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FINAL CALL for papers / presentations / performances for the following event:



CfP Art & Anthropology - A Parallel Universe Day Seminar, Arnolfini, Bristol
http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/events/details/1499
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Wednesday 28th November, 2-5pm
Anorlfini, Bristol - http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/

It is increasingly common for contemporary artists to explore
anthropological and ethnographic concerns in their practice. At the same
time, artists themselves have become a subject for study for contemporary
anthropologists. In this symposium, researchers working in and between both
fields will come together to explore links, friction and potential in a
celebration of cross-disciplinary exchange.

The tracing of connections between anthropological and artistic practice,
the extent to which the two disciplines are distinct, and their shared
grounding in discourses of alteriety have been significant concerns for
theorists and practitioners alike for many years now.  Though given
definite shape through Marcus and Myers' The Traffic in Culture (1995),
such discussions have now progressed far beyond beyond the "ethnographic
turn" of Foster (1995) or anthropology's own "crisis of representation".
Now, through the work of anthropologists such as Arnd Schneider,
Christopher Wright and others, a rich, shared space of methodological and
theoretical practices is - problematically - shared between these
disciplines.  Issues of subjectivity, identity, "the other", even
"modernism" itself, inform and are informed by both art and anthropology in
complex ways.
 
Coordinated in response to Arnolfini's Parallel Universes season, the event
will include presentations and facilitated discussion, and is open to
all.  It aims to bring together artists, creative practitioners,
researchers, anthropologists and everyone in between in order to highlight,
inform and illuminate these complex interactions.


CALL FOR PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS/PERFORMANCES
Proposals are invited exploring any aspect of cross-over between art and
anthropology, from postgraduate students, early-career independent
practitioners, and established anthropologists.

Please send up to 200 words outlining your proposal, up to 3 images, and a
CV to [log in to unmask] by October 31st 2012.

Performative presentations are very welcome. However, any technical
requirements beyond the use of a projector will need discussion.

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