CATR 2015 Conference: Roundtable Call - "Staging Equity: Actualization or Appropriation?"

[Rebecca Burton]

Hello,
 
Please find attached and included below, a roundtable call for the CATR conference in May 2015.
The deadline to apply is January 15, 2015.
 
Thanks so much!
 
All the Best,
 
Rebecca
 
Rebecca Burton
Membership Manger and EIT Co-Organizer
Playwrights Guild of Canada
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"Staging Equity: Actualization or Appropriation?"

A 2013/14 Theatre Production Survey conducted by Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) 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 endeavor. As Sarah Ahmed notes in On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (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.
 
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?
 
This roundtable will be moderated by Dr. Michelle MacArthur.
 
Please send your 250-word proposals to Rebecca Burton and Laine Zisman Newman at
equityintheatre at gmail.com by January 15, 2015.
 
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