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The Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the
Americas is pleased to announce the following interdisciplinary symposium
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Image as Embodiment: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives - to be held at the
University of East Anglia on 9-10 November.
The aim of this symposium is to develop a series of ongoing topical
workshops between academic disciplines and regional specialisations that
focus on the sensual matter of our material world. It will be an
excellent opportunity for researchers, students, and professionals from
all disciplines to network and to identify opportunities for new research
projects, and collaborations. A range of acclaimed international speakers
will be presenting their work (see list below), with time for discussion
by participants. This symposium is a part of a new initiative by the
Sainsbury Research Unit and is part of the new Groupement De Recherche
International (GDRI) entitled ‘Anthropology and History of the Arts’
hosted at the Musée du Quai Branly. The symposium will take place
adjacent to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, which displays the
renowned Sainsbury Collection of art from many different regions of the
world.
Registration is now under way and further details about the symposium's
costs, and accommodation can be found on in the attached registration form
and our website:
http://www.sru.uea.ac.uk/embodiment-workshop-nov07.php
IMAGE AS EMBODIMENT: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
Conceiving images in their widest sense, this symposium asks how and what
do different material forms embody in the world? While diverse types of
images (‘artworks’, devotional objects, photographs, monuments, etc.)
possess different ontological statuses, they are united by the fact that
they are each embodiments of various sets of social relations, practices,
desires and ideologies. We invite scholars working within anthropology,
archae-ology and art history to explore issues implicated in the notion of
images as embodiments. Whether dealing with the miniature or the
monumental, the symposium seeks to consider embodiment as a process
(cyclical or terminal) situated in time and space. Given the socially and
culturally infused nature of our material world, the strategies of
embodiment are significant. They are affective decisions that impact the
way images are engaged with, and how images themselves act upon us,
channelling behaviour in both the short and long-term. It is anticipated
that the following questions and issues, amongst others, will be
considered at this symposium:
1) Examining embodiment as process we are interested in considering what
intangible qualities are substantiated and transformed when images are
wrapped, carved, bound, modified and or collected?
2)Once made what is it that images do?
3) What is released and made possible through the destruction, dissolution
and decay of an image?
4) What are the culturally specific aspects of these intentions and
qualities of embodiment?
5)What is the significance of different materials and forms in the
composition of images?
6) What are the social effects of the different qualities of surfaces
(e.g., burnishing versus incision in pottery)?
7)What perspectives on the relationship between persons and things emerge
when taking these aspects of images as processes of embodiment?
8) How do different disciplines help in our understanding of embodiment?
Confirmed speakers for the symposium include:
Suzanne Preston Blier (Harvard University, Cambridge, USA)
Stephen Hugh-Jones (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
Christian Kaufmann (Basel, Switzerland)
Pierre Lemonnier (CNRS, Marseille, France)
Howard Morphy (Australia National University, Canberra, Australia)
Ruth Phillips (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
Allen F. Roberts (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Mike Rowlands (University College, London, UK)
Ann-Christine Taylor (Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France)
COSTS:
The Symposium fee is £30 (£10 for student delegates). This includes
refreshments (tea/coffee/biscuits), lunch on both days, the Friday drinks
reception and a delegate pack. It does not include accommodation or
transport or the conference dinner (£35, £20 for students). The fee
charged to attendees is to cover the basic running costs associated with
the event. Only prepaid bookings can be accepted; booking and payment
should be received by 15th October 2007.
DEADLINES:
Deadline for booking places on the symposium and for the dinner is 5pm
Monday, 15th October 2007.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Lynne Humphreys, Sainsbury Research Unit, Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. Email:
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Joshua A. Bell, Sainsbury Research Unit, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts,
University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. Email:
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Website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/art/sru/symposia.htm
Tel : +44.(0)1603.593646 (Joshua A. Bell)
+44.(0)1603.593005 (Lynne Humphreys)
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Dr. Joshua A. Bell
Lecturer in Arts of the Pacific
Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ
England
office:011.44(0)1603.593646
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