[Urbanstudy] call for papers: IFTR 2016

[Curt Gambetta]

Of interest. Recommended by Himanshu Burte. -Curt

CALL FOR PAPERS
THEATRE ARCHITECTURE WORKING GROUPIFTR 2016, Stockholm13-17 June, 2016http://www.iftr.org/conference  PRESENTING THE THEATRICAL PASTINTERPLAYS OF ARTEFACTS, DISCOURSES AND PRACTICES Deadline for bursary applications: 1 December 2015Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2016 The Theatre Architecture Working Group of the InternationalFederation for Theatre Research (IFTR) invites paper proposals for ourforthcoming meeting at IFTR 2016 Stockholm, where we will be adopting theconference theme to focus on critical perspectives on the history of theatrearchitecture, on exchanges between theatre and architecture, and on relatedhistoriographical issues. In addition, during the conference we will be holdinga joint general panel with the Scenography Working Group to explore genealogiesof theatre architecture and scenography. We suggest the following topics aspossible points of interest for either our Working Group sessions or for thejoint panel between the Theatre Architecture and Scenography Working Groups(but please feel free to propose your own topic). Information about who we areand how we work, and about submission procedures and bursaries can be foundtowards the end of this CFP.  1. THEATRE / ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORIOGRAPHY [WORKING GROUP SESSIONS] Following the conference theme, we invite proposals thatcritically investigate historiographical issues relating to theatrearchitecture and the exchanges between the fields of theatre and architecturethrough attending to the interplay between artefacts, practices and discourses.Major histories of theatre architecture and performance space including Richardand Helen Leacroft’s Theatre and Playhouse: An Illustrated Survey of TheatreBuilding from Ancient Greece to the Present Day (1984), Marvin Carlson's Placesof Performance (1989), and David Wiles' A Short History of Western PerformanceSpace (2003), have provided valuable overviews of the changing shapes of ourstages, and have shed light on why the theatre's stages and social spaces havetaken the forms they have. But much work remains to be done on how weunderstand and write the history of theatre architecture, how we criticallyframe practices of conservation, restoration and reconstruction, and how weaddress sizeable gaps in our knowledge about the development of theatrearchitecture and performance space in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East,South Asia, East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific.  Proposals may address (but are not limited to):re-readings of historical theatres in the light ofdevelopments in critical theory (e.g. spatial theory) artistic and critical practices that engage with historictheatre architectures and/or historic architectures (e.g. oral history,re-enactment, reconstruction) theories and debates about the preservation, conservation orrenovation of theatre buildings re-assessments of historic relations between architecture,landscape, spectacle and performance relations between dominant and local traditions andquestions of cultural influence and/or appropriation in theatre architecture questions that link the relevance of the purpose-builttheatre in the twenty-first century to the broader development of the playhouse theatre architecture and post-processual / interpretive (orother) archeologies theatre architecture and post-positivist (or other)histories  2. HERE, THEN, NOW: GENEALOGIES OF THEATRE ARCHITECTURE ANDSCENOGRAPHY [JOINT GENERAL PANEL WITH THE SCENOGRAPHY WORKING GROUP] The Theatre Architecture and Scenography Working Groupsinvite proposals for contributions to a joint general panel during the IFTRStockholm conference. This panel will represent both Working Groups by speakingto our shared interest in the histories and genealogies of theatre architectureand scenography, and to the intersections between past and present practices.Panelists will attend their primary Working Group meetings but will presenttheir work during this joint panel. Contributions to this panel will take theform of 15 minute provocations that adopt a clear critical position in relationto this theme, and seek to open up further discussion with fellow panelists andmembers of both Working Groups.  