[Ada_list] World water day 2014 call for proposals

WATERWHEEL WORLD WATER DAY SYMPOSIUM 2014

WATER VIEWS: CARING AND DARING

17- 22 March 2014

Held on the internet platform Waterwheel with 12 nodes in 5 continents

For full information go to:
http://bit.ly/3WDS14_call_En

Scientists, academics, artists, architects, urbanists, engineers, practitioners, activists, inventors and water drinkers are invited to submit projects and papers (25-minute presentations), performances (up to 20 minutes), panels and workshops (3 hours maximum and panels must include at least 45 minutes of discussion), on the theme "Water Views: Caring and Daring".

As an element, water embodies extremes and contrasts: oceanic depth or shallow rivulet, transparent or opaque, flowing or still. Water cycles through the living systems of the planet: water bodies, life forms, atmosphere. Climate change has produced global water extremes in terms of sea level rise, polar ice disappearance, floods, droughts and desertification. Is water a shared resource or a commodity that is bought, sold, owned and wasted? While we might not all share the same perception of water, exploring deeper connections to it may facilitate a greater understanding of how our collective views have influenced actions and decisions about water. 3WDS14 will explore questions about how we are living, and will continue to live, with water and its contrasts. There is a demand for new perceptions and approaches to water management, urban planning, and cooperation, as well as for a renewed respect for water as a vital resource and shared heritage.

The symposium encourages transdisciplinary approaches that include the following sub-themes:

Histories of human perceptions and practices pertaining to freshwater and seawater
Knowledge of our vulnerabilities and conflicts, needs and trends, success and failures involving water
Communication facilitating our collective goals, plans, values and dreams for water, as well as the governance and stewardship that would facilitate them.


So far, there will be nodes in San Francisco, New York, Buenos Aires, Tunis, Berlin, Coburg, Poznan, Torun, Paris, Syracuse, Athens, Hydra and Cairns. We also welcome proposals for new nodes.

NEW FOR THIS EDITION
PITCH/MATCHING SESSIONS
Fostering greater creative collaboration among artists and scientists, four days of "pitch matching sessions" (Oct 18-21) will offer options for meeting others and exchanging ideas prior to submitting project proposals. If interested, please join the doodle, introducing yourself & your work in the comments section!


VOICE OF THE FUTURE
Special call for proposals from youth, up to age 18


TIMELINE
27 September 2013 Call open
18, 19, 20 & 21 Oct 2013 Online pitch matching sessions http://bit.ly/3WDS14-PitchMatch-doodle
22 November 2013 Closing date for submission
21 January 2014 Notifications
4 February 2014 Program out
1-4 March 2014 Training on Waterwheel & technical test
7 March 2014 Final papers and media uploaded
17-22 March 2014 Symposium week

The proceedings will be peer-reviewed and published online as an e-book with an ISBN.

Abstracts, performances, workshops & panel proposals must be submitted BEFORE 22 November 2013


For full information go to:
http://bit.ly/3WDS14_call_En

Best


Ian M Clothier
Faculty of Humanities
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
www.witt.ac.nz
0064 6 757 3100 x 8895

Artist
ianclothier.com

Director
Intercreate.org

2013
Jan-Feb SCANZ 2013 3rd nature (creative director)
April Creativity Challenge (organisation team), New Plymouth
May Arts, activism & academia, Auckland
May Transcontinental Hybridity, HybridCity Athens Greece
May Wai revisited, HybridCity Athens
http://uranus.media.uoa.gr/hc2/onlineresource/#aqua-water-wai-to
May Transtasman Connect, Balance-UnBalance Noosa Australia
May Environmental response, Balance-UnBalance
Jun ISEA International Advisory Committee, ISEA 2013 Sydney Australia
Jun Leonardo Education and Arts forum, Theme Moderator, ISEA 2013
Oct Re-new (peer reviewer), Copenhagen

2014
Media Art Projects, Nga Motu New Plymouth Aotearoa New Zealand
Being Light, Santa Fe USA

2015
SCANZ 2015: Water and Peace, Nga Motu New Plymouth Aotearoa New Zealand