UPR 4277 ICTT - Cultural Identity, Texts and Theatricality Laboratory

Activities

ICTT is an interdisciplinary team currently comprising 35 permanent members and 20 doctoral students from CNU sections 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14. The team examines issues related toidentity and its representationsin particular in a minority setting and in societies in transition or modified by migratory flows and the phenomenon of the globalisation. The application of a critical approach that seeks to explore the field ofcultural identity cannot neglect the literary and theatrical textTheatre as a dynamic process is at the heart of the team's work. Theatre as a dynamic process is at the heart of the team's work, and is situated in the context of the globalisation of culture, which prompts reflection on the construction and representation of identity in new aesthetic, cultural and linguistic spaces.

The main objectives are:

• to consider issues related to identity and its representations, particularly in minority environments and in societies marked by profound upheavals, such as postcolonial societies or societies in transition, and to confront them with the disciplinary fields from which the team's researchers come: literature, aesthetics, civilisation, linguistics;
• to develop specific research in theatre, approached from a textual angle and in synergy with the particularly rich regional cultural environment.

Three subject areas are involved:

• literature ;
• civilisation ;
• linguistics.

On the Internet http://ictt.univ-avignon.fr/

DIRECTION
Graham Ranger

DEPUTY LEADERSHIP

• Axis 1: Nathalie Macé, Jean-Claude Ternaux
• Axis 2: Anika Falkert, Anne Paoli

WEBMASTER
Elsa Cavalié

Courses offered

• Master Languages, Literatures, Translation and Cultures (6 courses)
• Master's Degree in Literature, Theatre, Arts and Cultures (Humanities)

Research activities

• The theatre of minorities.
• Literary aesthetics in the age of globalisation.
• Technological innovation in the contemporary novel.
• La francophonie in the globalized world.
• The study of the linguistic and cultural dimension of the migratory experience, involving the questioning of identity.
• The question of quotation and rewriting in relation to the theatrical text.

Partnerships

ICTT has many regional partners and has already held study days and international conferences with :

• The Jean Vilar House;
• la Scène Nationale, Théâtre de Cavaillon ;
• CNES at La Chartreuse in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon;
• the Avignon Conservatory of Dramatic Art;
• the Avignon Festival;
• UMR 8210 AnHima ;
• UMR 5648 CIHAM ;
• University of Paris 4 (VALE, PRITEPS, LAPS);
• University of Paris 7 (CERILAC);
• Aix-Marseille University (CIELAM);
• University of Milan;
• University of Venice;
• University of Barcelona.

There are also partnerships and collaborations with :

• University of Rome;
• University of Ulster;
• University of Kent;
• University of Laval ;
• University of Ottawa ;
• Simon Fraser University;
• Hanoi University;
• University of Mexico ;
• the French Association for Canadian Studies.

ICTT is also a member of the GIS l'Institut des Amériques.

Further information

Skills and know-how

• Developing a body of thought (in five languages) on literary, linguistic and civilisational phenomena in a variety of geographical areas (Africa, Latin America, Australia, Canada, India).
• Organisation of international study days and conferences in several languages.
• Production of monographs and collective works in five languages for an international audience.
• Extensive written and spoken language skills in German, English, Spanish, French and Italian.
• Language skills in ancient languages (Greek and Latin).
• In-depth analysis and synthesis of literary texts. Analysis of civilizational and linguistic supports such as images and tables...
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of questionnaires.