Tuesday 14 October 2008

Call For Papers: Producing Culture Feb 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

Producing Culture

A National Interdisciplinary Colloquium for Postgraduate Students

20-21 February 2009

Goldsmiths, University of London

From cave art to punk rock, ritual healing to cosmetic surgery, human activity is underpinned by a set of shared values, beliefs, and behaviours that are specific to, and bind, a social group. Producing Culture is a student-led colloquium for postgraduates that will explore the ways in which culture is manifested through and defined by social practice.

This call for papers invites students from all fields to consider the mechanisms by which culture is produced and consumed. Papers should also seek to explore the dissemination of culture as pertinent to the construction of social identity. The idea of cultural production can include (but is not limited to): the materialisation of culture through artistic practice; the construction of culture in architecture and design; the embodiment of culture through gestural system; the performance of culture through rites and ceremony; the preservation of residual cultures; the organisation of mass- or sub- cultures; cultural production as mode of domination or resistance.

Organised by the Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group at Goldsmiths, University of London (led by Professor Maria Shevtsova), this event will provide an opportunity for postgraduates across the UK to engage with their peers across disciplines in a challenging and supportive environment. In addition to showcasing their own research through the presentation of conference papers, students will be able to participate in roundtable discussions and panel sessions over the course of the event. This is a unique opportunity for postgraduates across the country to meet, network and exchange ideas in a truly interdisciplinary context. We welcome submissions from postgraduate research students for individual papers or practice-based presentations that do not exceed 15 minutes. Please submit your name, department, university, conference paper title and 250-word abstract to stpr.group@gmail.com. Deadline for applications is 1 December 2008. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any queries you may have. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Arabella Stanger

Shanu Sadhwani

PhD Students in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group Goldsmiths University of London

