Call for proposals for ACROSS THE THRESHOLD Interdisciplinary conference

The Organizing Committee of Across the Threshold: Creativity, Being & Healing announces the call for papers, panel proposals, lecture-demonstrations and workshopsProposals may address one or more of the following questions: --What are the links between personal, social, and environmental transformation?--Can we simultaneously bear witness to the effects of our (human) activity on our earth ¿home¿ while holding a vision for a different paradigm?--What is the power of art in activating social transformation? --How can the arts allow us to experience our interconnection with all sentient beings and our environment?--What bridges can connect us across cultures and other perceived boundaries to collectively face the global environmental crisis?Deadline for Proposals Extended: October 15, 2012key presenters: Chris Jordan, Lily Yeh, Ronald K. BrownHosted by Duke University Dance ProgramDuke University, Durham, North Carolina, USAFebruary 28 ¿ March 3, 2013Hosted by the Duke University Dance Program, with support from a Visiting Artist Grant from the Council for the Arts, Office of the Provost, Duke University and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.