{"id":17159,"date":"2025-09-17T13:27:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T11:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slogi.si\/?post_type=dogodki&p=17159"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:48:29","slug":"amfiteater-journal-academic-symposium-2025","status":"publish","type":"dogodki","link":"https:\/\/www.slogi.si\/en\/dogodki\/amfiteatrov-mednarodni-znanstveni-simpozij-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Amfiteater Journal of Performing Arts Theory\nAcademic Symposium: Ecology and Performing Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amfiteater Journal of Performing Arts Theory
\nInternational Symposium<\/p>\n

Ecology and Performing Arts<\/h1>\n

9\u201310 October 2025
\nSlovenian Theatre Institute, Ljubljana<\/p>\n

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Climate change, sustainable development and the green transition are buzzwords that have been circulating a lot lately. There is a growing awareness that these issues are not just about the findings of the natural sciences or the search for primarily technological solutions but that the humanities and social sciences should also contribute their perspectives and approaches. New philosophical, social and political paradigms have been emerging in relation to global warming, environmental disasters and the threat of extinction of species, including the human species.<\/p>\n

Slovenian Theatre Institute, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Amfiteater<\/em> \u2013 Journal of Performing Arts Theory organise an International Academic Symposium, that aims to reflect on ecology and climate change in relation to drama, theatre, performing arts and hybrid practices (e.g., performance art, (new) media art). There will be 22 lectures, given by Slovenian and foreign presenters who will examine how to respond to the impending catastrophe and how art can contribute to the green transition. These issues will be examined through the analysis of examples of performances (and other artworks) that address them.<\/p>\n

We invite theatre researchers, practitioners, students and other to join us with their own views and perspectives. The working languages of the symposium will be Slovenian and English.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, 9 October 2025<\/h3>\n

9.30: Opening of the symposium<\/strong>:
\nAlida Bevk, MA, Prof<\/strong>, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, University of Ljubljana
\nGa\u0161per Troha, PhD<\/strong>, Slovenian Theatre Institute<\/p>\n

9.45
\nPlenary lecture<\/strong>
\nPetra Je\u017ekov\u00e1<\/strong>: Cutting Down Trees as a Dramatic and Performative Metaphor of Vulnerability<\/em><\/p>\n

10.30: discussion<\/p>\n

10.45: coffee break<\/p>\n

11.00
\nFirst session<\/strong>
\nModerator: Barbara Orel<\/p>\n

Knut Ove Arntzen<\/strong>: Arctic Conditions for Dramaturgy<\/em>
\nKristina Pranji\u0107<\/strong>: Water as Method: The Hydro-Poetic Avant-Garde in the Northern Adriatic<\/em>
\nGa\u0161per Troha<\/strong>: Nonhuman Actors in Slovenian Drama<\/em>
\nMateja Pezdirc Bartol<\/strong>: The Secret Life of Trees in the Theatre Productions of \u017diga Divjak<\/em><\/p>\n

12.20: discussion<\/p>\n

12.45: lunch<\/p>\n

14.30
\nSecond session<\/strong>
\nModerator: Ga\u0161per Troha<\/p>\n

Panel<\/strong>
\nBruna Bonanno, Maria Paola Zedda, Giada Cipollone, Anja Dimitrijevi\u0107, Teresa Masini<\/strong>:
\nEco-Epistemologies. Transdisciplinary Horizons in Performance<\/em><\/p>\n

16.10: discussion<\/p>\n

16.20
\nTin Grabnar<\/strong>, Ajda Rooss<\/strong>: Project <\/em>Transport<\/p>\n

16.40: coffee break<\/p>\n

17.10
\nThird session<\/strong>
\nModerator: Zala Dobov\u0161ek<\/p>\n

Milena Mileva Blazi\u0107<\/strong>: The Ecocriticism in Svetlana Makarovi\u010d\u2019s Fairy Tales<\/em>
\nTery \u017de\u017eelj<\/strong>: Complex Entanglements in <\/em>Naturecultures: Narrating with Gardens<\/em>
\nSa\u0161ka Rakef<\/strong>, Pia Brezav\u0161\u010dek<\/strong>: Sonic Beginnings: Dramaturgies of Care and Ecological Sensibility<\/em><\/p>\n

18.10: discussion<\/p>\n

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Friday, 10 October 2025<\/h3>\n

10.00
\nPlenary lecture<\/strong>
\nJanez Strehovec<\/strong>, Maja Murnik<\/strong>: Fire: An Essay on the Producer of Flames on the Stage and Beyond<\/em><\/p>\n

10.45: discussion<\/p>\n

11.00: coffee break<\/p>\n

11.15
\nFourth session<\/strong>
\nModerator: Maja Murnik<\/p>\n

Lada \u010cale Feldman<\/strong>: The Deliberative Ecology of <\/em>Kyoto
\nZala Dobov\u0161ek<\/strong>: Ecofeminism in Contemporary Performing Arts<\/em>
\nEszter M. Polonyi<\/strong>, Sa\u0161o Grozdanov<\/strong>: Expanding Normative Thinking: Black Holes in the Arts and Beyond<\/em><\/p>\n

12.15: discussion<\/p>\n

12.30: lunch<\/p>\n

14.00
\nFifth session<\/strong>
\nModerator: Ga\u0161per Troha<\/p>\n

Narvika Bovcon<\/strong>: Artistic Modelling of a Sustainable Balance between Human and Non-Human Actors<\/em>
\nKaja Kraner<\/strong>: Environmental Imaginaries in Contemporary Performing Arts in Slovenia<\/em>
\nAle\u0161 Vaupoti\u010d<\/strong>: From Egology to Ecology: The Ethics of Infosphere and New Media Art<\/em>
\nJatun Risba<\/strong>: Vital Materiality in the Art Film Series<\/em> A Tree Doesn\u2019t Fall Far From the Mountain<\/p>\n

15.20: final discussion of the symposium<\/p>\n

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