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The General Assembly and Representative Board gathered in Amsterdam on 25-26 April. In this meeting, the annual accounts for 2008 were endorsed by the assembly.

Furthermore, it was decided for the next Board elections in 2010 to add a maximum of two additional, non European members. Proposals for nominations of non European Representative Board members will have to be supported by two European members. Non European members are elected by full European members only.

Click here >> for some pictures of the meeting.

ELIA is proud to announce that Carla Delfos, Executive Director since its founding in 1990, has received a Honorary Doctorate from Columbia College Chicago on 17 May 2009. You can read the speech she delivered on that occasion here >>

Furthermore, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts will award Honorary Fellowship to Carla Delfos on 25 June.

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Art education in cultural transition
Chicago, 21-24 April 2010

In partnership with Columbia College Chicago, ELIA announces a joint international symposium.

Creativity is a word being employed freely these days, not just in the arts but in commerce, organizational behaviour, leadership theory, and many other areas. This 'liberal' or 'liberating' usage has raised significant questions .
For example, how is the discourse on creativity being shaped, and by whom? How do we, as arts educators, maintain our leadership in this discourse and keep art and the making of art in all its forms at the forefront of these increasingly complex conversations? How does public policy at both the local and international levels situate the arts within culture and how has it changed? And how can we, as artists and arts educators, influence public policy toward legislative goals that recognize the integrity and significance of the arts?

The symposium Claiming Creativity will take place in Chicago, America's architectural capital. The audience will be composed of practitioners and policy makers from all over the world, and will include workshops, panel discussions with some of the world's leading experts on creativity in the arts and industry, and selected presentations.

www.colum.edu

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in fine art education and research
Accademia di Belle Arti, Palermo, Italy, 21-22 September 2009

PARADOX, the ELIA Fine Art Section, is organizing a two-day conference in Palermo, Sicily on 21-22 September. Discussion groups will focus on four topics: There will be presentations of examples across Europe and of student work. Speakers include Kevin Atherton, Emilia Telese & Daniela Bigi, and Henk Slager (Utrecht School of the Arts).

Conference fee: € 100,-.
Full programme >>
Registration form >>

paradox.wimbledon.ac.uk

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Publication forthcoming

On 29 October - 1 November 2008, the 10th ELIA Biennial took place in Gothenburg. Under the title "reminder", ELIA has issued a publication to remind us all of what it was about. It includes the plenary speech of leading theatre director Peter Sellars as well as the keynote from Vladimir Sucha (European Commission). Each of the symposia had an 'observer' whose task was to supply an outside perspective; from ELIA, there are contributions by Chris Wainwright, Carla Delfos, and Sally Mometti.
"Reminder" will be distributed from June onward, and presented in Sofia at the Teachers' Academy.


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The Language of the Arts and Intercultural Dialogue

New ELIA publication

In 2007, students from ELIA member schools in seven countries participated in the film project "The Language of the Arts and Intercultural Dialogue". In a variety of styles, from documentary to drama, stop-trick and cartoon animation to wordless art film, each contributed a short film that dealt with the theme of intercultural dialogue from their own artistic and personal standpoint. As a learning process for what the artist is up to facing the challenges of the present, the project included two preparatory workshops and one summing-up seminar, which addressed such issues as modernity in a multicultural world, the art of filmmaking, and the question: what is to be done?

Directed by Danish filmmaker Ove Nyholm, the result of this was the 45-minute film compilation ...I see you, which premiered at the film festival in Torino in November 2007, and was the subject of lively discussion at the The Arts as Dialogue? symposium in Gothenburg (10th ELIA Biennial).

ELIA has now issued a publication which both documents the project and provides further reflection on the topics at hand through interviews with the participants and articles by authors from different fields. It includes a dvd with the full ...I see you film and each individual contribution. Through this combination of art and theory, and its exploration of cultural diversity through the eyes of young filmmakers, it is both a contribution to often heated debates in an artistic voice and a tool for teaching.

