Date:
Location: Cologne , Germany
International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) World Congress 2025
Cologne, Germany
9-13 June, 2025
The Theatre & Architecture Working Group invites proposals from researchers and practitioners for our meeting during the 2025 IFTR.
C A R N I V A L E S Q U E S P A T I A L I T I E S : siting revelry + resistance
Intersecting with the main conference topic of Carnival Ekstasis | Subversion | Metamorphosis, for our meeting during the 2025 IFTR World Congress, the Theatre & Architecture Working Group will explore what it means to (re)claim and design spaces for public celebrations, as well as engage with performative actions and unplanned performances of revelry and resistance that shape experiences of urban, suburban and rural environments in ways they were not designed or intended for.
The topic "Performing Carnival" ranges from planned festivals to the carnival of everyday life, encouraging us to consider the spatial politics of performing carnival on the local and global stage. Current world events serve as a catalyst for rethinking and challenging our perceptions of the carnival of the everyday between architecture, performance, land, and cultures which they embody. How do we understand cities and urban environments differently through the carnivalesque? This meeting is an opportunity to consider what it is to create and critique theatre architecture, performance spaces, cultural venues and the public realm, both on and offline ? operating between the imaginary and reality.
We invite flash talks and provocations that engage with practices and approaches to the revelry and resistance of carnival and the carnivalesque.
Abstracts may address (but are not limited to):
We invite proposals and provocations that engage with the theme, and may take the forms of PechaKucha presentations (20 slides x 20 seconds) or flash talks (8-10 mins). This aligns with rethinking collaboration formats during WG meetings, which could include workshops or performative engagements, depending on the number of proposals we receive. Please be mindful that resources and time for workshops or performative engagements will be restricted.
Abstracts can be submitted via the IFTR Cambridge Core portal. Please note that you must renew your membership or become a member in order to submit: https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/iftr
Deadline for the Submission of Abstracts: 15 January 2025.
TAWG Flash talks / PechaKucha presentations are to be pre-circulated by 9 May 2025.
For further information: www.IFTR2025.com
