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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>This is a reminder that the deadline for proposals to the "Beyond Recognition" symposium, April 9th-11th, is March 1st. The CFP follows:</p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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color:black">Beyond Representation: Cultural Diversity as Theatrical Practice</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">9-11 April 2017</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">What might it mean for theatre professionals to think of culture as a practice rather than an identity, what people do rather than who they
are? What creative opportunities might be presented if directors, dramaturges, designers, and actors took advantage of the diverse cultural forms and processes that are embodied and inhabited by Canada’s diverse theatrical communities in the exploration of
new, inter- or cross-cultural forms? What would it mean to consider the studio and the stage as sites at which culturally diverse practices and forms are brought together for mutual enrichment, negotiation, and exchange? In what ways might these forms create
new aesthetic possibilities that move beyond Euro-American traditions that have historically marginalized ethnic minorities? For many years there have been discussions of the representation of minoritized cultures on Canada’s stages, of casting, and of cultural
stereotypes. Much of this discussion has issued from practices based on identity politics, on the one hand, or cultural tokenism, on the other, when many in “the mainstream” attempt to practice “inclusion.” This symposium intends to move the discussion beyond
representation, beyond identity politics, and beyond “tolerance” to explore and propose ways in which diverse cultures can actively, productively, and creatively come together in theatrical practices that issue in exciting and challenging new theatrical forms.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We invite paper proposals that address cultural diversity (interpreted broadly)
<i>as a theatrical practice</i>. Topics that might be considered include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">directing difference: the rehearsal hall as a site of cultural negotiation and exchange
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">the non-appropriative use of culturally specific forms by designers
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">intercultural design dramaturgy</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">acting technique and intercultural negotiation</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">voice, movement, and cultural difference</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">performing disability cultures in the studio and on the stage</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">gender and sexual fluidity as creative practice</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">staging multiple languages, accents, and voices</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">multilingual and intercultural dramaturgy</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">the technologies of theatrical diversity</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Please submit 250-word proposals by 1 March 2017 to symposium Co-chairs Natalie Alvarez (</span><a href="mailto:nalvarez@brocku.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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and Ric Knowles (</span><a href="mailto:rknowles@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">rknowles@uoguelph.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<p>We are looking forward to receiving your proposals.</p>
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<p>Best,<br>
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<p>Ric<br>
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