Members can order a copy for € 10,-;
non-members for € 20 + shipping costs.

The publication will be presented at the 4th ELIA Teachers’ Academy in Sofia, 1-4 July. You can preview it here >> and order it here >>

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Videos about languages in Europe -
European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009


ELIA has issued a call for proposals for short videos (1 or 3 minutes) within the context of the European Commission’s promotion of multilingualism. The competition is being organised as a contribution to the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.

We received 122 proposals from students studying at art schools located in 18 European Union member states as well as Norway and Turkey. An international jury has selected 15 scripts that will be announced on our website soon.

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EU Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009

As the arts are important agents of creativity and innovation, the two largest representative European organisations for higher arts education ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) and AEC (European Association of Conservatoires) would like to draw attention to the artistic dimensions of creativity and innovation and focus on the role the arts can play in fostering creativity and innovation in our societies.

In line with their mission, the two organisations have organized an event that launched the EU Year for Creativity and Innovation 2009 in an artistic manner on 20 January, at the Bloom! hotel in Brussels.

On this occasion, AEC and ELIA presented their Position paper with recommendations to further the aims of the Year of Creativity and Innovation.

Read more >>

AEC/ELIA Position Paper
www.create2009.europa.eu

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ELIA and the Royal Crown Hotel in Brussels have produced a unique artistic project in partnership. Royal Crown Brussels renovated its current hotel and renamed it Hotel Bloom!
Over 4.100 square meters of wall within the 300 hotel rooms have been decorated with mural paintings. The paintings were made by students, graduates and post graduates from the ELIA member institutions. The project has been closed off with a press conference on 21 January 2009, the day after the Artistic Launch of EYCI 2009.
Bloom! received the Caïus award, a cultural price awarded by Prometea, l’ association pour la promotion des Arts et du Patrimoine.

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The inter}artes handbook available for order online

Three years of experience in the inter}artes thematic network have led to the production of the handbook Tapping into the potential of Higher Arts Education in Europe. It summarizes the outcomes of the network and assesses the progress made in the implementation of Bologna in higher arts education.

The inter}artes "community of practice" informed, trained, and supported arts institutions to creatively utilise quality assurance and develop student-centered learning.
The inter}artes handbook comprises: The free DVD comprises audiovisual material on the case studies, the film ‘Training and tracking the student artist’, Tuning Documents translated into French and German, powerpoint presentations and other additional materials.

All ELIA members and inter}artes partner institutions have received 1 copy of the Handbook for free in 2008. It is available for order online for € 15,- + € 10,- shipping costs.


To order your copy click here .
www.inter-artes.org

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to be published in 2009

Funded by the Swedish Riksbanken Jubileumsfond, the new Handbook for Arts-Based Research will review current developments in artistic research in Europe and involves more than 20 authors. ELIA president Chris Wainwright takes part in the editorial committee for the Handbook.

Download flyer >>
Contact Maria Wikse, Riksbanken Jubileumsfond

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A Practical Guide to 100 Academic Networks World-Wide

ACA publication A visible sign of the growing cooperation in higher education world-wide is the increasing number of associations, consortia, networks, etc. in the field. Their aims, history and activities, however, are less tangible for outsiders. Why were they founded? Who and where are their members? How can they be contacted? What do they do, i.e. what is their lifeblood?

A new publication by the Academic Cooperation Association, the Handbook of International Associations in Higher Education strives to answer these questions by systematically presenting one hundred higher education associations from various continents as well as their global counterparts. Most importantly, the publication seeks to showcase the interrelation among the various networks and, by doing so, to provide information for future cooperation, partnerships and true networking.

