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CALL FOR PANEL PAPERS
ASA 2012:Arts and aesthetics in a globalising world
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 3rd-6th April 2012
CfP: AESTHETICS OF CONVERSION
Presenters are invited to consider play surrounding the idea of 'conversion'. Conversion can be seen as change from one use, function, or purpose to another; change that occurs with adoption of a new religion, faith or belief; or from one practice to another such as the shift from bio-medicine to so-called alternative therapy or healing. What kind of aesthetics accompanies, or is thought to accompany such change? There is a complex here in which aesthetics, materiality and meaning have overlapping significance for people who convert. Within this complex, we can ask: How much does this aesthetic transformation affect self images? How are changing notions of materiality related to conversion? As outlined in the call for panels, what is the place of the aesthetics of conversion in the 'processes of production and contexts of meaning, performance and (re)interpretation' in everyday local settings, in perceptions of the body or in the design of buildings and cloth?
To submit a proposal for this panel -- or to find out more -- please follow this link to the appropriate page on the ASA's website (http://www.nomadit.co.uk/asa/asa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1037) and follow the instructions there. Submissions need to be made before 7 December.
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Dr James Staples, Anthropology, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH
JRAI Hon. Reviews Editor/ASA Publications Officer
Books for review in the JRAI should be sent to: Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 5BT, UK
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