Valletta 2018 | seeks Cultural Mapping proposals

Valletta 2018 Foundation - open call for papers and proposals on the theme of 'Cultural Mapping: Debating Cultural Spaces and Places' for a conference in Malta 22-23 October 2015.

Deadline: 27 March 2015

The Valletta 2018 Foundation, responsible for implementing the European Capital of culture (ECoC) project in Valletta and Malta in 2018, will be holding the Second International Conference on Cultural Relations in Europe and the Mediterranean.

The conference is titled 'Cultural Mapping: Debating Spaces and Places' and will bring together academics and practitioners to exchange experiences and debate cultural mapping practices, as well as to explore practical and conceptual approaches to cultural mapping within a global context (with a particular emphasis on the Euro-Mediterranean context).

The conference will seek to develop a better understanding of how various mapping practices are developing over time. The Valletta 2018 Foundation will be collaborating with the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra.

Cultural Mapping: Debating Cultural Spaces and Places conference
22nd & 23rd October 2015, Malta

Academics, researchers, artists and PhD students are invited to present papers or posters discussing their work within this field or addressing the conference themes, during the conference. Abstracts (400 words) are to be submitted to research@valletta2018.org by no later than Friday 27th March 2015. Conference proceedings will be published in due course.