---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [CultTheory] Banff Research in Culture 2015 (Deadline Reminder) / Summer Research Residency / Call for Applicants From: "Imre Szeman" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, October 31, 2014 10:01 pm To: "Imre Szeman" <[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------
(Please circulate to anyone who might be interested) Demos: Life in Common Banff Research in Culture 2015 â Summer Research Residency *Program dates:* June 1, 2015 - June 19, 2015 *Application deadline:* December 10, 2014 *Faculty:* Alex Hartley <http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1534&facId=4754&p=member> *, *Nina Power <http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1534&facId=4776&p=member> ,* Astra Taylor <http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1534&facId=4761&p=member>* Further info, including application information, can be found at: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1534 (Contact: Brandy Dahrouge: [email protected]) The word demos names âthe peopleâ, and thus democracy is, at its most basic constitutive level, the shared power of people thinking and acting. Democracy is grounded upon the capacity of the people to narrate and decide the shape of collective life. But the âdemocracyâ we experience and live with today has devolved into practices of state sovereignty and governmentality, a society characterized by social and economic inequality, and an under-represented and disenfranchised electorate. And it seems, too, that hopes in technology as a mechanism that might yet create a new common ground have failed to achieve their promised ends. *Demos: Life in Common* invites participants to consider the ways in which we constitute and experience collective life in this century. We seek to bring together artists, writers, researchers, and cultural producers who in their work explore the ways in which we might reinvigorate democratic life todayânot just âdemocraticâ in its narrow, political sense, but as life in common in which being and belonging engenders the full flourishing of individuals and communities. What new forms might politics take todayâa time that bears little resemblance to those bygone centuries that gave birth to many of our political structures and imaginings? How is collective self-determination mobilized and what do recent events demonstrate about the will of the people and the will of the state? What is the role of new technologies in enhancing or impeding social equality? Might it yet help to create new forms of community and belonging? And how might contemporary cultural, artistic and intellectual activities enliven the belief of the dêmos in its own capacities and possibilities? âDemosâ also names cultural and social practices that suggest other ways in which we might pursue our inquiries during this program. A demo is also an *essai*âan attempt, a test, an experiment in sound that allows musicians to record their own creative efforts and to share their ideas with others. And, demos are what groups engage in when they want to draw attention to problems and limits that existing structures of government, law or economy canât address or even apprehend. Demonstrations are a site at which the demos tries to upend the ossified language of culture and politics by upsetting the patterns of the quotidian, taking to the streets and affirming their collective displeasure *en masse*. Over three weeks, participants will engage in experiments of thinking, acton, and makingâdemos that challenge the self-certainties and pieties of existing structures and practices, and so help to envision and enable renewed forms,of democratic life. We look forward to receiving compelling and original proposals from thinkers and artists. *Banff Research in Culture 2015* Banff Research in Culture (BRiC) is a residency program designed for scholars and artists engaged in advanced theoretical research on themes and topics in culture. Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty (pre-tenure), activists, writers, and practicing artists from around the world will convene at The Banff Centre for three weeks to contemplate the theme *Demos: Life in Common*. BRiC is designed to offer researchers and artists with similar interests from different disciplinary and professional backgrounds, an opportunity to exchange opinions and ideas in a fruitful and intensive environment. Participants are encouraged to develop new research, artistic, editorial, and authorial projects, both individually and in connection with others. Participants will attend lectures and seminars offered by visiting faculty. This program aims to develop new approaches toward the study and analysis of culture, as well as create lasting networks of scholars and artists who might use this opportunity as the basis for future collaborative work. *Demos: Life in Common* is the fifth edition of BRiC following *Distributed Intimacies* (2014);* Dock(ing); or, New Economies of Exchange* (2013); *The Retreat: A Position of dOCUMENTA (13)* (2012), and *On the Commons; or, Believing-Feeling-Acting Together *(2011). The Banff Centre is a world-renowned facility supporting the creation and performance of new works of visual and digital art, music, dance, theatre,research and writing. The 2015 edition of BRiC is generously supported by The Banff Centre, the University of Alberta, and the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. _______________________________________________ RCT mailing list [email protected] http://www.mailman.srv.ualberta.ca/mailman/listinfo/rct -- 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
