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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hello Everyone,<BR> <BR>Please note the deadline is this Thursday, January 15, 2015.<BR> <BR>Cheers,<BR> <BR>Laine and Rebecca<BR> <BR>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'></span></b> </p><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>CFP: Staging Equity: Actualization
or Appropriation?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Roundtable Session
at CATR 2015 (University of Ottawa, May 30 to June 2, 2015)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Co-organizers:
Rebecca Burton & Laine Zisman Newman</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Moderated
by Dr. Michelle MacArthur</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>A 2013/14 Theatre Production Survey
conducted by Playwrights Guild of Canada revealed a distressing regression in
gender parity in Canadian theatre. Although women comprise more than half of
PGC’s membership, the survey found that they did not account for even 25% of
the professional productions staged in Canada last year. While these
statistics demonstrate a need for more equitable practices in the arts,
prioritizing equity is by no means a simplistic endeavour. As Sara
Ahmed notes in <i>On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life</i>
(2012), equity and diversity can also be deployed as cultural
capital. Challenging the ways in which we use the terminologies
of equity and diversity, Ahmed asserts that institutions such as
universities frequently employ diversity practices as a means of superficial
aestheticization. Introducing the language of equity, they change how the
institution is perceived, but without enacting significant changes to policy or
organizational practices. Thus, although equity is undeniably
valuable, it suffers from enervation when utilized as capital for economic and
institutional benefit.</span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>In keeping with this year’s theme of
Capital Ideas, this roundtable welcomes papers that engage with the
concept of equity in Canadian theatre from multiple standpoints.
Investigations might examine methodologies to effectively improve or subvert
instances of equity in performance, explore shifting definitions of
the term “equity,” or interrogate intersections of race, gender and abilities
in relation to equity practices in the arts. How does and
should equity manifest in theatre practice?</span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Please send your 250-word proposals to:</span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Rebecca Burton and Laine
Zisman Newman at </span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="mailto:equityintheatre@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">equityintheatre@gmail.com</font></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>Submission Deadline: January 15, 2015</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="http://static.ow.ly/docs/call_for_papers_roundtable_burton_zisman_newman_2FO8.pdf"><font color="#0000ff">http://static.ow.ly/docs/call_for_papers_roundtable_burton_zisman_newman_2FO8.pdf</font></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><font face="Times New Roman">
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