Call out for Chapters!

This new book, ‘Activating Unlearning through Dance’, is an edited collection that focuses on approaches to ‘unlearning’ in, through and with dance practices. Unlearning is the process of realising that previously learnt ideas and practices may be incorrect, ineffective or obsolete, and of finding new ways that support a more agile learning and collaborative working approach. This framing is rooted in the realities of developing authentically inclusive dance practice that is shaped by lived experience, background, community, and the realities of instigating real systemic change.

This edited collection aims to explore unlearning across diverse professional, creative, and participatory practices, including practice research and interdisciplinary or cross-sector activities that bridge professional and community contexts. You might be working in/with/through dance in sectors such as health, social care, NHS, social prescribing, architecture, town planning (to name a few!) and have insights on unlearning in those contexts that you would like to share. We particularly welcome co-authored essays that are inter-disciplinary or that bring new voices to publication. 

Deadline 23 January
Email for full call out: sue.smith@falmouth.ac.uk