Kitija Balcare participates in a panel discussion on ecotheatre in Coimbra, Portugal

From 20 to 22 October, the international conference and research forum “Shaping Ecological Futures: Arts, Institutions and Cultural Policy” will take place in Coimbra, Portugal, with the participation of Kitija Balcare, a researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia.

Kitija Balcare will be one of the participants in the panel discussion “Staging the More-than-Human: EcoTheatrical and Ecofictional Approaches.” The panel will also feature Carl Lavery from the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom) and Joana Magalhães, an independent artist and researcher from Portugal. The discussion will be moderated by Fernando Matos Oliveira from the University of Coimbra (Portugal).

The discussion will focus on the intersections of ecological thinking and the performing arts, exploring how theatre and artistic creativity can help rethink human relationships with nature and other forms of life.

The conference is organised by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) at the University of Coimbra in collaboration with the Portuguese Directorate-General for the Arts.

The event will bring together representatives from the fields of arts, cultural policy, and research to discuss the role of arts and culture in shaping an ecologically sustainable future.

• Further information is available HERE and HERE.

^{Photo: © UC | Ana Zayara}