Call for Papers for 2008 Congress - New Deadline

[Greg Doran]

{ SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1}Creativity and Isolation

Owing to Canada’s substantial geography, its main theatrical 
centres are often separated by considerable distances.  These 
distances often present a substantial barrier to theatre educators 
and practitioners who wish to enhance their creative expression.  
Despite Atlantic Canada’s seemingly small area, theatre 
educators and practitioners in the region are often unable to 
overcome these barriers.  As a result, they are often unable to 
experience innovative production trends directly or engage in 
emerging theatrical discourses.  Recognizing that this sense of 
isolation, and its often detrimental effect on creativity, is not 
particular to the Atlantic region, the Association of Atlantic 
Theatre Educators and Practitioners (AATEP)  invites proposals 
from theatre educators and practitioners from across Canada to 
participate in a panel discussion that addresses the topic of 
Creativity and Isolation.

Themes to be explored might include, but are not limited to:

    – developing an audience for experimental work in an 
    area that does not have a history of experimentation or is 
    artistically conservative

	– teaching newer works by report instead of direct 
experience

	– finding creative inspiration

	– developing innovative production models when isolated 
from resources

	– securing (external) funding to support creative research

	– keeping current within the discipline

	– developing a critical dialogue for one’s work

	– new play development without local developmental 
dramaturgical resources

    – designing new pedagogical models within an academic 
    environment that does not recognize the discipline’s merit

	– the pitfalls or benefits of being a single-person department/ 
program

	– using technology to overcome geographic isolation

	– the dissemination of new work from an isolated area

Potential participants are asked to submit 1) a 200 – 250-word 
proposal, outlining the topic to be addressed; and 2) a 50-word 
biographical statement.


 Please submit an electronic copy of the proposal by e-mail by 
January 31, 2008.  Completed papers should be approximately 
10 minutes in length. Please send email proposals to 
gdoran at upei.ca.