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VIII ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN SOCIETY FOR THEATRE RESEARCH
(In association with International Federation for Theatre Research)
9-11 February 2012

FLAME School of Performing Arts is happy to host the 8th Annual International Conference of Indian Society for Theatre Research from 9th to 11th February 2012.

The theme of the conference is “Indian Theatre and Pedagogy: National and International Perspective”

Call for the Papers:
There has been hardly any emphasis on theatre education before the independence of India, although there are strong indications of an organized system of theatre education in ancient period. The legacy of Natyshastra gives us a concrete picture of theatre pedagogy and its importance for the society. However, throughout higher education history after independence, administration and faculty have argued about the importance of theatre education and its value as an academic discipline but within ivory towers of government buildings. Although Indian higher education’s acceptance of this lively art as a serious discipline has been comparatively slow but its importance to the liberal arts and the support of Indian theatre nonetheless has become well recognized. Formation of National School of Drama, central and state academies and few other such institutions are the result of this enthusiasm. Historically, reasons given for including theatre arts in institutions of higher learning were: 1. to teach language and literature; 2. to bind society and culture; 3. to teach moral virtues; 4. to teach oratory and delivery; 5. to teach self confidence; and 6. to teach memory, etc. In the later period of the second half of the twentieth century, higher education emphasized two additional reasons: to train theatre professionals within academe and to establish a relationship between the educational campus and the surrounding community. While academic administrators, theatre scholars, and artists often discuss these reasons for keeping educational theatre a viable part of curriculum, very little discussion is given to the art of teaching or the pedagogical aspects of theatre education. But the fact is that despite several universities and colleges in the country boast of countless theatre programs, the instruction taking place in these programs occurs with little attention to formal pedagogical theory or practice. Perhaps teachers, instructors, and scholars of theatre give little attention to how they teach the art because they themselves did not receive any particular orientation to theatre pedagogy. Nonetheless, theater education in all venues continue to offer, with notable success, instruction to major and non-major alike is the combination of multifarious and multifaceted systems rooted in classical, regional and modern streams. The fact that we find some success in teaching this complex art form should encourage us to give the pedagogy some attention.

What may attribute to successful instructions in theatre and its saying in higher education can be outlined as:
1. Theatre is an important, complex art intrinsic cultural interest that deserves thorough study.
2. The theatre experience is incredibly rich, diverse, and-most difficult of all- ephemeral; yet not only possible but valuable to the future of theatre, and to the young people drawn to it, to devise teaching methods for understanding the art and mastering the crafts of the stage.
3. The theatre requires more than clever minds and willing hands; it demands a full commitment in the use of self (body, mind, and spirit) and an alert awareness of contemporary life (social, political, ideological, and cultural).
4. The art of theatre arises from a distinctive kind of talent, and an essential function of the theatre teacher is the recognition, nurturing, and development of the talent.
The proposed central premises of theatre education only lay the foundation of theatre pedagogy. Theatre educators entered in the twenty first century are faced additionally with new pedagogical challenges and experiences needed and often required to respond to a variety of late-twentieth century issues in higher education itself. The public’s increased call for accountability, the increased number of nontraditional students, the thrust of teaching with state-of-the-art technology, and appeals for better student preparation for successful navigation through a highly globalized and multicultural market are just a few educational concerns driving the twenty-first century pedagogical train, and therefore theatre scholars and teachers as well.

The conference will be addressing the diverse and multiple characters of Indian theatre pedagogy, its present position, required and essential new directions. Broadly the following sub-themes, but not necessary to be limited, will be the constituents of the conference under the wider rubric of Indian Theatre and Pedagogy: National and International Perspective:
1. Theatre Pedagogy in Classical Sanskrit period
2. Theatre Training and Education in Regional Traditions
3. Major issues and challenges of theatre pedagogy in India
4. New Education Policy and Theatre Education
5. Theatre Education and Theatre in Education
6. Professional and amateur theatre and theatre pedagogy
7. Comparatives with international pedagogies
8. International impact on contemporary theatre teaching in higher education
9. State-of-art technology and theatre pedagogy
10. Globalization and theatre pedagogy
11. Social and Ideological obligation and theatre pedagogy
12. Requirement of a good teacher and assessment methods

We welcome proposals for general conference and for the Research Scholars’ Forum dealing with the subject.

Conference Venue: FLAME School of Performing Arts
Foundation for Liberal And Management Education
FLAME Campus
S. No. 1659, Lavale, Taluka Mulshi
Pune 411 042 (Maharashtra)
www.flame.edu.in

Deadlines:
a. Submission of abstracts: 15 December 2011
b. Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 20 December 2011
c. Last Date for Early Registration 15 January 2012


Source: http://flame.edu.in/campus-buzz/events/viii-annual-international-conference-of-indian-society-for-theatre-research

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