Educational Institution, Endangered Ecosystems, Environmental Justice, Environmental Writers, Francesca, Indigenous Culture, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Memory Place, Mexico City, Mountain Literature, Nature Writers, Non Profit Organization, Notebook Reviews, Okanagan College, Oleg, Paris France, Penticton, Rana, Regionalism, Sacha, Sense Of Place, University Of British Columbia, Upcoming Publications, Vitality, Wilder Places

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The Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada / Association pour la littÃ©rature, lâ€™environnement et la culture au Canada (ALECC) is a non-profit organization focused on the creation, appreciation, discussion, analysis, and dissemination of knowledge about the work of nature writers, environmental writers and journalists, eco-artists of all disciplines, ecocritics, and ecotheorists in Canada. Collectively they are interested in artistic, critical and cultural studies work on activism, animals, ecology, the environment, environmental justice, geography, land, landscape, mountain literature and culture, nature and nature writing, natural history writing, plants, region, regionalism, the rural, sense of place, transborder environmental issues, wilderness and wilder places, and much more.

Â 2012 ALECC Conference

The 2012 ALECC Conference will be focused on â€œplaceâ€ as an embodied, embedded, troubling, elusive, contested, personal, political, and ecological site in which space + memory = place, in an astonishingly complex range of ways.

The Okanagan was chosen as the location for this conference as it contains one of the most endangered ecosystems in Canada and it is home to a vital indigenous culture, the Syilx or Okanagan Nation. Place is acknowledged through the co-hosting of the conference by Okanagan College and the University of British Columbiaâ€™s Okanagan campus. The conference (August 9 â€“ 12) will take place in the largest community in the Okanaganâ€”Kelownaâ€”with workshops and events in Penticton at Okanagan Collegeâ€™s internationally acclaimed zero-carbon footprint building and at the post-secondary indigenous educational institution, the Enâ€™owkin Centre

Publication

The ALECC publishes twice a year an online journal, The Goose, with diverse sections, reflecting the contributions and suggestions they receive:

EditorÂ´s Notebook
Reviews and Lists of New/Upcoming Publications
Edge Effects
Canadian Regional Feature
The Graduate Network:
Scatterings

If you want to know more about The Goose, contribute or read their previous issues, visit http://www.alecc.ca/goose.php

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura21 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21

Go to Cultura21

Earth Matters On Stage 2012 at Carnegie Mellon University

June 19, 2012Conferences, Earth Matters on StageBilodeau, Carbon Footprint, Carnegie Mellon, Carnegie Mellon University, Competition Winners, Cross Section, CSPA Convergence, Earth Matters, earth matters on stage, eco art, eco theater, ecology and performance, Green Alliance, Holly Hughes, Ian Garrett, Inuit Culture, james mckernon, Keynote Speaker, Nbsp, Nea, Nerds, Pittsburg Pa, Playwright, Polar Bears, Rigney, Session Titles, Slow Deterioration, Sustainable Design, Theatrical Production, Theresa May, wendy arons

Â There have been a bevvy of eco-theater conferences in recent years, but it’s great to bring it all together with Earth Matters on Stage, which took place this past May 31st-June 2 at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburg, PA. It included a collection of performances, presentations and panels covering everything from carbon footprint to eco-dramaturgy. Session titles included: “Sustainable Design,” “Ecocriticism & Contemporary American Theater,” and â€œThe Carbon Footprint of Theatrical Production,â€ among many others. That last one was by CSPA’s Ian Garrett, and involved discussions of all the usual players: Arcola Theatre, Julie’s Bicycle, the Broadway Green Alliance . . . Discussions of sustainable design carried throughout the festival and bled into discussion of performance throughout the weekend. Again and again: how do we make theatrical production more sustainable? How do we incorporate or cultural dialogue with the planet into the work? How do we make work that goes beyond “being less bad” into something that actually has a positive impact on the environment?

