Location: Zoom Room C
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2520107866?pwd=Z7R43MTNhjgQvzQPTQjuzkaQYq7H91.1
Convenors: Sheetala Bhat, Yana Meerzon, and Steve Wilmer
| Distinctions between inside and outside animate discourses on migration, borders, identity, and culture among other things pertaining to global movements across nations. How do performance artists navigate and complicate the distinction between the inside and outside of national borders? How is migrant interiority staged? How do acts of border crossing challenge the assumed interiority of nation-states? We invite proposals that speak to these and similar questions both in relation to Canada and other geographical areas. After receiving expressions of interest, moderators will ask participants to submit short papers (3-5 pages) by May 1, 2025. When submitting their paper, we will ask each participant to identify which of the proposed axes of the conference theme– borders, identity, and culture – they would like to discuss in their papers. We will break the group into three subgroups based on the participants’ choices and will ask members of each subgroup to exchange their research-papers among each other. We will provide two research questions to be discussed by each subgroup. We will also ask each subgroup to create an outline of the major themes raised in their online discussions. At the conference, each participant will briefly present their position statements for the group (40 min); the participants will then go into three “breakout rooms” based on their subgroup where they will continue the conversation (45 min). After a short break, the entire group will reconvene in the major room to finish the discussion and to outline next steps for the group’s meetings in 2026-2027. |