Cfp: Nation, community and the construction of place
in contemporary theatre (10/3; 29.6/-2/7/2002)
Contributions are invited for a panel on “Nation,
community and the construction of place in
contemporary theatre” for the Crossroads in Cultural
Studies-conference in Tampere, Finland (29 June – 2
July 2002). Please send 150-word abstracts to the
e-mail address below. Please not that the deadline for
sending abstracts is 10 March 2002. Please also note
that the deadline for registration for the conference
for participants is 15 March.
Both ‘community’ and ‘nation’ – even, or especially
in, times of ‘space-time compression’ (Harvey 1989) –
are concepts that are indissolubly tied to
representations of place. This panel seeks to discuss
how issues of place are explored in contemporary
theatrical performance. Seemingly unmediated, the
audience experiences place as tangible and ‘real’ in
the theatre and thus the staging of place is far more
than merely the background to theatrical action. How
is place constructed in plays dealing with issues of
community and nation – and how is the actual
construction of the performance space linked to the
discussion of these issues in the plays? How are
contested ideas about community and nation presented
in a theatrical framework? What role does the theatre
– both as an institution and as an art form – have in
the cultural production of place? And which role does
the localisation of plays, playwrights/companies and
performance spaces play in a more general cultural
discussion of nation and community?
Please send abstracts to avonrothkirch@yahoo.co.uk
For more information about the conference please visit
the following webpage: http://www.crossroads2002.com/
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