The Handbook of International Associations in Higher Education can only be ordered by e-mail at info [at] aca-secretariat.be, at a price of € 28.50 + shipping costs.

www.aca-secretariat.be

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Eskehir, Turkey, 29 June - 10 July 2009

Organized by the Faculty of Fine Art, Anadolu University

The theme of the symposium is to make ceramic overglaze paintings by applying overglaze paints on particular forms which will reflect the artists’ unique style and techniques. While making overglaze paintings, subject and technique will be decided by the artists.
Intention of the symposium is to make the ceramic artists lecturers and art students of different cultures come together, both from Turkey and from abroad, to create an ambiance that enables communication by sharing experiences, having the opportunity to discuss techniques and ideas.

seramik.anadolu.edu.tr

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Entrepreneurship, workspace and the local creative economy
Huddersfield, UK, 6 - 9 July 2009

The Creative Clusters SummerSchool is four days of intensive up-skilling designed for regeneration and development managers, consultants and researchers building the creative economy at the local level: It is particularly aimed at personnel working for government departments, affiliates and NGOs with practical projects to deliver, who want a deeper understand of how 'creative economy' and 'place-making' strategies can play a part in their work.
The course is intensely practical, and will draw on the extensive expertise and experience of creative industries regeneration in the Yorkshire region. Participants will become familiar with well-tried development tools through guided visits to model projects such as the Workstation (Sheffield) and Dean Clough (Halifax), through focus groups with entrepreneurs and interaction with experienced professionals. There will be continuous consideration of how these solutions might be customised for participants' own localities.

www.creativeclusters.com

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Exploring relations between contemporary art and the archive
Prato, Italy, 10-11 July 2009

Archive/ Counter-Archive is a two-day conference with associated exhibition and web project offering fresh thinking and dialogues on the current relations between contemporary art and the archive. The focus of the conference has been shaped by the ways artists are responding to the archive, but also by the histories - and future possibilities - of practices of collecting and drawing. Keynote speakers include internationally renowned thinkers and curators in the field, Professor Okwui Enwezor and Dr Charles Merewether.

Archive/Counter-Archive is the second conference in a partnership between the Faculty Art & Design, Monash University, Melbourne and The Centre for Drawing, University of the Arts London.
Location - Monash Centre in Prato, Italy

Open to all, however places are strictly limited. Early registration is recommended to avoid disappointment.

www.artdes.monash.edu.au/aca

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Chicago, USA, 15 – 18 July 2009
Deadline for registrations: 15 March

Creative entrepreneurship as an area of academic study is just beginning to establish roots in academia. Research and education in creative entrepreneurship are in the early stages. Also, there is some question as to what extent entrepreneurship can be taught. At the same time, it has become evident that creative entrepreneurship, particularly in the US, is one of the keys to economic growth and creation of new jobs in the creative sector. At art schools and universities, many are starting to believe that traditional art curricula should include an entrepreneurship component.

The conference Creative Entrepreneurship and Education in Cultural Life is hosted by the Arts, Entertainment and Media Management Department of Columbia College Chicago. The conference serves as a meeting place for academics and practitioners seeking to: www.encatc.org

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28 - 31 July 2009
Venice, Italy

The International Conference on the Arts in Society and the International Journal of the Arts in Society provide an intellectual platform for the arts and art practices, and enable an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. They are intended as a place for critical engagement, examination and experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world - in studios and classrooms, in galleries and museums, on stage, on the streets and in communities.

The theme of this year's Conference is Art and Transnationalism. It focuses dialogue on the arts and art practices that may be situated within the context of international art expositions, festivals and biennials which are engaged with the transnational production of art and its global distribution networks.

The 2009 Arts Conference will coincide with the Venice Biennale, and will be held in conjunction with featured exhibitions and programs.

www.Arts-Conference.com

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Gothenburg, Sweden, 31 August - 2 September 2009

The importance of a well-functioning knowledge triangle in the form of interaction between education, research and innovation has been emphasised by EU leaders since 2006. As part of the Swedish presidency of the EU, this will be the topic of a three-day conference in Gothenburg on 31 August - 2 September.

Increased demands are being made on universities to engage in education, research and innovation alike. This requires a new and more modern view of institutions of higher education and is an important part of the process of modernisation which has made varying degrees of progress in the countries of Europe. This development requires the support of coordinated measures at both national and EU level, including stronger interaction between policies in the three areas constituting the knowledge triangle. The issue of the knowledge triangle is also of particular current interest following the EU decision to establish a European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at Gothenburg University is actively partcipating in the seminar on art schools and the knowledge triangle: sustainable intervention in the urban landscape.

