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Colloquium on Artistic Research in the Performing Arts CARPA

CARPA is among the very few international biennial academic conferences on artistic research focusing specifically on the performing arts.

Artistic research, art-based research, practice-based research, practice-led research, performance as research – these are just some of the terms and approaches that have been developed to describe knowledge production originating from artistic concerns. CARPA is a biennial colloquium, organised by the Performing Arts Research Centre Tutke at University of the Arts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy, aimed at addressing the problems and possibilities of artistic research, particularly those involving the performing arts. The term ‘performing arts’ is here understood in a broad sense that encompasses a variety of different creative practices. The purpose of these colloquia is to contribute to the development of research practices in the field of the performing arts and to foster their social, pedagogical and ecological connections. 

CARPA9: Ecological Design and Performance Pedagogies: Sustainable Practices and Interdisciplinary Acts in a Climate Changed World

The next Carpa conference explores pedagogical approaches to, in, and for performance making in a climate changed world. The ninth colloquium will be arranged by the Performing Arts Research Centre, together with the master’s programmes in Scenography, Lighting design, Sound design, Theatre pedagogy and Dance pedagogy of the University of the Arts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy, and the Performance + Ecology Research Lab (P+ERL) of the Creative Arts Research Institute (CARI) of Griffith University, Australia. It will be organised in Helsinki in 28-30 August 2025.

  • CARPA9: Registration

    Link to the registration form.

  • CARPA9: Vision statement

    Ecological Design and Performance Pedagogies: Sustainable Practices and Interdisciplinary Acts in a Climate Changed World. Read the vision statement in full.

  • CARPA9: Keynote speakers

    The colloquium’s invited keynote speakers are Dr. Raisa Foster (FIN) and Dylan Van Den Berg (AUS).

  • CARPA9: Programme

    The programme will be published when the registration opens in 2 June 2025.

  • Abstracts for CARPA 9 conference

    The ninth CARPA conference will be organised in Helsinki in 28-30 August 2025.

  • CARPA9 Conference committee

    Hanna Järvinen (Chair), Liisa Ikonen, Linda Hassall, Tanja Beer, Natalie Lazaroo, Raisa Kilpeläinen, Tuomas Fränti, Eeva Anttila, Riku Saastamoinen and Tomi Humalisto. Conference practical management: Riitta Pasanen-Willberg.

  • For Uniarts Helsinki conference attendees

    Find information about us and our venues, as well as how to move around in Helsinki and where to visit. List of accommodation with possible special offers will be updated later.

Contact

Please direct any queries: teak.carpa@uniarts.fi.

Past conferences

  • Carpa8

    The eighth CARPA conference in 2023 centered on dramaturgy. The event combined embodied artistic practice with timely conceptualisation and theorisation to enquire what happens to artistic research when it takes a dramaturgical twist.

  • Carpa7

    The theme of the 7th edition of the CARPA conference was elastic writing. Due to covid-19 it was arranged fully online in 2021.

  • Proceedings

    Previous CARPA conference proceedings are available at the online publication series Nivel.

Past conferences