September 2-6, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina The city of Buenos Aires, co-president of the Committee on culture of UCLG, organises an international seminar to discuss and to update the conceptual bases of our work. The seminar considers the current contents of Agenda 21 for culture, and will analyse the challenges laid out by the… Continue reading Seminar : “Cities, culture and future”
Category: Conferences
Sustainability in Theater Unconference
July 1st, 2013 : Registration now open August 19-20, 2013 at Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN. The first U.S. national Sustainability in Theater conference was presented by the Minnesota Theater Alliance and the Twin Cities Sustainable Theaters Group at Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, April 30 and May 1, 2012. Compared to 2012’s gathering, the 2013 event… Continue reading Sustainability in Theater Unconference
Call for Papers : “Where is our ecological art history?
April 10-12, 2014 : 40th Anniversary, Annual AAH Conference & Bookfair, Royal College of Art, London Deadline for proposals : November 11th 2013 The discipline of art history has proved itself able to look various crises of culture in the face and open up the discipline to ideological struggles and debates. These debates have involved its… Continue reading Call for Papers : “Where is our ecological art history?
‘Political Art’ of Istanbul as Politics of the Middle East
Leuphana University (HS 4), Lüneburg (Germany), July 1st 2013 – 18:00 The guest lecture will focus on the formation of the contemporary art field in Istanbul and how a particular category of ‘political art’ emerged from that field. First, Ni l Uzun will present the historical background of the formation of the contemporary art field… Continue reading ‘Political Art’ of Istanbul as Politics of the Middle East
Landscapes of the Mind : The Art of Wellbeing conference
Friday 28th June 2013, Landscapes of the Mind : The Art of Wellbeing conference at The Lightbox, Surrey, UK This Conference, organized in the context of the “Happy Museum Project”, will explore the relationships between the appreciation and creation of artworks – and arts projects in general – and mental health and well being. The Conference… Continue reading Landscapes of the Mind : The Art of Wellbeing conference
Workshop at King’s College
Representing uncertainty, July 2nd 2013, London, UK TippingPoint, in partnership with the King’s Cultural Institute, is going to be holding a series of workshops that brings together academics from King’s College London with artists and other interested parties in the wider community. The aim is to explore particular subjects in depth, subjects which are… Continue reading Workshop at King’s College
International Conference
19 – 21 June 2013, “Transformation in a Changing Climate”, Oslo, Norway The aim of this conference is to bring together diverse perspectives on transformation, and to generate cutting-edge discussions on deliberate, ethical and sustainable transformation in response to the complex global challenges associated with climate change. The conference will hold a wide range of… Continue reading International Conference
Ecology and cybernetics towards network society capitalism
June 21-22nd,2013, The World Earth – Conference, in Berlin The exhibition and the conference The Whole Earth are dedicated to the story of the image of the “blue planet”. The project takes its starting point in historical developments in California since the 1960s : using materials from cultural history and artistic works. Curated by Diedrich… Continue reading Ecology and cybernetics towards network society capitalism
More for Less – Design in an Age of Austerity
June 21st, deadline for sending papers! The Cumulus Dublin Conference 2013 proposes, in the deepest recession since the great depression of the1930s to turn the modernist mantra ‘less is more’ on its head as the reduced budgets of governments, business and people demand ‘more for less’, and develop a ‘New Deal’ for design.Vibrant economies are… Continue reading More for Less – Design in an Age of Austerity
A Study on Contemporary Concerns around Gender
15th June 2013, Towards Gender Inclusivity, in Bangalore (India) The Alternative Law Forum and LesBiT invite you to the release of Towards Gender Inclusivity: A Study on Contemporary Concerns around Gender. This report is authored by queer rights activist Sunil Mohan assisted by musician Sumathi Murthy. The report has been edited by Alok Vaid-Menon, and… Continue reading A Study on Contemporary Concerns around Gender
