[artinfo] CALL for participation “Integrating Cultures/Negotiating Subjectivities”

[tijana stepanovic]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
"Integrating Cultures/Negotiating Subjectivities"
25 June – 08 July, 2007, Ohrid, Macedonia
Deadline: 15 February

       The project "Integrating Cultures/Negotiating Subjectivities" is
initiated in order to create a forum for discussing of how new European
subjectivities are to be negotiated throughout the processes of integration
of different states and cultures within the changing borders of enlarged
Europe. It aims to put forward the alternative futures of Europe by engaging
with the world of ideas and ideals of cross-cultural translation. The course
is designed as a two-week intensive summer school that is to have a
cross-disciplinary structure. The project has a threefold goal of developing
academic excellence in the chosen theme, improving teaching practices, and
enhancing research skills of the participants. It is going to combine and
reassess the contribution and impacts that different disciplines such as
visual and cultural studies, urban and social sciences, cultural geography
and postcolonial studies have in the process of development of the field of
EU integrations. Ultimately, the purpose of the school is intellectual and
academic excellence because the visions of Europe stem from a deep
intellectual terrain. However, the format will combine contemporary academic
and teaching methods with wide range cultural and art activities and thus
will break with traditional academic conventions.
            It is important to emphasise that the main premise on which this
particular programme is based is that the intercultural dialogue should be
seen as a vital way of overcoming some of the negative consequences of
European enlargement and globalisation. Besides the political processes of
negotiation between different states the progress of Europe is also the
function of ideas and visions and of those who bring forward the ideas,
great visions and have courage to be involved in big changes.
            The evident urgency for discussing the main topics of EU
integration cultural policies in the particular context of the Balkans stems
out of the burden still felt in the region after the recent war conflicts
and from the fact that many political conflicts still trouble this region
and affect population's doubts in benefits from the integration in EU. West
is in large extent still seen as "other" and different, despite the gradual
integration of eight former Eastern European countries. Therefore, this
programme will focus on the need to emphasise the view that the cultural,
educational and art activities, as well as their creators and participants,
are not to be seen as mere supplements to the political aspects of the
processes of integration, but as fundamental agents for enabling the
construction of the new subjectivities in European Community since some of
the problematic outputs of the integration processes that are due to the
unstable cultural and ethnic identities can only be tackled through art and
cultural activities. The nomadic subjectivities and the cultural
dissemination that stems out of these processes are exactly the agencies on
which the integrational policies of EU are rooted, but these processes are
often seen as problematic by the media or public in some of the non-member
states.
       Cultural diversity, equal representation of cultural, ethnic and
gender difference and enabling the conditions of recognition of common
ethical values (i.e. human dignity, respect for difference and diversity,
solidarity, etc.) and the association of differences are the most important
means to prevent the complex and polyvalent integration from becoming simple
assimilation. As such, intercultural dialogue is an important instrument in
building awareness of common cultural heritage, and for creating trust,
mutual understanding and solidarity in the civil society. Also, academic
education is one of the key factors that can facilitate dealing with
integration as a practical need to survive as a society and civilisation in
the changed circumstances.
       The programme is to be realised in a form of a two-week summer school
to take place in Ohrid, Macedonia, in the framework of the academic
activities of Ohrid Summer University in June 2007. The main organiser is
the Visual and Cultural Research Centre of the "Euro-Balkan" Institute -
Skopje and is supported by the Jean Monnet Foundation. The initiative for
such a course is based on the need to research and teach the EU integration
prospects in the Balkan region, where there is a concentration of large
number of candidate countries.

       Sub-themes

       The main subjects to be developed through different activities of the
programme are structured as lectures, presentations, plenary sessions,
workshops and collaborative research and writing projects. All activities
are going to be based on three main sub-themes:

       a)  Art and Culture
        as Agency of
Change

-The importance of art and culture for enhancing of networks of
intercultural communication and social
change.

-Art and cultural production as processes of production of interference
between local and international
knowledge

-Artists and cultural workers as original and innovative agents of
integration


b)  IntegratedCultures/NegotiatedCities

-The role of negotiating new city structures and urban environments
and
-The role of imagined, virtual and real urban communities for establishing a
successful intercultural
dialogue.

-The role of the urban cultures in the construction of the new citizens and
urban subjectivities fully participating the civic society
activities

c) Images of
Difference


The analysis and overcoming of stereotypical and hierarchical
representational regimes in visual art, culture and media as facilitator for
successful integration of all members and citizens of the newly integrated
countries, and equal cultural expression regardless to national, cultural or
gender background

       Eligibility and costs:
20 participants of the summer school will be chosen on highly competitive
basis among young teaching assistants and researchers in visual culture, art
history, cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, architecture and urban
studies, art and cultural management, visual arts, curatorial studies.
The applicants from SEE and the Balkans have a priority but also
participants from EU can apply. The costs of the two-week course, the
accommodation, meals and local travel expenses are going to be covered by
the organiser. There are no funds available for international travel.




