Call for Contributions for Regenerate! Workshop 20 & 21 March 2024. Deadline for contributions: 15 Nov 2024
Regenerate! brings together creative use of new or old materials with current material developments in the preservation and conservation of arts and heritage. Together we seek to create a space for debate and experimentation that examines – and contributes to – the ecosystemic turn in material research and heritage practices. How can materials advance new understandings of conservation in relation to circularity, repair, and regeneration? Which new forms of (co-)creation, (co-)ownership, business models, legal and policy frameworks, are emerging from shifts in material research and heritage practices? In which ways do material practices push new imaginaries of protecting endangered material, environmental, and cultural heritage?
The two-day workshop will explore these and other questions by creating a dialogue between ancient and new materials, academic and vernacular knowledge, the digital and the physical realms, creative and scientific research. To convey the richness and variety of current approaches to these subjects, the programme will combine talks, workshops, fieldwalks, performances, and other formats.
Does your research or practice resonate with the following sub-themes, or do you want to propose other 'ways of seeing' with materials in preservation and conservation for future generations, humans and not? Then please join us! Early-career researchers and creative practitioners are especially encouraged to submit proposals.
Sub-themes:
→ Ecological regeneration in relation to heritage preservation and conservation
→ Ethics and politics of material conservation and preservation
→ Histories of new materials, and innovation with old materials
→ Materiality in organizational policies and strategies of arts and heritage organizations (i.e. in relationship to communication, ownership and governance)
→ Interaction between new technologies (i.e. artificial intelligence, open-source models, digitization) and material practices
→ Creation and conservation of digital material culture in relation to legal frameworks, including intellectual property
Written abstracts up to 300 words or a link to a 2-minute video/audio clip in English can be submitted by 15 November 2024 to macch@maastrichtuniversity.nl. The selection of contributions will be communicated before 15 December 2024.
Please:
- describe the topic of your contribution, specifying the preferred format: talk, workshop, field visit, performance, etc..
- include a short bio up to 150 words
For contributors not affiliated with arts/research institutes, we can provide financial support towards travel and accommodation to Maastricht.
Please click here for more information.
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