Below are a selection of photos from the event. Keynote speaker and performer was Holly Hughes, one of the NEA four, whose most recent work (“The Dog and Pony Show: Bring your own Pony,”) examines her relationship with her pets. Ecodrama Playwright competition winners this year included Chantal Bilodeau, whose work “Sila,” explores a cultural cross-section of inuit culture, scientific researchers, and polar bears, and Mark Rigney, whose play, “Bears,” depicts a slow deterioration of civilization through the intimate stories of a group of zoo-bound bears.Â The work of Earth Matters founder Theresa May was ever-present in the discussion on eco-dramaturgy, and the weekend ended with a discussion of conferences past and future. The dialogue continues, as we discuss and discover more ways that our set of skills can serve the environment.

Readings in Performance and Ecology (What Is Theatre?)

June 18, 2012Earth Matters on Stage, newsAmazon, Animals, Arons, Carbon Footprint, Creatures, Ecological Community, Ecological Values, Ecology, Environmentalists, Garrett, Protest, Reciprocal Relationship, Relationships, Symbols, Theatre Dance, Theatrical Production, Wendy

This ground-breaking collection of essays focuses on how theatre, dance, and other forms of performance are helping to transform our ecological values. Leading scholars and practitioners explore the ways that familiar and new works of theatre and dance can help us recognize our reciprocal relationship with the natural world and how performance helps us understand the way our bodies are integrally connected to the land. They also explore how environmentalists use performance as a form of protest; how performance illuminates our relationships with animals as autonomous creatures and artistic symbols; and how performance can help humans re-define our place in the larger ecological community.

CSPA Director Ian Garrett contributedÂ a chapter about the carbon footprint of theatrical production.

Purchase hereÂ Amazon.com: Readings in Performance and Ecology (What Is Theatre?) (9780230337282): Wendy Arons, Theresa J. May: Books.

Showman Fabricators Celebrates Donyale Werle’s Tony win for Peter and the Starcatcher

June 11, 2012Announcements, Broadway Green Alliance, LDIAcceptance Speech, Benken, Best Scenic Design, Brava, Carpenter, Conscience, Email, Environmental Impact, Long Island City, Long Island City New York, Material Choices, Nbsp, Pearson, Peter And The Starcatcher, Showman Fabricators, Star Catcher, Technical Supervisor, Tony Award, Tony Awards, Werle

After Donyale Werle’s win for best Scenic Design for a play at the Tony Awards last night, Showman Fabricators, who worked to bring the show to Broadway, sent an email to congratulate Donyale Werle on her Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’. Saying “Building this set was an honor and pleasure.”

Read on from their email this morning…..

BRAVA!! to Tony Award winning Set Designer Donyale Werle for her work on ‘Peter and the Star Catcher’.

Best Scenic Design of a Play was 1 of 5 Tony Awards ‘Peter’ won last night. Donyale is very conscience about the environmental impact of her designs and material choices. We could not have been more proud to have built this show for her. Congratulations to Donyale as well as David Benken, Technical Supervisor and Patrick Eviston, Production Carpenter. And Donyale, thanks for the shout out during your gracious acceptance speech!

Set Designer Donyale Werle at Showman Fabricators

Playbill came to Showman and took a tour through the sustainability-conscience design and fabrication process of ‘Peter’ with Donyale Werle. For more information about the show, visit Peter and the Starcatcher.

Highlights of ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’

Click the video to view some of the highlights of ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’. Also visit the Showman and ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ facebook pages for additional video’s and information.

Showman Fabricators
www.showfab.com
47-22 Pearson Place
Long Island City, New York 11101

Announcing Heatwave: LA’s Theatre Community Commits to the Environment

June 2, 2012Announcements, Conferences, Heatwave90210, AEP, Beverly Hills Ca, Canyon Park, Climate Change, Coldwater Canyon Park, Community Writers, CSPA, Dance Theatre, Douglas Clayton, Earth Partnership, Environmental Community, Environmental Justice, Gate Foundation, Mcfarland, Mulholland Drive, Raatz, Sustainable Practice, Treepeople, Yoffee

The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA)Â is proud to partner with

TO SUPPORT

HeatWave: LA’s Theatre Community Commits to the Environment.

