06 Feb 2014

Call For Papers on 'Festivals: audience, funding and sustainability'

Call for Papers/Speaking Opportunities
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International Meeting Point for Cultural Managers
3, 4 April 2014 – Barcelona

LOOP with the University of Barcelona presents the second edition of LOOP Studies, International Meeting Point for Cultural Managers.

In the 2014 edition LOOP and the University of Barcelona will launch an international debate on trends within the management of cultural festivals, in particular: audience, funding and sustainability. Two days of conferences, round tables and professionals case studies to explore, discuss and imagine common strategies and create a space to think about new methodologies that can be relevant to reach sustainability and engage audience in the current context.

Tafter Journal and LOOP Studies/University of Barcelona invite paper submissions which offer new and challenging research on trends within the management of cultural festivals, in particular: audience, funding and sustainability. Suggested topics may include (but are not limited to) the following aspects:
• innovative ways both to attract new audiences and to enlarge them;
• new approaches to funding cultural festivals;
• original models of social and environmental sustainability for festivals and cultural events.

Papers must be written in English and should be at least of 20.000 characters (spaces included), accompanied by up to five keywords and by a short abstract (550 characters, spaces included) outlining the paper's aims, main conclusions, and, if applicable, the methodology used.

Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated in terms of originality, significance, methodological soundness and clarity of expression. The criteria for selection are:
• Relevance to the conference
• Originality of the research
• Quality and rigour of research
• Clarity of presentation

Conference Presentation and Publication
Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend and present their paper at the conference. The author(s) will give a 15-minute presentation followed by a 5-minute Q&A session. All accepted papers will be published in a special issue of Tafter Journal on 'Festivals: audience, funding and sustainability'. These are original works which must not be submitted concurrently to another publication venue in whole or in part.

Important Dates
- Submission opens: 20 January 2014
- Final Deadline for full Papers: 03 March 2014 (submission deadline: midnight in each author's time zone)
- Notification of accepted Papers: 20 March 2014
- Conference Opens: 03 April 2014

Download the Call for Papers.

For further information about the Call for Papers, please do not hesitate to send an e-mail to info@tafterjournal.com