Narrating the Somatic:
Gathering voices, sharing
practices Symposium
24th February 2018,
Hendon Campus, London, UK
The call for contributions
is now open for Narrating the Somatic: Gathering voices, sharing
practices symposium 24th February 2018. As scholars-artists and practitioners
of dance and somatic studies we understand that the embodied experience
underpins meaning making, but how is this bodily
understanding captured, shared, and
stories articulated as knowledge without disrupting its felt origins. Why is it important to
share and communicate embodied knowing? How are choreographic processes and
other explorations in movement a methodology for understanding our personal, historical, cultural
narratives?
The
symposium will explore how we tell the tales of our embodied experiences and share
our practices…narrating the somatic. The Symposium will bring together existing published
academics, visual documentaries of movement (photography/film), and movers and
choreographers practicing professionally in the field. The event also links to
a call for papers for an up-coming special issue of the Journal of
Dance and Somatic Practices that Adesola Akinleye & Helen
Kindred will be guest editing.
Call for contributions:
Submissions could respond to:
-
Capturing and narrating embodied
practices
-
Practice as
research / Choreography as methodology
- How text/image/film about somatic practices relates
to the physicality of the practice
- Professional Practices in Dance and their
documentation
- Initiatives or innovations communicating embodied
experience within arts practices
- Biography and Auto-biography as a mode of
documentation for arts work
Session
formats:
Presenters can give spoken presentations (papers) [15-20 minutes] and
/or practical presentations (workshops) [45 minutes] and /or short performance
works [10-15mins]
Review criteria:
Each
proposal is subjected to peer review considering:
· clarity of the proposal;
· originality/innovation of
the mode of presentation of the idea/approach;
· anticipated interest
Those interested in making a
contribution to the day should complete the following details and submit by Jan 3rd 2018 to Adesola
Akinleye a.akinleye@mdx.ac.uk and
Helen
Kindred h.kindred@mdx.ac.uk. Successful
applicants will be notified by 12th January 2018 or before. Proposals from
successful applications will be put on a symposium web-page prior to the event.
These will include the abstract, keywords, outline, plus any references deemed
appropriate.
Call for
Contributions: proposal format
Narrating the Somatic: Gathering
voices, sharing practices
One day symposium
24th February 2018,
Lead contact and email:
Title of proposal:
Format:
¨ Workshop (45 mins)
¨ Paper (20 mins)
¨ Performance (10-15 mins)
Short abstract:
(maximum of 50 words)
Please provide details of the
focus you will be presenting in your session.
Outline: (maximum 400 words)
Please specify the details of
your session and how it links to the overall theme of the Symposium
Key words: (optional)
Add keywords which help to
define the session content (for use on the conference website).
IT or
audio-visual requirements:
Computer,
data-projectors and internet access will be provided as standard. If you have
any other IT or audio-visual requirements please specify. For performances
lighting and tech support should be kept to a minimal. (Performance worked will
have tech time during the day of the symposium)
I give consent to be filmed and
photographed for documentation purposes?
Signature:
Date:
