Bard Graduate Center, New York, May 6, 2011
Deadline: Feb 4, 2011
Graduate Symposium
Material Networks | Networked Materials
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with
our fellow men."
(Henry Melvill, Golden Lectures, 1855)
A network, as a universal concept, is any interconnected system of
people and objects. Networks are a primary and innate function of all
cultures, promoting communication and exchanges of objects and ideas.
Our vision of the "material network" focuses on the objects and ideas
of exchange, the messages they convey, and their changing identities
and associations across diverse temporalities, geographies and cultures.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
- Patrimony
- The practice of collecting
- Coercion, occupation, and foreign missions
- War, looting, and spolia
- Correspondence and gift exchange
- Travel and trade
The conference will take place on May 6, 2011 at the Bard Graduate
Center in New York City. Students currently enrolled in a graduate
program are invited to submit an abstract not to exceed 500 words
(eventually for a 20-minute paper) as well as a current C.V. or résumé
in PDF format to [log in to unmask] Please send your
submission before Friday, February 4, 2011. Accepted speakers will be
notified via email by the end of February.
Bard Graduate Center | 18 West 86th Street | New York, NY 10024
www.bgc.bard.edu
Symposium Planning Committee: Material Networks Networked Materials
(New York, 6 May 11). In: H-ArtHist, Dec 9, 2010.
<http://www.arthist.net/archive/639>.
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