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

Tuesday 15th November 2011

The Maclaurin Galleries, Ayr, Scotland 

Organisers: University of the West of Scotland in conjunction with University of Wales Institute Cardiff and South Ayrshire Council Museums and Galleries

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.

Submission of Abstracts and Papers

We are now inviting those wishing to contribute to the symposium to submit an abstract of their paper. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words and should summarise the purpose, content and conclusions of the paper. They should also identify the paper's title and include up to three keywords and the theme to which the abstract best fits for indexing purposes.

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

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.

Deadline for abstracts: 21st April 2011

Authors will receive confirmation of acceptance of their abstract within two weeks of submission. Subject to prior approval of their abstract, authors are then invited to submit their final papers for inclusion in the conference. All papers are subject to peer review before being accepted for presentation at the conference.

Papers should generally be around 3,000 words in length. 

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 on line.

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