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IF 2023: Restless Imagination, Improvising the New Normal

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Call for Papers Emergent and Convergent Scholar-Practitioner Worlds:

Improvisation and Social (In)Justice

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Critical Studies in Improvisation

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IICSI Co-Presents Will Butler, Owen Pallett, and Luna Li at Hillside Festival 2023

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The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) is a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on improvised creative practices.

The Institute's mandate is to create positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts, innovative scholarship, and collaborative action.

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IF 2023: Restless Imagination, Improvising the New Normal

Call for Papers Emergent and Convergent Scholar-Practitioner Worlds:

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Visit our online Research Library of films, interviews, think pieces, articles, and more!

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IICSI Co-Presents Will Butler, Owen Pallett, and Luna Li at Hillside Festival 2023

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