Protests as Events / Events as Protests Leeds, UK, 12 June 2013 A one day symposium for academics and activists will be organised by the International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality (ICRETH) and Leeds Metropolitan University in Leeds, UK. The symposium entitled Protests as Events / Events as Protests will be held on 12 June 2013.
The organizers take as their starting point Paul Chatterton's argument that "acknowledging that protest encounters are emotionally laden, relational, hybrid, corporeal and contingent, possibilities open up for breaking the silences that divide us and overcoming ontological divisions such as activist and non-activist." This symposium aims to involve conversations between activists and non-activists, as well as academics as activists in order to explore the complex construction of protests as events / events as protests. They propose an innovative coming together of activists and academics to build bridges, initiate debate and develop future research agendas. The conceptualisation of protests as events and vice versa involves consideration of the temporalities of protests as well as the mobilities that are enacted to bring together an assemblage that may be on the move or fixed at a still point. Thus Protests as Events / Events as Protests also builds upon the workshop held at the University of Leicester in June 2012 entitled (Re)thinking Protest Camps: governance, spatiality, affect and media. This call thus seeks papers that focus on one or more of the following topics: Conceptualisations of protests as events The academic/activist interface Timings and rhythms of protests Discursive constructions of protests Protest and political tourism Mobile assemblages and protests Embodiments of protest events Sustaining protests in the face of cultural changes Protests and sports events Critical hospitality and protests Governance and the governmentalities of protest events The organizers are seeking proposals for papers, abstracts of no more than 300 words should be emailed to [email protected] by 10 March 2013. For further information please visit the symposium's blog at protestsandevents.wordpress.com or contact Daniela Carl on +44 (0) 113 -812 8541 or Dr Ian Lamond on +44 (0)113 -812 3816 sursa:culturelink -- Oberliht, Young Artists Association http://oberliht.com . . . . . . . . . . . https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