Read more >>

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An Interdisciplinary Seminar on Choreography in Theory and Practice
Danube University Krems, Austria, 5-12 September

TanzAtelier Wien is opening the International Choreolab Austria at Danube University Krems, Department for Arts and Management. The pilot project intends to create interfaces for the open dance landscape with aspects of applied research and thus conduct a scientific discourse with architecture, music, literature, film, and subsequently with medicine, behavioral science, psychology, ethnology and other disciplines.

During the preparatory phase for a master study program in choreography, innovative approaches to theory and practice will be investigated in 2009/ 2010 and both contextually relevant theories and knowledge related to music and drama taught in three project modules.

ICLA is starting with a week-long interdisciplinary symposium. The target group includes dancers, performers, choreographers as well as other professionals concerned with movement, time and space.

www.icla.at
Download flyer >>

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International Conference on the Creative Economy
Helsinki, Finland, 9-10 September 2009

If there were four things that enabled a better future for the creative economy, what would they be?

Creative Economy and Beyond is an international conference examining the role of the creative industries in the economy, held in Helsinki on the 9th and 10th of September 2009 at the Cable Factory cultural centre.

The Creative Economy and Beyond conference challenges experts in the field to present their ideas for a sound basis for the concept of a creative economy and to discuss the future of creativity and innovation. It aims to provide a global and multidisciplinary forum for a variety of perspectives such as management, leadership, cultural studies, policy making and design. In addition to the latest research, the program will also include case presentations on successful creative industries business ventures and global perspectives on the creative industries. The rich conference programme is ensured through collaboration with Helsinki Design Week -festival.

The conference is aimed for researchers, policy makers, education providers, developers and businesses interested in the development of a creative economy.

www.ceb.fi

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11-20 September 2009, Miskolc, Hungary

The 6th Cinefest International Festival of Young Filmmakers will take place from 11 to 20 September, 2009, in Miskolc, Hungary.
Each year, after a careful pre-selection, the top 40-50 films have the opportunity to compete in the official program.
Many attractive supplementary programs - exhibitions, workshops, roundtable discussions - will accompany the nightly screenings. Some fine concerts, film history workshops and a retospectives will accompany the event. In the previous years the professinal programs covered the Hungarian 1956 revolution (2006), the Roma image of the region's filmmakers (2007) and the women`s condition in the transforming world (2008).

www.cinefest.hu

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Showcase of research in and through musical practice
Orpheus Research Centre in Music, 16-18 September 2009, Ghent, Belgium

As the culmination of over a year of intensive research in-and-through musical practice by its members, the Orpheus Research Centre in Music (ORCiM) presents its first Festival of music and ideas.
In a collaborative research environment, through presentations, lecture-performances, performances and installations, ORCiM Research Fellows will share aspects of their cutting-edge insights into music with other research fellows. This Festival will also reveal future directions for ORCiM, as it disseminates the work of its researchers in Europe and around the world.

www.orpheusinstituut.be

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Meeting of Cultures: Making Meaning Through the Arts
Johannesburg, South Africa, 22-25 September 2009

Co-hosted by IFACCA and the Arts Council of South Africa, the 4th World Summit on Arts and Culture takes place in Johannesburg, 22-25 September. The context for the theme is a world which is increasingly divided by ‘cultural’ rather than political ideology, where feelings of being threatened by ‘other’ are largely based on ignorance about ‘other’. Increased globalisation, through economic integration, is often criticised for ‘homogenising’ the views and interests of economic and militarily powerful nations, at the same time that diversity and the desire to build ‘multicultural’ societies has become increasingly important. The implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is just one example of this.

Notwithstanding the recent collapse of communism and apartheid, the world remains – and is in fact, increasingly – divided, with adverse implications for global relations, for nations and for communities within nations. Such divisions – at least in how they are expressed or perceived – have taken on a more ‘cultural’ form.

