Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.
Delegates from all over the world who attended the Fourteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society.
Countries represented.
Art, in its diverse forms, constitutes a distinctive means of communication, allowing for dialogues in formal, informal and culturally plural contexts within society. Art opens windows to understanding social interactions. It provides an historical record of social evolution. Bringing discussion about art and reflection of its impacts within contemporary social contexts prompts us to consider questions of identity (human, natural and material). Can art then can exceed its primary goal of reflection, such that, through it, both culture and identity acquire new expressions? In this context, what kinds of new research and development endeavors are required, including active, collaborative and participative approaches?
Founder, DesignLab4U; Assistant Professor, Education School of Lisbon, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
President, Crafts2Design Cultural Association; Invited Assistant Professor, Education School of Lisbon, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
The Fourteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Postdoctoral Researcher, The Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal; Integrated Researcher, Institute of Art History, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; Invited Researcher, Center for Research in Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
"Power to the People! A Citizen Art Project in Portugal (Lousal)"
Professor, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
"Ambiance is a Material Reality: Notes on the Viewer, the Participatory, and the Vague"
Project Manager, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Social Cohesion and Integration Programme, Lisbon, Portugal
“Artistic Practices for Social Inclusion: A Broader View from Grant Giving to Museum Participatory Projects"
International Academic, Chelsea, Camberwell, and Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, UK
"Locate, Sustain, Create: Arts Education and Community Engagement"
Education Officer, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
“Artistic Practices for Social Inclusion: A Broader View from Grant Giving to Museum Participatory Projects"
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award, with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for early career academics. The 2019 Emerging Scholar Awardees are listed below.
Brown University, United States
University of Barcelona, Spain
Bauhaus University, Germany
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Florida State University, United States
University of New South Wales, Australia
Simon Fraser University, Canada
King’s College London, United Kingdom
Korea National University of Cultural Heritage, South Korea
University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, United Kingdom
Independent Artist and Researcher, India
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
University of the Republic, Uruguay; The University of the Free State, South Africa
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Virtual Posters present preliminary results of work or projects that lend themselves to visual representations. Download the posters below.
Lightning Talks are 5-minute "Flash" video presentations. Click the button below to view the videos on our YouTube channel.