CfP: Student Theatre Activism, Zagreb, 24-26.3.2010

Call
for Papers and Participants!

The
Regional Conference “Student Theatre and Political Activism”
Student
Centre of the University of Zagreb
March,
24th to 26th, 2010
Zagreb(Croatia)

During the last two decades
the demand for active social and political engagement in art has become one of
the most urgent ones. Reasons are many and diverse, from the ecological to
antiglobalist ones, but they successfully summon artists from various fields.
However, while conceptual, performance and video artists demonstrate strong
political awareness and readiness, most of the theatre artists yield to the
inertia of their field, reacting slowly, if at all. Can students
change this? This
conference seeks to provide a forum for the exchange of practices and
experiences relating to social and political activism among student theatre
groups at the university. Our aim is to analyse recent initiatives and
reveal innovative
approaches to theatre as a vehicle of social change and political statement.

The questions we ask are simple:
Does theatre has the power to
make a change?
If so, do students recognize it?
Are they willing to use it?
Is there a need to use it?
What can we learn from other artistic practices?

The Conference will be held
during Test!0 – International Student Theatre and Multimedia Festival
(22nd – 27th March). It is open to all theatre practitioners and
theoreticians (for example in the following fields: theatre studies,
art history,
sociology, film and media studies) who work with university students, university
students and other participants eager to contribute to the development of social
and political awareness among students at the university.

Please submit your
presentation abstract (in Slavic languages and/or English, 250 words) and CV
to: testzg.conference@gmail.com

Accommodation and travel info
upon demand.

Look for more info on the
festival at
www.test.hr