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BEYOND TEXT? SYNAESTHETIC AND SENSORY PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGYUniversity of Manchester: June 30- July 2 2007In combination with 10th Royal Anthropological Institute International Festival of Ethnographic FilmCall for PapersIs it possible for anthropology to communicate human experience and construct forms of knowledge through different combinations of visual, material and acoustic media? The conference explores the implications for practice led anthropology of the ‘sensory turn’ alongside artistic methods of doing and representing ethnography. It asks what may lie beyond text and considers the possibilities of combining different elements of image:sound::voice:object. Examples of which that we invite presenters to consider, includes but is not limited by: film, photography, sound recordings, art installations, sculptural and other plastic media, dramatic performance, and museum display. Beyond Text? brings together leading international scholars to explore questions of contemporary anthropology. Speakers include Don Brenneis, David Butler, Paul Carter, Peter Crawford, Elizabeth Edwards, Steven Feld, Penny Harvey, David Howes, Sharon MacDonald, David MacDougall, George Marcus, Susan Meiselas, Howard Morphy, Judith Okely, Catherine Russell, Michael Taussig, Lucien Taylor, Nick Thomas, James Thompson, Janet Wolff.We will be accepting a limited set of papers to take place in parallel sessions and strongly encourage paper proposals from both established and junior colleagues, as well as artists and students. Please send your 200 word abstract to: [log in to unmask] by Feb 28th 2007. Registration fees for the conference and festival have been kept deliberately low and are further discounted for early registration. Please see http://www.raifilmfest.org.uk/conference.htm for registration fees and more details of the conference and festival.Convenors: Rupert Cox and Andrew Irving (Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology) and Chris Wright (Goldsmiths)
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