Open seminar 16 December at 9-11 CETCampus Kalvskinnet, room U201, Department for Teacher Education, Sverres gate 12, NTNU or zoom.

9-9.30 Digital book launch of Theatre and Performing Arts, Disability Citizenship and Community Development - Perspectives from the Global South and North / Cappelen Damm Akademisk

Editors and authors: Vibeke Glørstad, Tone Pernille Østern, Tony McCaffrey, Kelvin Chikonzo, Nehemiah Chivandikwa, Nimal Wijesiri, Liisa Jaakonaho, Cletus Moyo, Nkululeko Sibanda, Courage Chipatiso, Inez Hussey, Felipe Henrique Monteiro Oliveira, Andrea Pagnes, Alexandra Dunaeva, Ciane Fernandes, Daniela Musli, Gugulethu Ngwenya, Courage Chinokwetu, Hilde Guddingsmo, Terje Olsen, Elen Øyen, Lise Lien, Lene Christin Holum, Anne Ogundipe, Kaja Tvedten Jorem, Caroline Marie Sprott, Cont Mdladla Mhlanga, Fortune Ruzungunde, Josadaque Albuquerque da Silva Pires, Nara Salles, Sara Granath, Tine Skjold.

9.45-10.05 Foredrag av scenekunstner Bentine Borge: «Mine erfaringer og tanker om inkludering»

Bentine Borge driver med teater, dans og musikk på fulltid. Hun startet med teater og dans i syvårsalder og har erfaring fra flere teatergrupper, teater- og danseskoler. Hun har i tillegg erfaring som skuespiller foran kamera. Bentine har tatt pianotimer ved kulturskolen siden hun var 11 og holdt en rekke foredrag de siste 10 årene.

10.15-10.30 Presentation Saša Asentic: «Aesthetics of Access and Politics of Memory»

Saša Asentić, a choreographer and cultural worker from a working-class background in former Yugoslavia, has presented work internationally since 2007. Founder of Per.Art, he unites disabled and non-disabled artists to counter ableism in dance and culture. His practice emphasizes solidarity and resistance to cultural oppression and indoctrination.

10.40-10.55 Digital presentation by Tim Smith: «Neurodiversity and arts pedagogy»

Timothy Smith, Ph.D., MFA, (they/he) is an artist, educator, and university researcher in the Artist Pedagogy theme at the Research Institute at University of the Arts Helsinki. Their research focuses on critical disability and neurodiversity studies approaches to higher education in the arts, with a particular emphasis on analyzing and challenging ableism in university institutions.