Date limite de soumission des propositions : mercredi 15 juin 2016
Le KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, en collaboration avec le Rachel Carson Center et le Nelson Institute Center for Culture, History, and Environment de l’Université du Wisconsin à Madison, lance un appel à contributions dans le cadre du “Stories of the Anthropocene Festival”. Celui-ci se tiendra les jeudi 27, vendredi 28 et samedi 29 octobre 2016 à Stockholm, en Suède.
We invite scholars, artists, writers, filmmakers, and activists to propose a single story that can represent or encapsulate the Anthropocene. We welcome stories from all possible angles and scales, rejecting any pre-constituted hierarchy between fiction and non-fiction, local and global, scientific and vernacular, academic and pop.
Deeply rooted in the storytelling tradition of the humanities, SAF seeks to reclaim the power of narratives to shape and understand the world beyond the dualities of possible/impossible, material/immaterial, real/imaginary.
We invite scholars, artists, writers, filmmakers, and activists to propose a single story that can represent or encapsulate the Anthropocene. We welcome stories from all possible angles and scales, rejecting any pre-constituted hierarchy between fiction and non-fiction, local and global, scientific and vernacular, academic and pop.
Deeply rooted in the storytelling tradition of the humanities, SAF seeks to reclaim the power of narratives to shape and understand the world beyond the dualities of possible/impossible, material/immaterial, real/imaginary.
In November 2014, a group of scholars and artists convened at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, for the Anthropocene slam: A Cabinet of Curiosities. In a playful and creative way, presenters introduced objects that they felt embodied the Anthropocene. The Slam was then translated firstly into an exhibition, the Anthropocene Cabinet of Curiosities, on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, and secondly into an edited volume.
SAF builds on and aims to recreate the experience of the Slam. Participants will have 30 minutes to narrate or tell their story to the public in any format, including (but not limited to) video, dance, song, or theater. The audience will select their favorite stories, and these will be curated into an online platform, the Anthropocene Library.
Deux méthodes pour soumettre vos propositions :
- sous forme écrite, en envoyant un résumé de 250 mots ;
- sous la forme d’une vidéo, en envoyant un lien vers une vidéo de 3 minutes maximum.
Dans tous les cas, vos propositions devront mentionner la source de votre histoire, le format qui sera adopté pour votre présentation, la manière dont votre histoire correspond au thème du “Stories of the Anthropocene Festival”, et les spécificités techniques de votre présentation.
Veillez à joindre à votre envoi une biographie de 250 mots maximum, en indiquant vos coordonnées.
Envoyez vos contributions, en mentionnant “SAF submission” dans l’objet, à ehlab@abe.kth.se avant le mercredi 15 juin 2016. Pour toutes questions, contactez ehlab@abe.kth.se.
Les résultats des sélections seront communiqués avant le vendredi 15 juillet 2016.
