International Traveling Festival

The Body in Motion

3rd Edition, Under the Theme:

The Mother:
Body in Motion

March 26–28, 2026 | Beni Mellal & Afourer, Morocco

Call for Papers

About the Third Edition

The third edition of the traveling international festival Le Corps en mouvement (The Body in Motion) is dedicated to the figure of the mother, viewed through the prism of movement, transformation, and the crossing of spaces, times, and norms. Conceived as a space for dialogue between academic research, artistic creation, and bodily practices, the festival explores the body as a place where individual and collective experiences are inscribed. It will feature scientific presentations, performances, installations, screenings, readings, workshops, and round tables, in a traveling format that promotes intercultural and interdisciplinary exchanges.... Learn more about the third edition.

Countdown to the Third Edition

Areas of Exploration

Transformations

Pregnancy, postpartum, and aging as biological and identity-shifting movements.

Arts & Media

Representations in literature, visual arts, cinema, and contemporary dance.

Resistance

The political body, medicalization, social norms, and feminist critiques.

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Call for Contributions

This conference welcomes papers on the following topics, among others:

  • The maternal body and physical, symbolic, and identity transformations
  • Representations of the mother's body in literature, visual arts, cinema, and dance
  • Medicalized body, controlled body, political body
  • Motherhood, movement, and temporality (pregnancy, postpartum, aging)
  • The maternal body and space: migration, exile, social mobility
  • The mother's body, performance, and artistic creation
  • Feminist discourse and critiques of the maternal body
  • Experiences and narratives of the maternal body
  • Deadline

    February 28, 2026

    Languages

    English, French, Arabic

    Director

    Cherki Karkaba

    We invite researchers and artists to submit their proposals (abstract, format, and bio) before the deadline.

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