The next research meeting of EFRP will be held in Novi Sad, Serbia (28-31 May 2009) together with the 13th International Symposium of Theatre Critics and Scholars organised by the Sterijino Pozorje (the 54th permanent Festival of domestic drama and domestic theatre) and in association with the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC). The title of the symposium will be International Theatre Festivals and Audience Development.
The closing date for submission of outlines is 1 December 2008. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 December 2008. Outlines should be sent to Dr Dragan Klaic (draganklaic@gmail.com) of EFRP and also to Dr Ivan Medenica (ivan.medenica@gmail.com) of IATC.
EFRP is an international, interdisciplinary consortium, focused on the dynamics of artistic festivals today and seeking to understand the current explosion of festivals and its implications and perspectives. The researchers involved come from various disciplines, brought together to analyze the dynamics of artistic festivals today and study the explosion of festivals, leading to a sort of festivalization of the daily life.
Initiated by Dragan Klaic (Amsterdam) EFRP defined its research models and approach in Brussels in May 2004. EFRP seeks to create a critical mass of research papers, studies, publications and debates in order to produce some tentative conclusions, trends, and recommendations to festival operators, public authorities as subsidy givers and potential sponsors. An edited book on festival politics, programming and governance and a book of interviews with prominent festival directors will be produced in 2009/10.
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