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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(245,89,69)">Conference<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>theme:<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>Beyond<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>Justification</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(245,89,69)"><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">Please</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">send</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">a</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">conference</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">proposal</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">to</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:13px"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="mailto:icascommunity2017@gmail.com">icascommunity2017@gmail.com</a></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(245,89,69)"><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">Deadline</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">extended</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">to</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">December</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">2,</span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(44,64,99);font-size:13px">2017</span></p>
<p style="margin:13.7px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial">The<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>International<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>Community<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>Artist<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>Scholars<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>innovative,<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>experimental,<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>playful<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>platform<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>for artists<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>scholars<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>inhabit<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>space<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>in-between<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>scholarship<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>artistic<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>practice.<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>ICAS<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>speaks<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>to the<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>presence<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>many<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>artist-researchers<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>whose<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>does<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>fit<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>squarely<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>classifications<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-2.7px"> </span>“art” or<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2px">“research.”</span><span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>As<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>ICAS<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>conference<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>participants<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>discovered<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>first<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>conference<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>there<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>many<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>different methods<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>doing<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>art/research<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>most<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>us<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>face<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>(perceived<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>actual)<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>need<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>justify<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>our methodologies<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>practices<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>professional<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>context.What<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>happens<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>if<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>enter<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>space<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-2.2px"> </span>do not<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>justify<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>methodology?<span style="letter-spacing:-2.1px"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>2nd<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>ICAS<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>conference<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>invites<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>present<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>an environment<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>allows<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span>move<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>“beyond<span style="letter-spacing:-1.8px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px">justification.”</span></p><p style="margin:13.7px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2px">We</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>welcome<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>workshop-,<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>paper-,<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>performance-, and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>alternative<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>presentation<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>proposals.<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>The proposal<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>packet<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>include:<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>500-word proposal,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>link<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>website/homepage<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>a sample<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>recent<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>research,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>200-word<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px">biography,</span> a<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>statement<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>explaining<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>why<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>interested in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>taking<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>part<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>second<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>the International<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>Community<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>Artist-Scholars<span style="letter-spacing:-0.9px"> </span>(ICAS) and<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2px">CV.</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>Additionally,<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing:-2.4px"> </span>welcome to<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>express<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>interest<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>adding<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>sound<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>files,<span style="letter-spacing:-2.3px"> </span>links to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>short<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>film<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>images<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>etc.</p><p style="margin:0.1px 0px 0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 30.4px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2px">We</span><span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>thrilled<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>announce<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-2px"> </span>conference (01/19<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>–<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>01/21/2018)<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>partially<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>funded by<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>CIIS<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>(California<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>Institute<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>Integral<span style="letter-spacing:-1.9px"> </span>Studies). Accommodation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.7px"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.7px"> </span>San<span style="letter-spacing:-0.7px"> </span>Francisco<span style="letter-spacing:-0.7px"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-0.7px"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-0.7px"> </span>provided, conference<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>space<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>Center<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>Integral Studies.<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>Participants<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>cover<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>a conference<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>participation<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>fee<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>$150,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5px"> </span>will cover<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>food<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>material<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>costs<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>paid<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>full<span style="letter-spacing:-1.4px"> </span>by 12/20/2017,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.7px"> </span>participants<span style="letter-spacing:-1.7px"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-1.7px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.7px"> </span>cover<span style="letter-spacing:-1.7px"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-1.7px"> </span>own travel<span style="letter-spacing:0.7px"> </span>expenses.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:12px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial">Due<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>nature<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>conference,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>placing<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>heavy<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>emphasis<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>community<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>building<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6px"> </span>processes, participation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>second<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>conference<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>remains<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>extremely<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>limited.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>Participants<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>receive<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1px"> </span>information<span style="letter-spacing:-3px"> </span>about<span style="letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span>acceptance<span style="letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span>mid<span style="letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span>December<span style="letter-spacing:-0.8px"> </span>2017.</p>

<div><p style="margin:3px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(170,181,193)"><a href="http://internationalcommunityofartistscholars.com/">http://internationalcommunityofartistscholars.com</a></p><p style="margin:3px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(170,181,193)"><br></p><p style="margin:3px 0px 0px 36px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(170,181,193)"><br></p></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Dr Lynette Hunter</span><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Distinguished Professor, History of Rhetoric and Performance</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">University of California Davis</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Main Adviser, Performance Studies Graduate Group</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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