CATR Roundtable CFP: Staging Equity: Actualization or Appropriation?

[Rebecca Burton]

Hello Everyone,
 
Please note the deadline is this Thursday, January 15, 2015.
 
Cheers,
 
Laine and Rebecca
 
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 CFP: Staging Equity: Actualization
or Appropriation?

Roundtable Session
at CATR 2015 (University of Ottawa, May 30 to June 2, 2015)

Co-organizers:
Rebecca Burton & Laine Zisman Newman

Moderated
by Dr. Michelle MacArthur

 

A 2013/14 Theatre Production Survey
conducted by Playwrights Guild of Canada 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 endeavour. As Sara
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?

 

Please send your 250-word proposals to:

Rebecca Burton and Laine
Zisman Newman at 

equityintheatre at gmail.com  

 

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2015

http://static.ow.ly/docs/call_for_papers_roundtable_burton_zisman_newman_2FO8.pdf







 		 	   		  
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