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Call for Papers
The 8th Academic Forum on Urban Culture Research
(Register
Here) (See Program Here)
Contact:
Urban Culture Research Center (UCRC)
Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand
Date: March 9-10, 2010
Theme: Empowering Urban Culture and Creativity: Art, PubliCITY, and Transformation
We are happy to
announce the 2010 collaborative forum between the Faculty of Fine and
Applied Arts at Chulalongkorn University,
Bangkok, Thailand and Osaka City University, Japan. This forum aims
to create a space for graduate students and scholars to share their
research in visual art, creative art, performance studies, dance, cultural
studies, ethnomusicology, and related disciplines connected to the study of
academic and vernacular interpretation of urban culture through arts.
This year's forum seeks to explore the following questions:
1. What are the social challenges in urban communities calling for
innovative solutions across the arts and creative spaces?
2. How do we engage the various players and sectors of the
arts world to unite and coordinate their efforts to play a more integral
role in city development?
3. How do we build creative, sustainable and inclusive
communities in urban and suburban environments?
4. How can new media and alternative media and forms and new
forms of artistic expressions open new spaces for transformation?
5. How can the arts world build partnerships with youth
clubs, schools, civil society, media and city
governments to support initiatives for creative community development?
In short: How do we design the relations of the arts and a
new urban future?
Objectives:
1. Identifying and exploring social issues and problems in
urban environments and the space through the arts
2. Exploring new art forms and creative initiatives in city environments
across the spectrum of artistic expressions (music, dance, visual arts,
photography, design etc.)
3. Identifying areas for future work and capacity building in
urban culture studies.
Abstract format:
Abstracts of about 250 words in English and set in 10 point
Verdana, should be submitted by January 25, 2010 to
Prof.em. Kjell Skyllstad<kmskylls@broadpark.no>
Notification about acceptance, instructions for paper size
and format, as well as information on the conference venue, accommodation
and travel advice will be sent to contributors on Feb. 10.
Please enclose a short CV. Proposals for papers on successful
model projects and contributions representing both art and social science
disciplines (double authorship) are especially welcome.
About our hosts:
The Urban Research Plaza (URP) is jointly administered by the
Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences of Osaka City University,
Osaka and the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts of Chulalongkorn University,
Bangkok, and has established academic exchange agreements with the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, Huadong Shifan University of Shanghai, the University of
London, England, the University of Hamburg, Germany and Gadjah
Mada University and the Institut
Seni Indonesia in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia.
For more details of the forum (lodging, location, etc.)
Please visit http://pioneer.chula.ac.th/~sbussako/urp.htm in
the coming months
Accommodation: Vithayanives - Cheap
University’s Guesthouse needs to be booked in advance. Price: Single
room 400 thb/night, Double room 600 thb/night without BF.
Tel: 662 2183010 ext 0 Please mention this Conference and Faculty of
Fine and Applied Arts
Regarding local
transportation and accommodation
Please contact Miss TONG,
Tel. : 66-2184582, E-mail
:staying_alive111@hotmail.com
Conference
venue’s map: http://www.chula.ac.th/images/map/map.jpg
Please see Maha Chulalongkorn
Building (Grid D1 64)
Nearby Hotels: Phatumwan
Princes Hotel, Novotel Siam Square, Mandarin
Hotel, Montien Hotel, Asia Hotel. Those hotels
are within walking distance, please manage your booking through internet
Registration fee: Free (within deadline - 10
Feb 2010)
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