FOOT 2008: Call for Papers and Performances]

[Luella Massey]

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Subject: 	FOOT 2008: Call for Papers and Performances
Date: 	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:49:30 -0400
From: 	foot.graddrama at utoronto.ca
To: 	l.massey at utoronto.ca



Call for Papers, Performances, and Workshops

FOOT (Festival of Original Theatre):
(En)gendering Performance: Feminism(s) in Representation
February 28-March 1, 2008

The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto is  
pleased to announce our annual student-run conference and festival,  
the Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT), running from February 28 to  
March 1, 2008 at the Drama Centre. Scholars and artists are invited to  
submit proposals for papers, performances and workshops for this  
year's theme, ?(En)gendering Performance: Feminism(s) in  
Representation.?


This festival intends to initiate a inter-disciplinary interrogation  
of the use of feminism as an approach to criticism of representation.  
The 1970?s and 1980?s produced an unprecedented body of scholarly work  
examining gender in representation; as many of the key titles produced  
during this period are currently being entered into a nascent ?canon?  
of feminist work?a term many feminists take issue with?we seek to  
explore their relevance today. Located, as we are, in Canada and on  
the cusp of a possible ?fourth wave? of feminism (what some might call  
?post-feminism?!), it is crucial to ask what feminism in  
representation looks like today.

We see feminism as a questioning of power and the structures,  
discourses, and relationships that it prescribes and inscribes on the  
subject.  Using this as a working definition, FOOT 2008 seeks to  
examine multiple modes of representation including, but not limited  
to, theatre, film, visual arts, dance, and historiography.  We see  
feminism(s) in these modes as tools to break the cycles of inscription  
at work in our respective cultures.

We are looking for submissions that take up the theme in any format  
including, but not limited to papers, performances, posters,  
installations, and workshops. Possible topics might include:

feminist performance theory
feminist performance/artistic strategies
representations of gender in theatre, film, art, or dance
feminist approaches to historiographic representation
feminist dramatic/art/dance criticism

Please submit a 300 word proposal to foot.graddrama at utoronto.ca <mailto:%20foot.graddrama at utoronto.ca> by  
Sunday, November 25 , 2008. Please note that paper presentations will  
be limited to 20 minutes. If submitting a performance, workshop, or  
installation proposal, please include a list of technical and spatial  
requirements.