> Call for Presentations:> > "Curating Difficult Knowledge"> > April 16-18, 2009> > Concordia University, Montréal> > > > How are public spaces used to shape memories of systematic mass> violence? What unique challenges arise in attempts to deploy> narratives and documents of collective suffering for public display?> And what innovations in exhibition, museology, and the activation of> memorial sites might these challenges inspire? Employing as a point> of departure a notion of "difficult knowledge" as that which> challenges or disrupts anticipated experience (and thus potentially> induces transformations in understanding or subjectivity), and> considering "curation" in its deeper meaning of "taking care of," this> conference will provide a venue in which to grapple with these> questions as they arise in theory and practice.> > The Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the aftermath> of Violence (CEREV - http://cerev.concordia.ca/) at Concordia> University is pleased to announce our first international conference,> co-sponsored by the Canada Research Chairs in Post-Conflict Studies> and Latin American History. Keynote speakers will include Prof. Roger> Simon, Faculty Director of the University of Toronto's Centre for> Media and Culture in Education and Director of the Testimony and> Historical Memory Project at the Ontario Institute for Studies in> Education.> > The specific aims of the conference are:> > • To engage an emerging body of interdisciplinary scholarship and> practice around representing and conveying experiences and meanings of> historical suffering and injustice> > • To envision and critique innovative attempts at public knowledge> production and transmission about post-conflict experience> > • To reflect on the creation of public spaces for the discussion of> past violence as part of community and nation-state recognition of the> past for future generations> > > We especially encourage participation by scholars, curators, artists,> activists and other practitioners who are engaging with these> questions in the context of museums, memorials, and "sites of> conscience." Our goal is to bring together individuals who are> engaged in experimental curatorial work in the aftermath of violence> with researchers undertaking fine-grained reporting on and analysis of> such work.> > Instructions for submission:> > We invite 250 word abstracts for 15- or 30-minute presentations that> will explore the conference themes outlined above. Since a central> goal is to foster conversation among participants, we encourage you to> request the shortest time-slot in which you can communicate your key> points in your chosen medium (i.e. a spoken conference paper should> fit in 15 minutes). We welcome the use of photographs, sound/video> clips and other digital media in presentations, and for this reason> are offering the option of a 30-minute time slot. Please send> abstracts, along with a current CV and a 100-word description of your> current area of research/practice to: [log in to unmask]> > Deadline for abstract submission: August 31st, 2008.> > Notification: by September 30th, 2008> > Pending funding, we hope to be able to offer some travel subsidies to> participants coming from beyond North America. Please indicate in> your submission if such funding would be essential for your> participation.> ------- End of forwarded message ---------> Department of Bioethics> 5849 University Ave., Dalhousie University> Halifax, NS B3H 4H7 > Tel: 902-494-3801/1899 Fax 902-494-3865>
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