ITYARN is an international network of academics who do research into theatre for young audiences. ITYARN’s inaugural conference took place in May 2008 at the 16th ASSITEJ World Congress in Adelaide, Australia. Subsequently there were annual symposia and conferences before ITYARN 2012 was recognised officially as an ASSITEJ network.
ITYARN seeks to promote a critical dialogue with theatre for children and young people, in that it encourages an exchange of expert ideas and opinions on current research projects. It makes a link between theory and artistic practice in that it explores social, cultural, economic and political framework conditions under which theatre for children and young people is created and perceived; and after that it asks what aesthetics can be developed under these circumstances.
In order to stimulate critical reflection ITYARN stages regular symposia and publishes the results. You can find information about its current activities on its website www.ityarn.org. You also have the opportunity to register as a new member here.
The current board members come from seven different countries on five continents. They are as follows: Geesche Wartemann (Chairwoman), University of Hildesheim (Germany), Manon van de Water, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), Cheela Chilala, University of Zambia (Zambia), Young Ai Choi, The Korean National University of Arts, Seoul (South-Korea), Yvette Hardie, President of ASSITEJ (South Africa), Tulin Saglam, Ankara University (Turkey) and Nora Lía Sormani, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Contact: Geesche Wartemann: gwartem@uni-hildesheim.de
