34th International Creative Drama in Education Congress Paper Submission Themes

Papers to be presented at the 34th International Creative Drama in Education Congress are expected to be addressed in line with the following main themes, reflecting the multidimensional theoretical, pedagogical, and practical structure of the creative drama field. In this context, priority will be given to studies that explore: the body's relationship with cultural memory and its connections to roots in creative drama; the role of movement, improvisation, and bodily expression in meaning-making processes; the dimensions of experience, trace, and reflection in creative drama processes; aesthetic experience and transformation-oriented impacts; body-based learning approaches; body-focused creative drama practices in educational settings; interactions between creative drama, performance, and other art disciplines; and creative drama studies in the context of identity, society, and cultural representation.

34th International Creative Drama in Education Congress Main Themes

1. Root in the Context of Creative Drama: Body, Memory, and Cultural Heritage
2. Movement in the Context of Creative Drama: Bodily Expression, Action, and Transformation
3. Trace in the Context of Creative Drama: Body, Space, and Experience
4. Impact in the Context of Creative Drama: The Transformative Power of Art and Education
5. Creative Drama Theory and the Body
6. The Body and Creative Drama in Educational Settings
7. Creative Drama, Art, Performance, and Interdisciplinarity
8. Creative Drama, Identity, Society, and Bodily Representation
9. Creative Drama Practices, Workshops, and Field Research
10. Creative Drama on the Axis of Policy, Institution, and Public Space

34th International Creative Drama in Education Congress Detailed Themes

1. Root in the Context of Creative Drama: Body, Memory, and Cultural Heritage

• The function of the body as a carrier of cultural memory; the relationship between "imitation" and "observation" processes in intergenerational knowledge transfer and dramatic learning processes.
• The body in rituals, traditions, and ceremonial practices; dramatic elements of Shamanistic roots, the concept of "threshold" in rites of passage such as birth, marriage, and death, healing practices (traditional healers, lead pouring, etc.), and the collective body in seasonal festivals (Hıdırellez, etc.).
• The relationship between oral culture, folk narratives, and the body; the integration of body language into creative drama processes in the meddah (traditional storyteller) and narrative tradition, and body metaphors in fairy tales and epics.
• Movement and bodily expression forms in local cultures; the bodily memory of the artisan (weaving, pottery, etc.) in the context of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the dramatic story of folk dances, typology in traditional village plays, aesthetics of improvisation, and animal imitations.
• Reading belonging, identity, and origin through the body.

2. Movement in the Context of Creative Drama: Bodily Expression, Action, and Transformation

• Movement-based learning processes in creative drama alongside body awareness and kinesthetic learning in education.
• Improvisation, play, and bodily expression.
• The meaning-making power of movement; embodying body movements that live in language, idioms, and proverbs.
• Movement, dance, and drama in an interdisciplinary context.
• The body's forms of action, resistance, and opposition.

3. Trace in the Context of Creative Drama: Body, Space, and Experience

• Body-space relationship and performative experiences.
• Individual and social traces carried by the body; traces of language on the body and their place in cultural transmission.
• Migration, trauma, memory, and the body.
• Gender, identity, and bodily representations; body and identity construction in the modern Turkish novel (themes of the "westernized/diseased body") and sensing "body" symbolism in classical texts (Sufi literature).
• Aesthetic experience and the ways the body leaves a trace.
• Experience, trace, and reflection in creative drama processes.

4. Impact in the Context of Creative Drama: The Transformative Power of Art and Education

• The impact of creative drama on individual transformation.
• Drama with a focus on social change and social impact.
• Body-centered teaching methods in the context of arts education.
• Cognitive, emotional, and social effects of drama practices in education.
• Creative drama in institutions, communities, and public spaces.
• Empowerment, participation, and awareness building through drama.

5. Creative Drama Theory and the Body

• Metaxis, aesthetic experience, and the relationship with the body.
• Body-focused theoretical foundations of creative drama.
• Drama and performance theories in education.
• Theoretical readings on the relationship between body, play, and enactment.
• Process orientation and off-stage aesthetic experience.
• New theoretical perspectives in the field of creative drama.

6. The Body and Creative Drama in Educational Settings

• Body-focused drama practices from early childhood to higher education.
• Body awareness and drama in teacher education.
• Movement and creative drama in inclusive education.
• Bodily expression studies with individuals with special needs.
• Play, movement, and interaction in classroom learning.
• Body-centered arts education in educational curricula.

7. Creative Drama, Art, Performance, and Interdisciplinarity

• The relationship between creative drama, dance, theater, and performance.
• Music, visual arts, and body interaction.
• Creative drama in interdisciplinary arts education.
• Performance arts and bodily narrative.
• Body and movement in contemporary art practices.
• Body studies on the axis of conservatories, fine arts, and faculties of education.

8. Creative Drama, Identity, Society, and Bodily Representation

• Body politics and cultural representation.
• Gender roles and creative drama.
• The visibility of the body in the public sphere.
• Social norms, control, and bodily expression.
• Cultural pluralism, difference, and the body.
• The body in youth, childhood, and old age studies.

9. Creative Drama Practices, Workshops, and Field Research

• Examples of creative drama practices.
• Body-focused studies based on field research.
• Workshop design, process evaluation, and implementation results.
• Action research and creative drama.
• Case studies.
• Community-based art and drama projects.

10. Policy, Institution, and Public Space

• Body and arts education in education and culture policies.
• Drama practices in municipalities, NGOs, and cultural institutions.
• Body-focused art and learning practices in public spaces.
• The use of creative drama in corporate/in-house training.
• Cultural participation, access, and bodily experience.
• The impact of art on social inclusion and democratic participation.