Deadline: 1 May 2017
The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is inviting proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in public cultural institutions in South Africa to organize a workshop to take place in 2018.
ACIP Workshops are intended as annual occasions to identify and address critical themes, fundamental questions and pressing practical issues concerning public culture. For instance, Workshops might focus on particular questions and issues related to publics, visuality, museums and exhibitions, art, performance, or representational or institutional forms from diverse methodological, practical, and theoretical vantages.
Proposed Workshop themes should focus on issues and questions that foster critical examination and debate about forms, practices and institutions of public culture. Themes should be addressed from multiple orientations and disciplines and include comparative perspectives. Workshops should be planned to engage participants across different institutions of public culture, including universities, museums, arts and culture organizations, NGOs or others appropriate to the topic.
ACIP is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape and the Laney Graduate School of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).
Benefits
Each Workshop may apply for up to ZAR 60,000 to support Workshop activities and planning.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be submitted by experienced scholars and cultural practitioners based in universities, museums, and other cultural organizations in South Africa who are interested in creating or reinvigorating interdisciplinary, cross-institutional engagement and understanding and who are committed to training the next generations of scholar-practitioners.
- Applications may be submitted by a single individual or a pair of individuals who have different institutional affiliations and bring different perspectives, approaches or specializations to the proposed Workshop theme.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via email with the heading “ACIP 2018 Workshop Proposal” at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: South Africa
For more information, please visit African Critical Inquiry Programme.