Shorelines: A one day international symposium exploring place, creativity and wellbeing

Date : Tuesday 15th November 2011

Organisers : School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of the West of Scotland in conjunction with University of Wales Institute Cardiff and South Ayrshire Council Museums and Galleries

Venue : The Maclaurin Galleries, Ayr, Scotland


Keynote Speakers: 
Iain McGilchrist, Psychiatrist, writer, author of The Master and His Emissary: the Divided Brain and the Making of the Modern World
Chris Drury, Land Artist

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

Shorelines: place, creativity and wellbeing

This one day academic symposium, to be held at the Maclaurin Galleries, Ayr, Scotland,

will explore interconnections between creative spaces or locations and physical and

emotional wellbeing. It will seek to bring together a multidisciplinary audience of

researchers, academics and arts practitioners to present cutting edge research in their

fields, to foster discussion and further understanding about the significance of place in

the creative process and its potential to enhance the quality of human experience.

Academic paper and visual presentations are invited to address the themes of the

symposium, which are as follows:

Place: Stimulating locations, creative spaces, geographical inspiration

Creativity: creative process in the visual arts, music, literature, poetry and drama with

focus on stimulation, inspiration, innovation and cognition related to physical spaces and

location

Wellbeing: physical and mental health and connections with creative process and

physical location, spaces or places.

We would welcome contributions from practitioners and researchers from diverse

disciplines including the arts, architecture, psychology, health, environmental aesthetics,

philosophy and education.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Contributions to the symposium may be made in the form of academic papers and/or

illustrated presentations.

We are now inviting the submission of abstracts in response to the above themes.

Abstracts of 300 words max.

Submissions which do not address at least one of the symposium themes will not be

considered.

Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers of 3,000 words max for

peer review. Papers selected for presentation at the symposium will be published online.

Abstracts should be copied and pasted into the body of the email, marked as ‘Shorelines

abstract’ in the subject header and sent to: Dr. Cathy Treadaway

ctreadaway@uwic.ac.uk

IMPORTANT DATES

4th March 2011 Submission of abstracts open

21st April 2011 Submission of abstracts ends

30 April 2011 Notification of acceptance of abstracts

12th August 2011 Submission of full papers for peer review

30th September 2011 Confirmation of acceptance of papers following peer

review

Contacts

Elizabeth Kwasnik Elizabeth.Kwasnik@south-ayrshire.gov.uk Tel: (01292) 445447

Anne Bontke Ann.Bontke@south-ayrshire.gov.uk Tel: (01292) 445447