<b>Open Call – Conference &amp; Workshop</b>
<p class="c4"><span class="c0">Increasingly universities and institutions around the world are recognising the value of<img class="alignright wp-image-2610" src="http://asiacentre.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OAUB-2010.jpg" alt="OAUB 2010" width="366" height="238" /> a holistic arts education that integrates a dynamic process of social engagement, public participation with others and the community. In Asia this movement of socially engaged, public participative and community art is gaining traction, albeit with different agendas at play with some universities initiating courses, the Art &amp; Society Research Centre in Tokyo (</span><span class="c19 c12"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://searesearchlab.org/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1473050593568000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFOOHHCDB_ExaKw55C-eT1D0zslmg">http://searesearchlab.org/</a></span><span class="c0">) initiating a lab on Socially Engaged/Community Art, and the National Arts Council of Singapore creating a department for Community and the Arts. We are also seeing more cross-disciplinary research and collaboration between artists, health workers, theatre groups, NGOs and the academia on art and cultural projects.</span></p>
<p class="c4"><span class="c0">Enhanced engagement and cross-sectoral collaborations are designed to stir civic consciousness and foster open social structures (even as possible instrumentalisation of art and domesticating activities take place) through public participation and engagement. Key to the effective achievement of such aims is the sharing of knowledge and experiences and the building of networks, and of a knowledge and experience archive or memory pool to continually build onto and draw learning from. This conference aims to convene these knowledge by bringing together practitioners from across ASEAN to share their experiences of cross sectoral collaboration and of using participative art as open and reciprocal processes for community engagement. This pooling of knowledge can foster the development of regional frameworks for community engagement that will be beneficial to arts and community knowledge creation, and to cross sector collaboration between the arts and other sectors such as health, education and advocacy in the region. Another important aspect of such activities would be on the issue of sustainability to be explored under the rubric of social entrepreneurship.</span></p>
<p class="c4"><strong><span class="c0 c9">Objective</span></strong></p>
<p class="c4"><span class="c0">ASEAN level regional conference to share dynamic knowledge and build a comprehensive learning base on cross sector research and collaboration using art as open and reciprocal processes for social and community engagement.</span></p>
<p class="c4"><span class="c12 c21">This event and activities will inform a forthcoming publication in 2017.</span></p>
<p class="c4"><strong><span class="c0 c9">Outcomes</span></strong></p>

<ol class="c14 lst-kix_cwlakjkge8vw-0 start" start="1">
 	<li class="c1"><span class="c0">Participants will improve their capability to articulate, negotiate and critique </span>frameworks and processes for public engaging activities and policies.</li>
 	<li class="c1"><span class="c0">Participants will acquire additional knowledge and competence to engage </span>across cultures, disciplines and sectors, including acceptance of knowledge from the vernacular and the everyday.</li>
 	<li class="c1"><span class="c0">Networks for sustainable collaborations will be constructed and strengthened </span>through sharing ownership of knowledge and experience.</li>
 	<li class="c1"><span class="c0">Social enterprises knowledge and fund-raising initiatives can be examined and explore to realise regional collaborations.</span></li>
 	<li class="c1"><span class="c0">ASEAN level research capability can be expanded to develop cross-sectors projects and know-how in the professional fields of social cross sector enterprises, such as in Arts &amp; Health, Arts in Prison, Arts in Education, etc.</span></li>
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<p class="c4"><span class="c0"> </span></p>
<p class="c4"><strong><span class="c0 c9">Participation</span></strong></p>
<p class="c4"><span class="c0">This conference aims to facilitate cross sector collaboration and thus is open to participants from various fields including arts, social enterprises and cultural groups, NGOs, theatre groups, students and artists. Speakers will present their particular experiences in engaging the public, in building a constructive praxis and cross sector collaboration using art in their home country. They will share the frameworks and methodologies used as well as the challenges they have faced in executing their respective projects.</span></p>
<p class="c4"><strong>
Participation size: </strong>40 pax</p>
<strong>Available places: </strong>20 pax, limited scholarships are available for participants from Southeast Asia, please apply by 15 September 2016.

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<strong>Conference fees</strong>

<em><strong>For Participants</strong></em>

Early bird – 100 USD till 15 July       Normal – 150 USD
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<p class="wsite-content-title">You can also attend the conference as a discussant to listen to the research being presented, participate in the discussions and engage with the participants/presenters. There is a conference package of USD$150 which will give you access to all four days of the conference. We are also offering a daily rate of USD$40 for those you would like to attend individual days.</p>
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*Please be aware that the conference fee is non-refundable.
**All costs regarding the transfer of the conference fee (Transfer fees) are to be covered by the applicant.

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<strong>How to respond to this Open Call:</strong>

Participants who wish to attend should send a short biography of not over 350 words on registration or as early as possible to ifima7[at] gmail.com and choose one of the following roles of participation.
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 	<li>As Discussant – “To live means to participate in dialogue: to ask questions…”.</li>
 	<li>As Presenter – Please provide a text and context of your presentation, with a description of processes and methodology, not exceeding 900 words. During the conference, your presentation will be limited to 15 mins. You should include discussion of a case study or project, focusing on context, intention, processes or methodology and the learning achieved.</li>
 	<li>As Respondent - You will be consulted and be assigned to a panel. During the conference, you will respond to one or more of the presentations.</li>
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<strong>Convenor:</strong> Dr Jay Koh, artist-curator &amp; researcher, director of iFIMA (international Forum for InterMedia Art, author of <a href="http://www.ifima.net/ALPPpreviewsm.pdf" target="_blank">Art-Led Participative Processes</a>.

<strong>Regional partner:</strong> <a href="http://www.brack.sg/" target="_blank">BRACK, Singapore</a>

<strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="http://asiacentre.co.th" target="_blank">Asia Centre, Bangkok</a>

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Note: The convenor and organisers reserve the right to decide on the final selection and designation of participants.