9-12 June 2026 | Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland & Online | GMT \/ Reykjav\u00edk time<\/strong><\/p>\n Inter Lace Work: Autism and Neurodiversity in the Beneath Ecologies of Creative Collaboration<\/strong> is a conference connected to the AnFinn Research Project<\/strong> at the University of Iceland. The conference explores neurodivergent creative practices, creativity research, artistic collaboration, activism, academia, and the question of how arts spaces can become more inclusive of neurodivergent people.<\/p>\n The project begins from an important and powerful hypothesis: that the potential for neurodivergent creativity is still disproportionately unrealised because of ableist systems and structures. In response, the conference creates space for neurodivergent creative practitioners, creativity researchers, artists, activists and experimental thinkers to share ideas across different formats and disciplines.<\/p>\n This is not a standard academic conference in the narrow sense. The programme is described as cross-genre, bringing together academic, creative, activist, experimental and other forms of contribution. It recognises that neurodivergent creativity may not always fit neatly into conventional presentation styles, institutional expectations or ableist ideas of what \u201cproper\u201d knowledge-sharing should look like.<\/p>\n The event connects strongly with Neurodiversity Pride Week because it centres neurodivergent creativity, agency and participation. It asks not only how neurodivergent people can be included in existing creative spaces, but also how those spaces may need to change when neurodivergent ways of thinking, sensing, making and collaborating are taken seriously.<\/p>\n This event may be especially relevant for neurodivergent artists, writers, performers, researchers, activists, students, arts organisations, cultural institutions, academics, educators and anyone interested in the relationship between neurodiversity, creativity, collaboration and social change.<\/p>\nPractical information<\/h2>\n
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