Return by 15 February to:

Visual and Cultural Research Centre
"Euro-Balkan" Institute
Bul. Partizanski Odredi 63
Skopje,1000
Republic of Macedonia
phone/fax: (+389 2) 375 570; 390 731
e-mail: visualculturalresearchcentre at gmail.com
www.euba.org.mk


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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
“Integrating Cultures/Negotiating Subjectivities”
25 June – 08 July, 2007, Ohrid, Macedonia
Deadline: 15 February
 
       The project “Integrating Cultures/Negotiating Subjectivities” is initiated in order to create a forum for discussing of how new European subjectivities are to be negotiated throughout the processes of integration of different states and cultures within the changing borders of enlarged Europe. It aims to put forward the alternative futures of Europe by engaging with the world of ideas and ideals of cross-cultural translation. The course is designed as a two-week intensive summer school that is to have a cross-disciplinary structure. The project has a threefold goal of developing academic excellence in the chosen theme, improving teaching practices, and enhancing research skills of the participants. It is going to combine and reassess the contribution and impacts that different disciplines such as visual and cultural studies, urban and social sciences, cultural geography and postcolonial studies have in the process of development of the field of EU integrations. Ultimately, the purpose of the school is intellectual and academic excellence because the visions of Europe stem from a deep intellectual terrain. However, the format will combine contemporary academic and teaching methods with wide range cultural and art activities and thus will break with traditional academic conventions.
            It is important to emphasise that the main premise on which this particular programme is based is that the intercultural dialogue should be seen as a vital way of overcoming some of the negative consequences of European enlargement and globalisation. Besides the political processes of negotiation between different states the progress of Europe is also the function of ideas and visions and of those who bring forward the ideas, great visions and have courage to be involved in big changes.
            The evident urgency for discussing the main topics of EU integration cultural policies in the particular context of the Balkans stems out of the burden still felt in the region after the recent war conflicts and from the fact that many political conflicts still trouble this region and affect population’s doubts in benefits from the integration in EU. West is in large extent still seen as “other” and different, despite the gradual integration of eight former Eastern European countries. Therefore, this programme will focus on the need to emphasise the view that the cultural, educational and art activities, as well as their creators and participants, are not to be seen as mere supplements to the political aspects of the processes of integration, but as fundamental agents for enabling the construction of the new subjectivities in European Community since some of the problematic outputs of the integration processes that are due to the unstable cultural and ethnic identities can only be tackled through art and cultural activities. The nomadic subjectivities and the cultural dissemination that stems out of these processes are exactly the agencies on which the integrational policies of EU are rooted, but these processes are often seen as problematic by the media or public in some of the non-member states. 
       Cultural diversity, equal representation of cultural, ethnic and gender difference and enabling the conditions of recognition of common ethical values (i.e. human dignity, respect for difference and diversity, solidarity, etc.) and the association of differences are the most important means to prevent the complex and polyvalent integration from becoming simple assimilation. As such, intercultural dialogue is an important instrument in building awareness of common cultural heritage, and for creating trust, mutual understanding and solidarity in the civil society. Also, academic education is one of the key factors that can facilitate dealing with integration as a practical need to survive as a society and civilisation in the changed circumstances. 
       The programme is to be realised in a form of a two-week summer school to take place in Ohrid, Macedonia, in the framework of the academic activities of Ohrid Summer University in June 2007. The main organiser is the Visual and Cultural Research Centre of the “Euro-Balkan” Institute - Skopje and is supported by the Jean Monnet Foundation. The initiative for such a course is based on the need to research and teach the EU integration prospects in the Balkan region, where there is a concentration of large number of candidate countries.
 
       Sub-themes
 
       The main subjects to be developed through different activities of the programme are structured as lectures, presentations, plenary sessions, workshops and collaborative research and writing projects. All activities are going to be based on three main sub-themes: 
        
       a)  Art and Culture
        as Agency of Change                                                                        
-The importance of art and culture for enhancing of networks of intercultural communication and social change.                                                                                         
-Art and cultural production as processes of production of interference between local and international knowledge                                                                                              
-Artists and cultural workers as original and innovative agents of integration  
     
    b)  IntegratedCultures/NegotiatedCities                                                                                              
-The role of negotiating new city structures and urban environments and                                   
-The role of imagined, virtual and real urban communities for establishing a successful intercultural dialogue.                                                                                                                     
-The role of the urban cultures in the construction of the new citizens and urban subjectivities fully participating the civic society activities                                                 
 
c) Images of
Difference                                                                                                           
 
The analysis and overcoming of stereotypical and hierarchical representational regimes in visual art, culture and media as facilitator for successful integration of all members and citizens of the newly integrated countries, and equal cultural expression regardless to national, cultural or gender background 
 
       Eligibility and costs:
20 participants of the summer school will be chosen on highly competitive basis among young teaching assistants and researchers in visual culture, art history, cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, architecture and urban studies, art and cultural management, visual arts, curatorial studies. 
The applicants from SEE and the Balkans have a priority but also participants from EU can apply. The costs of the two-week course, the accommodation, meals and local travel expenses are going to be covered by the organiser. There are no funds available for international travel.
 
 
 
 
Return by 15 February to: 
 
Visual and Cultural Research Centre
"Euro-Balkan" Institute 
Bul. Partizanski Odredi 63
Skopje,1000
Republic of Macedonia
phone/fax: (+389 2) 375 570; 390 731 
e-mail: visualculturalresearchcentre at gmail.com
www.euba.org.mk
 

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