HeatWave is a project which brings together the professional Los Angeles Theatre Community – writers, devised theatre makers and producing theatre companies – to confront and grapple with environmental issues, including Climate Change and issues of Environmental Justice.

HeatWave is designed to generate new works and connect the Theatre Community to the Environmental Community, as well as promote and facilitate greener practices in operations and production.

Join us for our kick-off day-long event at TreePeople’s Conference Center in Coldwater Canyon Park.

12601 Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Saturday, June 9, 2012
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

$25 Registration Fee (includes lunch)

Scheduled Speakers include:

Terence McFarland (LA Stage Alliance)
Ian Garrett (CSPA)
Douglas Clayton (LA Stage Alliance)
Justin Yoffee (Arts, Earth Partnership)
John Raatz (GATE Foundation)
Spoken Word by Steve Connell & Douglas Kearney
Video by Heidi Druckler Dance Theatre
Staged Reading TBD

For more information about HeatWave and HeatWave events, visit www.HeatWaveTheatre.org!

ASTR Working Session Calls for Papers â€œTrans-cultural, trans-national, trans-species histories in performanceâ€

May 27, 2012Cultura21, Earth Matters on Stage, Open CallsAesthetics, Anthologies, Anticipation, Arons, Astr, Berlin Germany, Carnegie Mellon University, Chaudhuri, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Critical Aspect, Earth Matters, Eds, Francesca, Group Session, Growing Concern, Histories, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Material Characteristics, Mexico City, November 1st, Oleg, Paris France, Rana, Rising Tide, Sacha, Storytelling, Trans National, Understandings, Valuable Research, Vitality, Working Group

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Since their first American Society for The Theatre Research (ASTR) Working Group session at the 2010 conference in Seattle, the Performance and Ecology Working Group has spawned symposia, anthologies, and publications. Foremost among those is a new volume that grew out of the 2010 session: Readings in Performance and Ecology, eds., Wendy Arons and Theresa J. May (Palgrave 2012). The Working Group has continued valuable research on numerous fronts, including â€œEarth Matters on Stageâ€ conference at Carnegie Mellon University (2012) and â€œStaging Sustainabilityâ€ at York University (2011).

â€œThe rising tide of this focused research indicate not only a growing concern and mounting artistic will in the realm of ecological sensibility, but also faith in the imagination as a critical aspect of our individual and collective ecological identities.â€

This year, as part of ASTRâ€™s â€œTheatrical Historiesâ€ focus, they turn their attention to trans-cultural, trans-national, and trans-species performance in anticipation of a second volume of ecocritical writings on theatre and performance. The questions for the upcoming 2012 Working Group session, that will take place November 1st.- 4th 2012 include:

Â How do transcultural and transnational performances re-map our understanding of what May has called â€œecodramaturgyâ€?
Â What constitutes â€œtheatre of speciesâ€ (Chaudhuri) and how might these trans-species performances rearrange or reinterpret understandings of representation?
Â How do the material characteristics of artistic sites condition the aesthetics of the work produced?
Â What kinds of geological and geographical histories emerge alongside socio-cultural storytelling?
Â How do intersecting histories â€“ indigenous, place-based, community-driven â€“ play out on stage in performance?
Â How do ecological transitions, transmigrations, transmutations, transformations and transference shape artistic practice and meaning-making in the theatre?
Â Other questions, approaches and topics that clearly address trans-national, trans-cultural, trans-species topics in performance.

Please send Abstracts as word attachments to both Working Group conveners below by May 31, 2012:

Theresa May, University of Oregon ( tmay33 [at] uoregon [dot] edu)

Nelson Gray, University of Victoria ( ncgray [at] uvic [dot] ca)

Â More info: http://www.astr.org/conference/2012-working-session-cfps

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura21 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21

Go to Cultura21