The arts – music, theatre, dance, literature, film, visual arts and craft etc – are seen by some as a possible bridge between cultures, to provide safe, non-threatening points of entry into understanding ‘other’.

A major component of the preparation for the Summit is a survey being conducted on IFACCA’s behalf by ERICarts: ‘Achieving Intercultural Dialogue through the Arts and Culture?’

www.artsummit.org

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23-25 September 2009, Solstrand, Norway

The Bergen Academy of the Arts invites practitioners from all art disciplines, including design and the performing arts, to submit requests for participation at the sixth Sensuous Knowledge Conference.

Under the heading "Reflection, Relevance, Responsibility" this year’s conference will focus upon three important aspects of artistic research. Often critical reflection is put forward as one of the differences between artistic practice and artistic research, and promoted as an alternative to the scientific conventions of thinking and writing. However, very little investigation has been done by us on the notion of reflection – what is it expected to contain and convey?

The annual international Sensuous Knowledge conferences, arranged since 2003 by Bergen National Academy of the Arts (Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, KHiB) and supported by The Research Council of Norway, are known for their distinctive format: About 70 artists and designers involved in higher art and design education meet for three days in the spectacular surroundings at Solstrand, close to Bergen.

Proposals should be sent before 15 June to:
sensuous.knowledge [at] khib.no >>

Download call >>
www.sensuousknowledge.org

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An Interdisciplinary Search for new Images, Sounds, Spaces and Figures

University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
26 September - 11 October / 14 - 29 November 2009

Now in its sixth year, KlangKunstBühne again ventures into the zones where music, theatre and visual art meet. Jurji A. Vasiljev und Philippe Gaulier's courses offer basic acting and vocal training for actors as well as for artists from other disciplines. The 'now' of theatre – real and imaginary spaces, hidden realities, unspeakable forms – are the focus of César Brie's workshops. Candice Breitz deals with the development of individual multimedia 'instruments' and their ramifications. Christina Kubisch experiments with the sounds of electromagnetic fields in urban space and Josef Anton Riedl and Michael Lentz explore sound poetry, acoustic art, speech acts and electronic sounds.

KlangKunstBühne is a continuing education program offered by the Universität der Künste (University of the Arts) Berlin. It is aimed at all artistic disciplines. Over the course of a week, participants experience the possibilities of moving beyond the borders of their disiciplines. Through the work with renowned international artists, new knowledge and abilities are acquired in previously unexplored areas and the possibilities of participants' own artistic expression are broadened.

For more information, please contact:
klangkunstbuehne [at] udk-berlin.de
www.klangkunstbuehne.de

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Brussels, Belgium, 28 - 30 September 2009

On 28-30 September 2009 the second annual Culture Programme Conference and the mid-term European Culture Forum will take place in Brussels.
The Culture Programme Conference on Monday 28 September will present past and ongoing projects (funded by Culture 2000 and the Culture Programme 2007-2013), encouraging exchange of experience and good practice between cultural operators.
The European Culture Forum on 29-30 September aims to bring together around 600 participants from culture civil society, Member States and EU institutions to take stock of progress in implementing the European Agenda for Culture.
Over two days, participants will exchange views and experience around the three strategic objectives of the Agenda: cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue; culture as a catalyst for creativity; and culture as a vital element in the EU's international relations. Keynote speeches, panel discussions and workshops will all feed the debate.

Watch the site of the European Commission >> for updates.

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Vilnius, Lithuania, 8-11 October 2009

The IETM Autumn Plenary Meeting in Vilnius October 8-11 2009 will put a new point on IETM meetings map. East is the direction. East, which became very sexy two decades ago, right after the Berlin Wall came down. East, which started losing its glamour as the iron curtain sank into history.

The meeting in Vilnius will deal with Eastern promises on one hand and Western expectations on the other. It will explore new colonisation of all sorts, going from the East to the West and vice versa; and the territories culture and art have colonised in our own societies.

