ACT | UJ Creative Conference invite
proposals for 20-minute presentations at the 2017 #CREATIVEUPRISING Conference
Deadline:
April 18, 2017.
To create a relevant arts education
curricula, a process of unlearning and relearning is required. There is a need
for a critical reimagining of how the arts are understood and how teaching is
approached. After the fall of the Rhodes Statue, a cultural site has been
transformed into a classroom and the hierarchy between students and teachers
has been shifted by questions from both sides that cannot be answered by our
current curricula.
The ACT | UJ #CREATIVEUPRISING Conference
seeks to re-claim a relevant identity for South African arts education. It will
reference past conversations, new and existing research, and innovative arts
teaching practices. It will bring together key stakeholders involved in basic,
tertiary, virtual and informal education and training. Through inviting school
teachers, learners, academics, students, arts practitioners, organisations and
policymakers, the conference will provide an important opportunity to engage in
a progressive dialogue that will allow multiple voices to be heard on an equal
platform.
ACT and UJ Arts & Culture invite
proposals to present a 20-minute presentation at the ACT | UJ #CREATIVEUPRISING
2017 Conference. Presentations may include but are not limited to essays,
photographic essays, graphic interventions, new media, disruptions and
performances.
Please submit a ONE page proposal
containing the following information: title of presentation, full names,
contact details and affiliation of presenter(s), 300-500 word abstract or plan
as well as any additional equipment needed.
Proposals should be emailed to
conference@act.org.za by April 18, 2017. Successful applicants will be
contacted via email.
The fifth ACT | UJ Creative Conference will
be presented from July 27 to 29, 2017, at The University of Johannesburg
Kingsway Campus and presented by the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) and UJ Arts
& Culture (Division of FADA) in partnership with SAMRO Foundation.
Among the arts education topics that will be
explored #CREATIVEUPRISING is inviting proposals for presentations that deal
with the following themes:
#CriticalPractice - What is a decolonised
arts education? What is the relationship of decolonisation and Africanisation
in arts education?
#PracticeWhatWePreach - How do we go about
teaching a decolonised arts curriculum? What are the practical implications for
teaching a decolonised curriculum?
#WhoseCultureIsItAnyway?- What role does
culture play in a decolonised art curriculum?
#AccessibleArtsEducation - In what ways can
we extend access to arts education within South African and across Africa?
#WokeArts:
- is the relationship between academia, activism and art?
#CreativeNetworks - How can arts educators
across all basic, tertiary and informal sectors collaborate more effectively?
In what ways can we build networks of arts educators across Africa?
#ArtsEducationMatters; Can the arts be used
as a social transformational tool and can it succeed in transcending or
dismantling barriers to representation?
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is
South Africa’s premier independent arts funding and development agency. Go to
www.act.org.za for more information about ACT including the Trust’s programmes.
UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the
Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA), produces and presents
world-class student and professional arts programmes aligned to the UJ vision
of an international university of choice, anchored in Africa, dynamically
shaping the future. A robust range of arts platforms are offered on all four UJ
campuses to students, staff, alumni and the general public to experience and
engage with emerging and established Pan-African and international artists
drawn from the full spectrum of the arts.
For regular updates follow them on Twitter or
visit www.uj.ac.za/arts.
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