SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens -- Call
Call for Expressions of Interest _ Please Forward
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Extinction or adaptation? Evolution or Revolution? What are we facing?
The complexity and urgency of the crises of today calls for us to engage together in new ways. Deep shifts in our consciousness may be required for long-term cultural changes to occur. This is a call for expressions of interest from people who are concerned with these issues.
A symposium followed by a residency is to be held late January to early February 2011 in New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. Initial expressions of interest are due 21 November, 2009.
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The SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens symposium will be an event involving individuals from a number of different worlds (e.g scientists, artists, social activists and community change agents, cultural commentators, educators, tangata whenua). Our primary aim is to facilitate connections and foster innovative, and practical solutions to the issues we are facing. Accordingly, a mixture of presentations, discussions, informal exchanges and workshops are planned. Roger Malina will be presenting from France on 'Open observatories', and Te Huirangi Waikerepuru will speak on Maori conceptions of environment. The symposium will inspire and inform the residency that follows, and also provide opportunities for people to collaborate on projects beyond SCANZ.
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The SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens two week residency is designed for those individuals or groups who would like to work on creative, poetically pragmatic or provocative projects which raise awareness of the issues that confront us, generate connections between people, and with their natural environment, and which grapple with the challenges of individual and collective evolution.
Interdisciplinary approaches and the involvement of diverse groups is welcomed. Residency projects can take place in a wirelessly networked botanic garden, along the coastline and with communities. Networked, DIY, or otherwise actively and openly distributed concepts are also encouraged. Project participants are not necessarily required to be in New Plymouth. Residency projects that are shortlisted will be included in funding applications.
Skills and experience in interdisciplinary collaboration a plus.
Expressions of Interest _ Please supply:
1. Name of main contact person. Name of the collaborative group where applicable.
2. Affiliated or associated organisations (if applicable).
3. Symposium _ Please provide up to a half page summary of your proposed contribution, including your background, and interest, in the themes we have presented.
4. Residency _ If you are interested in attending the residency, please provide a half page summary of your proposed project, clearly stating how you feel the project addresses concerns raised.
Propositional expressions of interest, i.e. those that propose working with organisations or people not yet contacted, are acceptable.
//////////////// / Email this to: ecosapiens@intercreate.org by November 21st 2009.
Though the deadline is approaching fast, we recommend that those interested make contact with us through this process so that a discussion of ideas might be possible.
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SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens _ http://www.intercreate.org/view/eco-sapiens/
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trudylaneTrudy Lane is a researcher whose work involves organising and curating events and online spaces for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange. Her early work in interweaving online exhibitions, collection archives and educational projects at the Walker Art Center gained international recognition. Later work developed with the artist Andreja Kuluncic and a team of philosophers, artists, sociologists and programmers in Zagreb, Croatia has been exhibited internationally. As part of her current research, Trudy is developing an eco-retreat and creative residency programme on her family farm in Miranda, 45 minutes southeast of Auckland.
