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</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:14pt"><font color="#000000">Cities, Embodiments, Technologies</font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The School of Performing Arts (University of Malta)</font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">7, 8, 9 March 2018</font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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Speakers:</font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Sir Jonathan Mills, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Programme Director of 2018 Edinburgh International Culture
Summit</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Prof. Maria Delgado, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University
of London</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Prof. Ann Cooper Albright, Department of Dance, Oberlin College and
Conservatory, Ohio, US</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The
fifth Annual Conference of the School of Performing Arts (University of Malta) aims
to generate debate on possible ways of articulating the relationship between
Performance and Culture. Two inherently fluid phenomena, Performance and Culture
resist fixity and limiting definitions when treated separately, and even more
so when considered in tandem.<span>  </span></font><font color="#000000">Instead of
looking at definitions, contemporary thinking about Performance and Culture might
be better served through the application of critical and conceptual frames,
which offer a clear focal point while allowing for the integration of multiple
perspectives, approaches, and understandings. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The
conference in Malta invites scholars, practitioners, and cultural theorists to
consider three such critical frames around which to reflect on Performance and
Culture, namely Cities, Embodiments, and Technologies. Its aims are partly
fueled by the 2018 European Capital of Culture, which next year will be held in
Valletta, the capital city of Malta, and Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands. Capitals
of Culture attract international attention to the way a particular city defines
its identity, also within the framework of performance.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Presentations exploring (but
not limited to) the following questions and themes are, therefore, welcome:</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">How do the suggested three frames inform
our understanding of performance and culture?</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">In what ways do these frames interact together?</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">How do institutional standards relate to
artistic creativity and production?</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">What possible historical approaches define
interaction between performance and cultural practice and discourse? How are they
relevant to contemporary performative initiatives in the public sphere?</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Which other frames invoke a relationship
between performance and culture? How do these dialogue with cities,
embodiments, and technologies? </span></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">









</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Abstracts
of a maximum of 300 words should be submitted by 7 December 2017 to the
conference conveners, Dr Stefan Aquilina (</font></span><a href="mailto:stefan.aquilina@um.edu.mt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#0563c1">stefan.aquilina@um.edu.mt</font></span></a><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">)
and Prof. Vicki Ann Cremona (</font></span><a href="mailto:vicki.cremona@um.edu.mt"><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#0563c1">vicki.cremona@um.edu.mt</font></span></a><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">).
Acceptance will be confirmed by the end of the year. Kindly include a brief
bionote and any technical equipment you might need. Primarily, the conference
will take the form of conventional 15-20 minute presentations, but presenters wishing
to suggest other forms of presentation are also encouraged to contact the
conference conveners.<span>  </span></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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