[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: STATE OF THE ARTS CONFERENCE- DOWNTOWN RIVERSIDE, NOV 6-9

[D Charles Whitney]

D Charles Whitney, Professor and Chair
Department of Creative Writing, 4119 INTS
U of California, Riverside CA 92521
951.827.6076    FAX 951.827.3619




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> From: <dhebdige at ucr.edu>
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> Dear all,
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> I'm sending with this email as attachments the press release and  
> finalized program for the upcoming 'State of the Arts' conference  
> organized by UC Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) and  
> scheduled November 6-9 on the UCR campus and at the Life Arts  
> building in downtown Riverside.
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> "State of the Arts" is an annual event designed to showcase arts  
> projects and arts-centered research both across and beyond the UC  
> system and to provide a platform for dialog and discussion on  
> issues pertaining to arts research paradigms, arts advocacy, arts  
> pedagogy and the potential for interdisciplinary collaborations and  
> project-focussed partnerships with communities and organizations  
> beyond the confines of the campus.
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> Each year a different UC hosts 'State of the Arts' and one of the  
> goals of the gatherings is to give each campus an opportunity to  
> highlight its  peculiar strengths vis a vis the arts and arts- 
> centered scholarship and its vision for the future. The decision  
> this time round to hold most of the conference off campus grew out  
> of a recognition of the investment UCR has made in the downtown  
> area through Artsblock and of the spirit of collaboration and  
> exchange that characterizes UCR's approach to  regional arts and  
> cultural policy.
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>  Music faculty member, Renee Coulombe has done a great job getting  
> local artists from outside the UC system to participate with  
> colleagues from all 9 UC's with arts programs in a series of  
> panels, screenings, performances and dj interventions centered on  
> the multivalent term "Demonstration"  over the weekend at the  
> downtown Life Arts Building.(NB: The event was originally planned  
> to precede rather than immediately follow the election but this  
> calendrical snafu is unlikely to subdue the  sense of   
> demonstration-as-political-protest that has no doubt informed some  
> of the presentations).
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> There is, I think, plenty on the program to directly engage  
> colleagues in Media & Cultural Studies. Toby will be giving the  
> first of three keynotes (the others to be given by Clementine  
> Deliss (Future Academy, Edinburgh College of Art) and Bruce. W.  
> ferguson (Future Arts Research Institute, ASU).
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> I very much hope to see you there .
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> Best wishes,
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> Dick
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> PS. Having now met the Dept I feel remiss for not inviting  
> colleagues to participate (eg. esp. given the stress this year on  
> gaming- Derek!) but I hope that at future events some of you will  
> consider participating as panelists.
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