The organizers of SIG 8: Facilitating share a realization that facilitating asserted itself at a central position in our practices, even before we recognized and named it. There is a rising need to grasp facilitating in the arts methodologically, through its emergent techniques and as a way of knowing. We are interested in locating facilitating as an instigator of social and institutional imagination by thinking facilitating in conjunction with ethics and agency, and also with vulnerability, joy and communitas. As part of the SAR conference, Special Interest Groups have an opportunity to frame intentions for the alternating SAR Forum format that centers the work of SIGs, while also inviting members to share their projects.
We are looking forward to spending the morning with each other. The convening is open to all conference attendees, who may join into all activations and contribute to the concluding visioning exercise.
Please note that our public schedule on May 7th will begin at 11:00 and conclude at 13:00.
You may access our detailed schedule and the projects on the online repository https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3408893/3408894
PRESENTERS
The four projects shared in person at the 16th SAR conference in Porto include an activation of new work using writable surfaces, by Kevin Boardman; a presentation of facilitation projects designed to bring people together who might not otherwise meet, including a current project fostering dialogue between refugees, military personnel, and local long-term residents impacted by migration and border policies, by Carolyn Defrin; a discussion of arts-based projects in response to experiencing domestic violence, by Mi Shasha; and an exploration of facilitating as part of curatorial practices, by Lavinia Cazacu. More projects can be accessed through our online repository.