European Consortium for Arts Therapies Education

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11th European Arts Therapies Conference

21 – 24 September 2011, Lucca, Italy

“Arts Therapies and the Intelligence of Feeling”

VENUE:

Real Collegio di Lucca

Piazza del Collegio
55100 Lucca LU, Italy

Announcement and Call for papers:

Conference setting:

The conference will be held in the delightful Italian town of Lucca. With its multitude of little piazzas, ancient churches and famous Roman amphitheatre, and still encircled by its medieval walls, Lucca is one of the most lovely towns in Tuscany.

As the guest of the Provincia di Lucca, the conference will be held in Real Collegio, situated within the ramparts. The old town is only one kilometre across and few cars are allowed along its narrow streets. Lucca is located between the cities of Florence and Pisa, both of which provide easy train and bus connections.

Conference Theme: Arts Therapies and the Intelligence of Feeling

ArtiTerapie e il pensiero del cuore - ArtiTerapie e l'intelligenza del sentimento -

Kunstiteraapiad ja tundeintelligentsus - Kreative terapier og emosjonell intelligens –

- Art terapije i mudrost osjećaja - Arts therapies en het voelende weten –

Creatieve therapie en de intelligentie van de beleving –

Konstnärliga terapier och känslans intelligens - Arteterapiay la inteligencia del sentimiento - Terapias creativas y la inteligencia de la emoción - Taideterapiat ja tunteen älykkyys –

Les teràpies a través dels arts i la intel.ligència del sentir - Arteterapia zrozumieć uczucia

Терапияискусствомиэмоциональныйинтеллект –

Künstlerische Therapien und die Weisheit der Gefühle -

Umetnostna terapija s srcem in razumom

Intelligence is often associated with thought, cognition and the mind. The Cartesian revolution leant heavily on the faculty of thinking, celebrating reason and rationality. Perception and understanding of self and others have been investigated, developed and celebrated through these Apollonian qualities.

But what of the intelligence of feeling? What of the intelligence of intuition and sensation? What of a potential resurgence of Dionysian passion, participation and feeling as a counterbalance to the rationality of our technical age?

The conference revolves around questions which reverberate within and around the intelligence of feeling. What do we understand to be the function of feeling in consciousness? How do the arts facilitate feeling-based communication in the interpersonal realm? How are feelings understood as different from emotions? As therapists, how do we develop our sensibility to feelings whilst avoiding sentimentality? As educators, how do we approach the pedagogy of this theme and in what ways can the intelligence of feeling and reflexivity influence practice and research? Is one of the purposes of art to develop an aesthetic which gives form tofeelings?

The Conference Directors invite you to submit proposals for papers, workshops, posters or performances on the conference theme.
WE WILL WELCOME YOUR PROPOSALS UNTIL
Monday, 6th September 2010.
PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND EMAIL IT TO
Selection will take place during the second week of September 2010.

Before completing the abstract form at the end of this announcement, you are advised to read carefully the information about conference formats and selection criteria.

Conference formats:
Paper sessions:
Paper presentations: 30 minutes.
Each paper presentation will be followed by a 15 minute Question and Answer period.
Case study presentations:15 minutes.
Case studies will be clustered into small groups of 3 presentations, and will be followed by a Question and Answer and discussion period.
Workshops: 90 minutes
A workshop session should be experiential and should not include lengthy spoken introductions and commentaries.
Poster presentation sessions:
Poster presenters will be asked to bring with them poster material, ready for display, to stimulate discussions on arts therapeutic issues. Alternatively, they may present their poster in electronic format.
Sessions will be built into the programme, when poster presenters will be available to answer questions and to discuss the content of their posters.
Performance:
A few performances will be built into the programme. Performances should be approximately 30 minutes in length.
Please note that the conference centre can provide only minimal technical equipment to support your performance.
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Discussion periods will be built into the programme to encourage informal discussions and the sharing of experiences.
(e.g. extension of discussion following a paper or workshop; students’ forum;
post-performance discussion; research groups; discussion for educators or supervisors etc.)
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Presenters and workshop facilitators should avoid the repetition of work already presented at an ECArTE conference.
Selection criteria for proposals:
  • Relevance to conference theme: “Arts Therapies and the Intelligence of Feeling”
  • Quality of content
  • Innovation, originality and relevance of subject matter
  • Standard of English (which should be appropriate for an academic conference)
  • New work (i.e. the presenter has not made a similar presentation at a previous ECArTE conference.)
  • Adherence to Conference Format guidelines
The selection committee will also take into consideration:
  • The balance of representation across countries
  • The balance of papers across the arts therapy disciplines
(art, dance-movement, drama, music)
  • Constraints of conference accommodation and structure of the conference programme