Proposals may wish to address (but are not limited to): historical convergences, divergences and intersectionsbetween scenography and architecture (see Olwig 2011) different theoretical paradigms and sensual or aestheticregimes that have influenced the development of scenography, architecture andtheatre architecture scenographic and architectural strategies by whichperformance and wider social/cultural activities have been ‘staged’ orpresented historically (theatres, concert halls, ballrooms, parks, public openspace, etc.) scenographic and architectural strategies by which historicperformance and wider social/cultural activities are now ‘restaged’ orpresented (museums, historical re-enactments, ‘authentic’ performance, revivalsof plays/performances, etc.) the presentation or ‘restaging’ of historic architecture andscenography  the ‘presencing’ of architecture by scenography (and viceversa) considerations of the dialectics of visual and spatialdesign  BURSARIES IFTR supports researchers suffering financial hardship byproviding a limited number of bursaries each year. These bursaries are awardedon the basis of merit, relevance to the conference or Working Group theme, andfinancial need. Please visit www.iftr.org for information and instructionsabout bursaries, and to download the application form.   SUBMISSION PROCEDURES  Abstracts should be submitted through the conferencewebsite, which contains detailed instructions. Please visithttp://www.iftr.org/conference and send a back-up copy to the Working Groupco-convenors via email.  The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 January 2016.NB. If you apply for a bursary by 1 December 2015, you have to submit yourabstract via the conference website by 15 January 2016 as well. Additional information such as the form the proposedsubmission will take, or information about restrictions to your availabilityover the course of the IFTR World Congress, should be included on the onlineform under ‘equipment required’ and must be discussed (via email) with theWorking Group co-conveners.   ABOUT THE IFTR THEATRE ARCHITECTURE WORKING GROUP The purpose of the Theatre Architecture Working Group is toexplore all that theatre architecture has been historically, is at present, andmight be in the future. We consider built projects alongside unbuilt orspeculative architectures, studying these from a wide range of practical andtheoretical perspectives. We continue to investigate the ways in which spacecan be manipulated to bring performers and spectators into dynamic relationshipinside traditional theatre auditoria, while also asking how else thedisciplines of theatre and architecture inter-sect. Over the next four years,we will be focusing on three major strands of enquiry: a) theatre projects(especially those that provide insights into performing arts venues beyondEurope and North America); b) inter-disciplinary practices (includingperformance practices that closely engage with, radically undermine, criticallyre-examine or nakedly depend on architecture for their meaning and value, andarchitectural practices which employ performance, performativity and/ortheatricality to transform our experiences of the built environment); c)inter-disciplinary pedagogies (especially those driven by the question of whatis gained for students of one discipline in the encounter between thatdiscipline and the other). We seek to develop theoretical paradigms appropriateto theatre and architecture and to the relationship between them – articulatingthe many contemporary sites of exchange between these fields and re-examininghistorical encounters in the light of recent developments in spatial theory,architecture theory and practice, and performance studies.  WORKING GROUP CO-CONVENORS  Dr. Juliet Rufford: juliet.rufford at gmail.com Dr. Andrew Filmer: awf at aber.ac.uk  OUR PROCESS The Theatre Architecture Working Group is currently composedof scholars and practitioners of both disciplines from Australia, Brazil,Chile, England, Greece, Holland, Turkey, the United States, and Wales. It worksby circulating papers (of approximately 3,500 words) to members in advance ofthe conference. Those who have circulated papers are invited to speak for nomore than 15 minutes after which time the whole group enters into discussionand Q&A on that paper. This format is structured to encourage in-depthexchange and a constructive and supportive ‘workshopping’ of members’ papers. The full text of your paper should be emailed to the WorkingGroup co-convenors for uploading into the Working Group’s Dropbox approximatelytwo weeks ahead of the conference start date. For further information please donot hesitate to contact the co-convenors. You are reminded that in order topresent your paper it is necessary to formally submit your abstract accordingto the guidelines on the conference website, register and pay for theconference and buy membership of IFTR. IFTR operates a banding system and anumber of concessions - please explore your options by browsing the IFTR / IFTR2016, Stockholm webpages.       
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