The meeting will take place at Menu spaustuve (Arts Printing House), a performing arts centre and creative industries harbour, which "colonised" an abandoned printing house back in 2000.

www.ietm.org

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Eskisehir, Turkey, 14-18 October 2009

Celebrating its 25th birthday, Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts has continuously expanded its activities within the university and the city it is located in with a purpose of fostering its relations with its environment. Imece, or the pleasure of creating together, is the central concept of this symposium. Adopting an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, the symposium explores the relation of art and design with the future, technology, environment and craftsmanship, and highlights that art and design are not merely aesthetic practices but also cultural paradigms.
Themes include The future of tradition, Intercultural and Interdiscplinary Interaction, and Creativity and sharing.

www.imece2009.anadolu.edu.tr

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Innovative ways of funding international students
Stockholm, Sweden, 15 October 2009

Have you ever wondered what one student costs? Then you might know what the costs of one international student are. Across Europe, more countries and their universities are seeking innovative approaches to the financing of international students – a topic intrinsically linked to the funding of higher education per se. Clearly, institutions want to ensure that they can attract high quality students and young researchers in the face of increasing global competition. But are fees and scholarships the only way to do it? Are there other options? What are the legal frameworks? All these questions require higher education professionals to understand both the policy and marketing context.

A European Policy Seminar by the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA), co-organised by the Swedish Institute (SI), will provide case studies from countries and universities across Europe so that delegates might: www.aca-secretariat.be

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Barcelona, Spain, 22-24 October 2009

Organized by ENCATC in close cooperation with the University of Barcelona this major event will bring together more then 250 professionals from several countries in order to discuss about creativity and innovation in the field of education and training in cultural management. Alongside its annual conference, and with the support of the European Cultural Foundation, ENCATC is also organizing the Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum 21-23 October, Barcelona, Spain

The Forum 2009 will focus on "Cross-cultural and cross-national approaches to cultural policy research". Organised to stimulate the creation of a network of young cultural policy researchers with European competencies, the YCPR Forum has the ambition to give young/early career cultural policy researchers, the opportunity to meet their fellow researchers, to exchange content related aspects and results of their work and to discuss topical research issues regarding content, methodology and relevant fields of research.

10 young researchers can be granted accommodation and travel costs if they submit their applications until July 6th 2009 to ENCATC: communications [at] encatc.org

www.encatc.org

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Maastricht, Netherlands, 5-7 November 2009

The European Association of Conservatoires, Music Academies and Musikhochschulen will organize its 2009 annual congress at the Academy of Music in Maastricht. The AEC will continue to address the role of research in conservatoire education during this year’s congress. Information about the progress of the second 3-year cycle of the ERASMUS Network for Music ‘Polifonia’ will also be presented. Furthermore, the AEC Congress 2009 will address the local and regional function of conservatoires as cultural centres.

For artesnet related readers, it is particularly interesting to take a look at Polifonia's progress report, on download at the AEC homepage.

www.aecinfo.org

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Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland
19-21 November 2009

How does artistic research change us?

Artistic research does not only produce knowledge; it also changes us as individual and collective beings – artists, pedagogues, spectators, citizens, consumers. In what ways can this kind of change be the object of research? Could the change itself serve as a criterion for the relevance of the research? Researchers are invited to join the colloquium and share their experiences on the transformative dimensions of their artistic research practice.

The colloquium will be organised to take account of the special features of various artistic research practices: the concrete set up; cooperative action and collective reflection; the role and place of the observers or participants.

The colloquium will take place over three days. On Thursday, presenters will have the possibility to hold day-long workshops for other colloquium participants and the doctoral students of the Performing Arts Research Centre. Friday and Saturday are reserved for all kinds of presentations, including the possible presentation of the workshops, and discussions.

We kindly encourage you to submit presentation, demonstration and workshop proposals on your practice and your experience with artistic research related to the performing arts. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and should include 50 words of biographical detail on the presenter.

Annika.Fredriksson [at] teak.fi
www.teak.fi





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