About PSi # 14

The PSi conference #14 in 2008 takes place at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. It will represent the collaboration of several institutions in the Øresund region, and seek to encourage interdisciplinary approaches to the concepts of vision and visuality within Performance Studies.

INTERREGNUM is a term designating the exception, traditionally the period in between monarchs, but in a wider sense any state of disorder and discontinuity. INTERREGNUM thus does not only apply to a temporal break, but also to spatial in betweens or terrain vagues as well as to social and psychological states of exception. As a metaphor INTERREGNUM further refers to that which is in between disciplines, that which is interdisciplinary, postdisciplinary or simply ‘undisciplinary’.

Øresundsregion

The Øresundsregion joins together two separate Kingdoms, Denmark and Sweden, that have a long history of fighting over territorial borders, but also of peaceful exchanges and interactions. Denmark and Sweden share a lot, and both form part of what is internationally known as the Scandinavian welfare model. At the PSi 2008 conference we wish to discuss how the concept of the nation state worldwide is challenged by both regionalism and globalism. New conceptions of both place and space are coming into effect as a result of these changes. How can these transitions be confronted in a constructive manner? The concept of INTERREGNUM addresses relationships and exchanges between cultures, changing geographies, and changing spaces.

Performance Studies international (PSi)

PSi # 14 is organised under the auspices of Performance Studies international (PSi), an international professional association to promote exchange among scholars and practitioners in the broad field of performance and performance studies. PSi holds its annual conferences at different places in the world, and they are always unique in the way in which academic discourse and artistic practice meet and enrich each other. Read more about the PSi organisation at the website http://psi-web.org.

Dwight Conquergood Award

The Dwight Conquergood Award provides annual support for a small number of scholars or artists working in areas of performance, social engagement and community activism to present their work at PSi. Read more about the Dwight Conquergood Award.