Call for Applications | Creative Practice as Civil Action

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Greetings all +++ 

We are excited to announce this open call for our upcoming exchange program 

Creative Practice as Civil Action – a transdisciplinary exchange workshop 

9 - 27 November 2024 

an intensive transdisciplinary workshop that is run in collaboration with leading creative practice institutions—Pathshala South Asia Media Institute (Bangladesh) and RMIT University (Australia).

In this workshop, three mixed groups of students from Pathshala, photo.circle and RMIT will collaborate with local partners in three different parts of Nepal — KTK Belt Project in Eastern Nepal, Jatayu Vulture Restaurant in Nawalparasi and the residents of Khokana – who work across biodiversity conservation and environmental learning and Indigenous activism. Selected participants will be part of a transdisciplinary team listening, learning, sharing perspectives and co-creating outcomes with peers and our local partners.

The project would suit (but is not limited to) students from art, photography, development studies, media studies, journalism, environment studies, architecture, design, sound, communication, and creative writing backgrounds.

Building on successful workshops in 2016 & 2018, this is the third iteration of this program. The workshop participants will break into three groups and travel to Dharan, Chitwan, and Khokana, in addition to spending time together in Kathmandu before and after their fieldwork. 

The program is led by photo.circle (Nepal) and Alan Hill & Kelly Hussey-Smith from RMIT School of Art, along with academic staff and mentors from photo.circle and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute including NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Sagar Chhetri, Shristi Shrestha, Prasiit Sthapit, Diwas Raja Kc, Shehab Uddin, Saydia Gulrukh and Taslima Akhter. 

Full application details here:

https://www.photocircle.com.np/workshops/creative-practice-as-civil-action/

Application Deadline: Friday, 20 September 2024 

- Team PC