Programme: Appropriating Space Feb 2008

Appropriating Space Programme Goldsmiths, University of London Friday, 22 February 2008 Location: Ben Pimlott Theatre 9:30-10:00 Registration and check-in open. 10:00-10:10 Introduction and Welcome Anna Porubcansky, Appropriating Space Co-Chair 10:15-10:30 Samantha Edwards-Vandenhoek PhD in Communication Arts University of Western Sydney You Aren’t Here: Graffiti, the ‘Non Place’ and the Creative Transformation of Urban Space 10:30-10:40 Question and Answer session led by Anna 10:45-11:00 Anna Fewster Collaborative DPhil University of Sussex and The Charleston Trust Black Shapes on White Spaces: Reading the Negative Space of Virginia Woolf’s Fiction 11:00-11:10 Question and Answer session led by Arabella Stanger 11:15-11:30 Mehita Iqani PhD in Media and Communications London School of Economics Point of Sale: The Magazine Newsstand as Socio-semiotic Space 11:30-11:40 Question and Answer session led by Maria Kogkou 11:45-12:00 Patrik Meier PhD Anthropology SOAS, University of London Weaving ‘Modern’ Practices into ‘Traditional’ Space: Young Men in the Tourist Business Shaping Aleppo’s Old City Suq 12:00-12:10 Question and Answer session led by Shanu Sadhwani 12:15-1:15 Lunch Location: Room Change to the Richard Hoggart Building (RHB) 137A 1:30-1:45 Rachel Shapiro PhD Drama and Theatre Arts Goldsmiths, University of London Giant Marionettes, Police Blockades and the Politics of Street Festival in Paris’ Goutte d’Or Neighbourhood 1:45-1:55 Question and Answer session led by Richard Piatt, O.S.A 2:00-2:15 Nick Ferguson PhD Fine Art Goldsmiths, University of London My Space? Claiming the 2012 Olympic Park 2:15-2:25 Question and Answer session led by Arabella Stanger 2:25-2:40 Daniel Bird Bakhtin Centre Sheffield University Hades Under Krakow: Reclaiming the Salt Mines of Wieliczka as a Greek Performance Space 2:40-2:50 Question and Answer session led by Maria Kogkou 3:00-3:45 Panel Session 3:45-4:00 Break for coffee, tea and snacks 4:00-4:15 Shanu Sadhwani PhD Drama and Theatre Arts Goldsmiths, University of London Crossing Borders: Hybrid Performances and the British Asian Stage 4:15-4:25 Question and Answer session led by Richard Piatt, O.S.A 4:30-4:45 Jamie Furniss DPhil, Department of International Development Oxford University The Politics of Space: Putting Egypt’s Garbage and Garbage Collectors in their Place 4:45-4:55 Question and Answer session led by Rachel Shapiro 5:00-5:15 Holly Prescott MA in Literature and Cultural Studies Lancaster University ‘Authorised’ Personnel Only: Abandonment, Space and Power in Urban Exploration Photography 5:15-5:25 Question and Answer session led by Arabella Stanger 5:30-5:45 Anna Porubcansky PhD Drama and Theatre Arts Goldsmiths, University of London Transforming the Social Performing Group: Song of the Goat Theatre and its Expeditions into Space 5:45-5:55 Question and Answer session led by Maria Kogkou 6:00 Closing remarks Rachel Shapiro, Appropriating Space Co-Chair 6:15 Drinks in The Green Room Bar, Goldsmiths Student Union Saturday, 23 February 2008 Location: Ben Pimlott Theatre 10:30-11:00 Late registration and check-in open. 11:00-11:10 Opening remarks Rachel Shapiro, Appropriating Space Co-Chair 11:15-11:30 Lucia Vodanovic PhD Cultural Studies Goldsmiths, University of London Rethinking Appropriation: Reference and Difference 11:30-11:40 Question and Answer session led by Rachel 11:45-12:00 Siobhan Peeling PhD School of History University of Nottingham Soviet Facades and Backyards: Appropriations of Leningrad’s Public Spaces after the Second World War 12:00-12:10 Question and Answer session led by Shanu Sadhwani 12:15-12:30 Arabella Stanger PhD Drama and Theatre Arts Goldsmiths, University of London William Forsythe and the Choreography of Space: Redefining the Classical Stage 12:30-12:40 Question and Answer session led by Maria Kogkou 12:40-1:40 Lunch Break 1:45-2:00 Jennifer Laws PhD Department of Geography Durham University Dissident Spaces: the Spatialities of Listening, Survivorship, and Anti-/Psychiatry 2:00-2:10 Question and Answer session led by Anna Porubcansky 2:15-2:30 Richard J Piatt, O.S.A PhD Drama and Theatre Arts Goldsmiths, University of London The Space In-Between: Augusto Boal’s notion of Metaxis in light of the ‘Kingdom of God’ 2:30-2:40 Question and Answer session led by Rachel Shapiro 2:45-3:00 Chris Little MPhil Interdisciplinary Studies Manchester Metropolitan University The Effects of Surveillance of Public Space on a Post-Millennium Youth Subculture 3:00-3:10 Question and Answer session led by Shanu Sadhwani 3:15-3:30 Break for coffee, tea and snacks 3:30-3:45 Maria Kogkou PhD Drama and Theatre Arts Goldsmiths, University of London How the Local took Centre-stage: The Case of the Bush Theatre 3:45-3:55 Question and Answer session led by Arabella Stanger 4:00-4:15 Laura Mansfield MA Cultural and Critical Theory Birkbeck College, London Fish and Chips in Formica Fitted Cafes, Cups of Tea and Ice Creams, and the English Seaside 4:15-4:25 Question and Answer session led by Richard Piatt, O.S.A 4:30-4:45 Stephen Parkin PhD Sociology Plymouth University Purity, Danger and the Displacement of Injecting Drug Users: The Appropriation and Re-Appropriation of Space in an Urban Environment 4:45-4:55 Question and Answer session led by Anna Porubcansky 4:55-5:00 Short break for roundtable setup 5:00-6:00 Roundtable discussion 6:00-6:10 Closing Remarks Anna Porubcansky, Appropriating Space Co-Chair 6:30-11:00 Closing night reception for participants and their guests at CafĂ© Crema

Call For Papers: Appropriating Space Feb 2008

Appropriating Space A National Interdisciplinary Colloquium for Postgraduate Students

22-23 February 2008 Goldsmiths University of London

From gaming halls to ghost towns, wailing walls to waterholes, social spaces are shaped by the people who inhabit them. Appropriating Space is a student-led colloquium for postgraduates that will explore the many ways in which social and spatial activity and identity are intertwined.

This call for papers invites students to examine the construction of space from many perspectives, identifying the various ways in which diverse groups shape and inscribe social space. The idea of social space can include (but is not limited to): professional environments, collectivities and communes, national and local territories, political imperatives, alternative spaces, performance spaces and theatres, marketplaces, pubs, art galleries and museums, annexed spaces, sacred or spiritual spaces or domestic contexts; the problematics of space and the mechanisms of globalisation.

Organised by the Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group at Goldsmiths (led by Professor Maria Shevtsova), this event will provide an opportunity for postgraduates in all fields across the UK to engage with their peers across disciplines in a challenging and convivial environment. In addition to showcasing their own research through the presentation of conference papers, students will be able to participate in several roundtable discussions and panel sessions over the course of the colloquium. This is a unique opportunity for postgraduates across the country to meet, network and exchange ideas in a truly interdisciplinary context. We welcome submissions from postgraduate research students. If you would like to participate, please submit your name, university, conference paper title or title of practical workshop and 250-word abstract to appropriating.space@gmail.com. Deadline for applications is 31 December 2007. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any queries you may have regarding the colloquium. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Rachel Shapiro Anna Porubcansky

PhD Students in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group Goldsmiths University of London