<div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia">Call
for
Papers: </span></b><b><i><span class="">Oot</span> and Aboot!: (Re)Imagining Canadiana in the United States</i></b> (Curated Panel) <br><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia">
<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:Georgia">Canadian
Association for
Theatre Research / Association Canadienne de la Recherche
Théâtrale Conference,
<span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">24-27 May 2014</span></span>, Brock University </span>
</p>
<span></span><br><b>Coordinators:</b> Melanie Bennett (York University) and Benjamin Gillespie (The Graduate Center, CUNY)<br><br>Historically,
the United States has dominated cultural production in North America
through the proliferation and circulation of performances imbued with
American ideology. Canada’s proximity to the U.S.—separated by fairly
transparent borders—has meant that Canadians can hardly avoid becoming
consumers of American culture. In contrast, it appears that the U.S.
often has little knowledge of (or interest in) Canadian culture outside
of clichéd symbols that become popularized in the public imaginary. <br>
<br>This panel seeks paper submissions that address one or more of the
following questions: How does Canadian artistic identity differentiate
itself from its American counterparts? What impact has Canadian creative
capital had in the U.S. and vice versa? How do Canadian artists
undermine, trouble, or reinforce American perceptions of Canada? Are
notions of “Canadianism” an obstacle or an asset to public perceptions
of Canadian artists staging their work in other countries? How are forms
of national attachment supportive or inhibitive of capital gain,
growth, and prestige? How can the affective or immaterial labour of
bodies moving across Canada/U.S. borders be tracked? How is the
multicultural myth and Francophone culture in Canada used to promote an
identity that is distinct from U.S. ideology? How does U.S. border
policy confront creative exchange through the policing of non-normative
bodies?<br>
<b><br><u>Submissions can respond to (but are not limited by) one or more of the following suggested topics</u>:</b><br><br>· Affective Labour of/in forms of Cultural Exchange<br>· Bodies and/or Identities Navigating Borders<br>
· Border Economies<br>· Consumption and Circulation of Creative Capital<br>· Cultural Funding<br>· Ideology and Mythology<br>· Individual vs. National<br>· Industries of Tourism and Heritage<br>
· Issues Surrounding Cultural Economy<br>· Local vs. Global Perspectives <br>· Marketing Strategies/Branding<br>· Multiculturalism and Displacement<br>· Nationalism/National Identity<br>· Performance and the City<br>
· Popular Perceptions and Representations of Canada<br>· Translation and/or Adaptation<br>· Transnationalism<br><br><b>Please email a 250-word paper proposal and 150-word bio to Melanie Bennett (<a href="mailto:mlbennet@yorku.ca" target="_blank">mlbennet@yorku.ca</a>) and Benjamin Gillespie (<a href="mailto:bgillespie@gc.cuny.edu" target="_blank">bgillespie@gc.cuny.edu</a>) by December 9th 2013. <span>Theatre scholars and practitioners (including
graduate
students and early career scholars) from Canada and abroad are
encouraged to
submit.</span></b><br>---</div>