Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
This second workshop of WG Practices will focus on exploring the potential of social, political and legal, formal and informal practices to reinvent and reinvigorate the fruitful link between democracy and civic rights at the national and European level.
The WG Practices invites publication-aimed contributions to this interdisciplinary workshop from various academic disciplines, artists, civic activists, journalists, politicians, and other stakeholders. The Organising Committee invites submissions of paper or poster presentations and/or academic papers that address the following questions:
- What is new? What is different? What is successful? What fails? … in these new forms of social and political practices.
- According to some critics, neoliberalism is a major source of the current crisis and at the root of the assault on the nexus democracy-civic rights. Therefore, we invite contributors to reflect on new social and political practices aiming at changing the patterns of our current societies, and offering alternatives to neoliberal market-driven societies.
- What kind of alternative strategies and modes of organization appeared in the new protests and social practices? How do the new practices differ from the social movements of the 1970s and 80s?
- What aspects of these new practices may contribute to the reinvention, and potential reinvigoration of democracy with strong civic rights?
Abstracts should be of maximum 200 words in length with 3-4 keywords and a 50-word bio of the author, along with the contact details.
Key Dates
Final date to submit abstracts: 20 June 2019
Communication confirmation/rejection and funding (if applicable): 30 June 2019
Full details about this call are available online.