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Tropics of the Imagination  Posted on - Monday, October 03, 2011

 

The Cairns Institute in association with the School of Arts and Social Sciences,
James Cook University,
present the second biennial

Tropics of the Imagination

A conference on writing and the arts in the tropics


Monday 31st October – Tuesday 1st November 2011

Rydges Esplanade Resort
Cnr. Kerwin Street & The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD.
Conference Convenor
Stephen Torre
 

 
Conference Organising Committee:
Professor Hurriyet Babacan, Foundation Director, The Cairns Institute (Chair)
Eve Stafford OAM, Director Savvy Arts
Leslie Sparks, Cultural Services & Facilities Manager, Cairns City Council
Dr Russell Milledge, Lecturer in Creative Arts, JCU
Associate Professor Stephen Torre, Arts and Social Sciences, JCU
 

The aims of the conference are:

  • To provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research into writing and the creative arts in the Tropics;
  • To provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of current and past practice of writing and the creative arts in the Tropics;
  • To form a scholarly community for research into writing and the arts in the Tropics within the Cairns Institute in James Cook University;
  • To develop relations between the JCU research focus groups and other researchers and institutions nationally and internationally;
  • To provide a forum for building cooperation, collaboration and consultancies between the JCU scholarly community and relevant individuals, groups, and creative industries in the North Queensland region.

The conference welcomes papers and presentations from anyone with a professional interest in imaginative, creative or artistic work, including artists, art-workers and administrators, and academics.

We will accept papers on a wide range of topics including the special themes for the 2011 conference:

  • Environment as Character
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Sensuality, Sensitivity and Creativity
  • Abundance, Wholeness, Well-Being
  • Hidden Tropics: the unspoken, the invisible
  • Voices of Place and Habitus
 

Conference Costs

Start: 31 October 2011 (Day One)
End: 1 November 2011. (Day Two - Half day)

Day 1 only: $85.00
Day 1 & 2: $125.00
Day I & 2 Student Price: $100.00

Optional Melbourne Cup Lunch day 2: $45.00
Early bird discount, includes Day 1 & 2 and Melbourne Cup Lunch: $120.00. Early bird cut-off is 30 September 2011.

All prices include GST.


 
See HERE for Registration/Payment form.


 


  

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