Symposium 'Institutional Dramaturgies: Histories, Encounters, Disruptions'

Institutional Dramaturgies offers a forum for scholars and practitioners to consider the relationships between institution and artist, institution and audience, and institution and society. It explores urgent questions such as:

• What is the relevance – historically and presently – of these institutions, and how do they maintain relevance?
• Does public subsidization provide stability and artistic independence, or does it bolster existing hierarchies and breed abuses?
• Can the institution be harnessed in democratic, decolonial ways, or does this responsibility fall to independent performance landscapes?
• In times of global conflict and far-right politics, who do these institutions speak for?

With about 60 scholars from over 20 countries, this conference brings scholars from theatre and performance studies, cultural anthropology, and political science together in dialogue with artists to engage the urgent questions surrounding the status and place of cultural institutions.