Doha Institute and Rubaiyat Qatar Launch 'Water Ways' Conference on Epistemologies and Aesthetics
The 'Water Ways: Epistemologies and Aesthetics' conference is being organized by the Doha Institute in collaboration with Rubaiyat Qatar to explore innovative perspectives on water. This essential resource has been examined through various cultural and disciplinary lenses, often shaped by differing ideologies, and is a key element in numerous artistic endeavors. Traditional frameworks are being re-evaluated in light of concepts such as fluidity and nomadism. The urgent challenges posed by climate change and global issues have led to fresh insights regarding water's vital role in existence. Proposals from diverse fields are welcomed. Additionally, Rubaiyat Qatar plans to unveil its first visual arts exhibition in October 2026, while the Doha Institute, established in 2015, provides MA and PhD programs in social sciences and humanities.
Key facts
- Conference titled 'Water Ways: Epistemologies and Aesthetics' organized by Doha Institute and Rubaiyat Qatar
- Seeks critical redefinition and approaches to water ways
- Invites paper proposals from disciplines including politics, economics, geography, sociology, anthropology, history, philosophy, cultural studies, and creative arts
- Water studied in twentieth century by various disciplines and cultures, driven by ideological positions
- Water used as material and symbol in artistic, literary, cinematic, and sonic projects
- Traditional units of analysis no longer bounded by imagined permanence of land
- Researchers and artists use formations like influx, fluidity, perturbation, liquidity, self-representation, immigration, homelessness, nomadism, statelessness
- Intersections of climate change, late capitalism, neo-colonialism, globalized trade, Anthropocene incite alternative understandings of water's role
- Proposals should consider water as site of knowledge, regulation, liberation, fluidity, liquidity
- Cross-sectional platforms aim to boost researchers and artists, develop water studies and artistic projects
- Rubaiyat Qatar is countrywide quadrennial visual-arts exhibition launching inaugural edition October 2026
- Rubaiyat Qatar incorporates academic programs, pop-up exhibitions, workshops before opening
- Doha Institute for Graduate Studies founded in Qatar in 2015
- Doha Institute offers MA and PhD programs in social sciences, humanities, economics, administration, public policy
- Doha Institute uses Arabic as primary language of instruction, requires English fluency
- Doha Institute aims to graduate researchers and practitioners advancing knowledge and bettering human condition
Entities
Institutions
- Doha Institute
- Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
- Rubaiyat Qatar
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- School of Economics, Administration and Public Policy
Locations
- Doha
- Qatar