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Demos: Life in Common
Banff Research in Culture 2015 â Summer Research Residency
Program dates: June 1, 2015 - June 19, 2015
Application deadline:Â December 10, 2014
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Faculty: Alex Hartley, Nina Power, Astra Taylor
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Further info, including application information, can be found at:
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1534
(Contact: Brandy Dahrouge:Â [email protected])Â
The word demos names âthe peopleâ, and thus democracy is, at its most basic constitutive level, the shared power of people thinking and acting. Democracy is grounded upon the capacity of the people to narrate and decide the shape of collective life. But the âdemocracyâ we experience and live with today has devolved into practices of state sovereignty and governmentality, a society characterized by social and economic inequality, and an under-represented and disenfranchised electorate. And it seems, too, that hopes in technology as a mechanism that might yet create a new common ground have failed to achieve their promised ends. Â
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Demos: Life in Common invites participants to consider the ways in which we constitute and experience collective life in this century. We seek to bring together artists, writers, researchers, and cultural producers who in their work explore the ways in which we might reinvigorate democratic life todayânot just âdemocraticâ in its narrow, political sense, but as life in common in which being and belonging engenders the full flourishing of individuals and communities. What new forms might politics take todayâa time that bears little resemblance to those bygone centuries that gave birth to many of our political structures and imaginings? How is collective self-determination mobilized and what do recent events demonstrate about the will of the people and the will of the state? What is the role of new technologies in enhancing or impeding social equality? Might it yet help to create new forms of community and belonging? And how might contemporary cultural, artistic and intellectual activities enliven the belief of the dêmos in its own capacities and possibilities? Â
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âDemosâ also names cultural and social practices that suggest other ways in which we might pursue our inquiries during this program. A demo is also an essaiâan attempt, a test, an experiment in sound that allows musicians to record their own creative efforts and to share their ideas with others. And, demos are what groups engage in when they want to draw attention to problems and limits that existing structures of government, law or economy canât address or even apprehend. Demonstrations are a site at which the demos tries to upend the ossified language of culture and politics by upsetting the patterns of the quotidian, taking to the streets and affirming their collective displeasure en masse. Over three weeks, participants will engage in experiments of thinking, acton, and makingâdemos that challenge the self-certainties and pieties of existing structures and practices, and so help to envision and enable renewed forms,of democratic life.Â
We look forward to receiving compelling and original proposals from thinkers and artists.
Â
Banff Research in Culture 2015
Banff Research in Culture (BRiC) is a residency program designed for scholars and artists engaged in advanced theoretical research on themes and topics in culture. Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty (pre-tenure), activists, writers, and practicing artists from around the world will convene at The Banff Centre for three weeks to contemplate the theme Demos: Life in Common.
Â
BRiC is designed to offer researchers and artists with similar interests from different disciplinary and professional backgrounds, an opportunity to exchange opinions and ideas in a fruitful and intensive environment. Participants are encouraged to develop new research, artistic, editorial, and authorial projects, both individually and in connection with others. Participants will attend lectures and seminars offered by visiting faculty. This program aims to develop new approaches toward the study and analysis ofculture, as well as create lasting networks of scholars and artists who might use this opportunity as the basis for future collaborative work.
Â
Demos: Life in Common is the fifth edition of BRiC following Distributed Intimacies (2014); Dock(ing); or, New Economies of Exchange (2013); The Retreat: A Position of dOCUMENTA (13) (2012), and On the Commons; or, Believing-Feeling-Acting Together (2011). The Banff Centre is a world-renowned facility supporting the creation and performance of new works of visual and digital art, music, dance, theatre,research and writing.
The 2015 edition of BRiC is generously supported by The Banff Centre, the University of Alberta, and the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.
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