Call for Papers- Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium

This call for papers invites scholars, practitioners, artists, and educators—from the community and the academy—to share their work in the 11th Art & Education for Social Justice Symposium. Social justice is a broad objective that inspires an interdisciplinary approach and this symposium asks, how may art and education support such initiatives? The goal of this event is to include and amplify voices that are often on the margins of academia and to share the theories, methodologies, and results of art and education practices that strive to have a direct public impact. The encounter will focus on the guiding question: How are art and education inspiring, affecting, and promoting social change?

This symposium provides an opportunity to gain insight into a range of practices aligned with social justice, and aims to start a conversation across disciplinary areas. This symposium embraces a perspective informed broadly by the notion of cultural pedagogies and looks forward to contributions from both in and outside the field of education. Inspired by the work of critical theorists, many art and education initiatives develop strategies for social reconstruction. Current practices suggest that art can support the development of oppositional knowledge by inciting imaginative re-envisionings of the past, present and future. The creative work of doing and making in communities can turn art practice into public praxis, suggesting transformative ways of being together in the world.

With this aim, the symposium seeks proposals that advance concepts of ADEI (anti-racism/accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion) and discuss interventions in publics, curriculum, policy, institutions, media, and more, to reimagine art and education.

Proposals are due by 11:59 pm PST on October 15, 2022. Note, all submissions should be
anonymized and will be double peer reviewed. All inquiries regarding the symposium can be directed to the Symposium Coordinator, Illyanna Soares (ies22a@fsu.edu)

Up-to-date information regarding the symposium can be found at:
https://art4socialjustice.wordpress.com