ASSITEJ PROJECT

Call for Papers

This is an open call for papers to participate in the 4th. International TYA Critics and Researchers Forum that will take place in Buenos Aires City, unhealthy Argentina from July 26-30, 2016.

The topic of this 4th Forum will be: From Theatre for Babies to Theatre for Adolescents: Is there a Theatre for Every Age Group?

The Theatre for Children and Young People Independent Practitioners Association (ATINA– Argentina), in collaboration with the Theatre Researchers and Critics Association (AINCRIT– Argentina), and the International Theatre for Young Audiences Researchers Network (ITYARN), organize the 4^th. International Theatre for Children and Young People Researchers and Critics Forum, with the aim of encouraging the development of research in the International field of theatre for children and young people.

The goal of these Forums is to make a theoretical contribution to Theatre for Children and Young People practitioners, to promote the development of new trends as well as to encourage the integration of Ibero American researchers into the international network. During the meeting different theoretical frameworks on critical approaches will be proposed and the role of theory in practice and practice in theory will be discussed. The 4^th FORUM expects to be a platform for exchange.

PROGRAM

The program includes conferences, paper presentations, plenary sessions, meetings, forums, round tables, workshops and debates.

ITYARN and AINCRIT members from International Universities as well as International TYA professionals will participate in the Forum Conferences and Panels.

International Researchers and Practitioners will participate in the papers readings.

During the Forum, participants and speakers will be able to attend to Argentinian Theatre for Children and Young People performances.

LANGUAGE:

English – Spanish. Forums will be translated into both languages.

PARTICIPANTS:

The Forum is open to general audience interested in TYA issues.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Paper presentations
Participants:

Researchers, artists, teachers and students from any nationality will be able to present their papers.

Language

Papers can be written in Spanish and/or English. If the paper is selected, the final work should be presented in both languages.

Topic

From Theatre for Babies to Theatre for Adolescents: Is there a Theatre for Every Age Group?

TYA as an artistic discipline includes in its own definition the value of the receptor. Babies, small children, elementary and middle school children, teenagers, adolescents and young adults constitute target age groups that enrich our theatre and make it more complex. Researchers and artists agree with the idea of theatre as a universal artistic event devoted to every human being, no matter their age, but the practice with children and adolescents in the audience reveals that there are different ways of creation and different artistic works depending on the age of the receptor. Nowadays when studies about TYA are so deeply developed, these target ages, far from being rigid rules mistakenly imposed, try to be flexible and they are not thought of as rigid categories but only as approximations to the different interests and ways of being in the world of the child- adolescent, depending on the step they are going through. Should each one of these age periods determine different aesthetics tendencies or specific artistic productions that pay special attention to the age of the spectator or can they be ignored?

These and other points of view will be raised through papers, conferences and debates.

Titles and Abstracts

Must be sent before 30^th March 2016 by e-mail to the following address: investigadores@iberoamericateatral.com.ar,with a maximum of 200 words.

The work’s title, the author’s name and surname, institution in which he/she works, mail address, country, e-mail and telephone number must be recorded.

Abstracts can be sent in Spanish or English.

 Deadline for sending the finished paper:

Once the abstract acceptation is confirmed, the final work should be sent by e-mail before 30^th.May 2016 to the following address:

investigadores@iberoamericateatral.com.ar

Team Works are allowed.

The text must have a maximum of 10 pages (A4 or 8.5X11, 1.5 spacing, Times New Roman, font size 12) as its reading cannot exceed 20 minutes.

Notes and bibliography that are not going to be read must be included in separate pages. Papers should be presented in double copies in Word and PDF.

The paper can only be read by its author.

Selected Works will be published in the MINUTES OF THE 4^th. INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESEARCHERS AND CRITICS FORUM, (book or multimedia) under ISBN.

Evaluation Committee

Will be joint members of ATINA, AINCRIT and ITYARN Boards of Directors.

Translations:

Translations of the final work into English or Spanish, corresponding each case, should be presented in double copies in Word and PDF before 1^st. July 2016.

Costs:

The presentation and reading of papers has no fees.

The cost of transportation, accommodation, meals and tickets for the shows will be in charge of each participant.

For more information, please contact: investigadores@iberoamericateatral.com.ar or go to www.atina.org.ar

ORGANIZERS

ATINA, representative of ASSITEJ International in Argentina, has developed an intense activity since its creation in 2002. With the aim of encouraging the development of theatre for children and young people in Argentina and to promote the exchange within the international field ATINA organizes national and international festivals, forums, workshops, and other special projects like its Theatre for Children and Young People Library. www.atina.org.ar

AINCRIT (Theatre Researchers and Critics Association- Argentina) was founded in 2008 and develops an intense activity in the field of theatre critic and research all around the country. From the beginning, it was its aim to integrate theatre practice and theory, favoring the joint work among theoreticians, critics and theatre workers. Open to all theoretical position, with an interest in sharing with national and international twin institutions, with its activities AINCRIT renews the values that gave sense to its creation. www.aincrit.org

ITYARN, the International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network, is the international research network of ASSITEJ International. ITYARN aims to further research on theatre for young audiences (TYA) in collaboration with the University of Adger (Norway), the University of Hildesheim (Germany), Arizona State University (USA), College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), the University of Ankara (Turkey), Korean National University of the Arts (Korea) www.ityarn.org

The International TYA Researchers and Critics Forum has received a mention by Theatre of the World Prizes from Buenos Aires University in 2010.