Programme themes:
Selected abstracts will be programmed into themes. These are expected to include:
  • Research and evaluation
  • Professional identity
  • New theories, concepts and innovations
  • Education, training and supervision
  • New practice-based approaches
  • Cultural perspectives

Conference registration fees:
Details of how to book a place at the conference will be included in the conference brochure, which will be available in the new year, 2011.
For your information now, we are pleased to let you know that Conference Registration Fees will be:
Received before 1st March 2011 = 400 EUR
Received by 31st August 2011 = 450 EUR
Students = 200 EUR
Retired = 200 EUR
Member Representatives of ECArTE = 200 EUR (one Member Representative per Member Institution)
Conference presenters are requested to pay their fee by 1st March 2011.
All enquiries to:
The ConferenceOfficeemail:

Call for Papers: abstract form - for completion by 7th September 2010.

  1. Personal Details

Title: (Prof Dr Mr Mrs Ms etc) / Surname/Family name
First name / Email address
Full Postal Address / Country
Nationality / Gender: Male / Female
Daytime telephone number / Evening telephone number / Mobile telephone number
Profession / Place of work/study
  1. Title of your paper presentation / poster presentation / workshop / performance

In English:
In your first language:
  1. Abstract
It is essential that the abstract for your presentation/workshops focuses clearly on the theme of “Arts Therapies & the Intelligence of Feeling”.
Maximum 400 words:
  1. Short biography (qualifications; experience; professional affiliations; particular research interest)

Maximum 150 words
6. Recent publications and conference presentations
  1. Equipment
Please note that it is essential that you indicate here your equipment requirements. We cannot guarantee provision of equipment, which has not been booked in advance.
e.g. TV; DVD player, CD player, Powerpoint facilities; other …..
  1. Please indicate if there is a particular period, during the conference, when it would be impossible for you to give your presentation

Date of application:
For use by the
Selection Committee:

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27.June.2010

Honorary President of ECArTE: Prof. Dr.Line Kossolapow

Conference Directors:

Sarah Scoble, University of Worcester, United Kingdom

Eha Rüütel, Tallinn University, Estonia

Richard Hougham, University of London, United Kingdom

Egbert Hulshof, Han University of Professional Education, Nÿmegen, The Netherlands

Provisional list of local organisers:

Chair: Dr. Enrico Marchi – Directore Salute Mentale Adulti. ASL2-zone di Lucca

Rita Taccola-President of Archimede

Carmine Parrella-psychologist, art therapist

Rossana Sebastiani –Directore of social services of Provincia di Lucca

Dr.ssa Antonella Andreuccetti, Archimede

Dr.ssa Anna del Bianco, Co-ordinator Education Prof.L1. ASL2-zone di Lucca

Fabrizio Fiaschini, University of Pavia Campus Lucca

Salvo Pitruzzella, Dramatherapy course leader at "Centro ArtiTerapie", Lecco

ECArTE Executive Board and Conference Directors

Chair: Sarah Scoble; Vice Chair: Eha Ruutel; Co-ordinator: Richard Hougham; Treasurer: Egbert Hulshof