Staging Sustainability | April 20-22, 2011

Arts  Community  Culture  Environment

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Call for Papers

The conference committee invites proposals for papers addressing the relationship between the cultural and environmental aspects of sustainability.

Potential topics and questions might include:

• performance ecologies
  
• green design for performance
  
• theatre and eco-activism
  
• How can the arts widen our perception of nature and our ability to experience, reflect and adapt to the environment?
  
• What is the relationship between aesthetics and ethics in terms of our consideration of the environment?
  
• How are cultural values expressed in rituals and public events creating a human ecology?

Proposals should include:

• a 250-word abstract
• presenter’s name & affiliation
• mailing & email addresses

Please forward proposals to:

Ina Agastra, Executive Assistant to the Dean
Faculty of Fine Arts, York University
4700 Keele St. Toronto ON Canada M3J 1P3
ffadeanasst@yorku.ca

Submission deadline: September 1, 2010