Call for papers, deadline: 16.12.2016
Everyday Revolutions in Southern and Eastern Europe
The University of Manchester and Whitworth Art Gallery (2015 Museum of
the Year), Manchester
Dates: May 19 and 20, 2017
To mark the centenary of the 1917 Revolution we are holding an
interdisciplinary conference on the theme of Everyday Revolutions in
Southern and Eastern Europe. Rather than treating revolution as a one
off or irreversible political change, the event will investigate the
revolutionary potential of often-overlooked mobilisations, movements,
acts, actions, and practices. Moving beyond ideas of popular protest
and social movement activism, it will focus on phenomena which could
be dubbed ‘everyday revolutions’, including but not limited to:
· ‘slow protest’
· small-scale resistance
· counter-culture
· liberation movements
· individual acts and actions.
The regional focus on Southern and Eastern Europe will highlight areas
on the periphery of the European project which face many of the same
challenges. The conference will shed new light on the responses to
these challenges. This perspective on social, economic, political, and
cultural problems will allow better understanding of everyday ways of
coping with, and reacting against, new political-economic situations
on the ‘edges of Europe’, both inside and outside the EU. It will help
reflect not just on the areas in question, but more broadly on
contemporary meanings of Europe and its borders.
We welcome contributions from across disciplines relating to any area
of ‘everyday revolutions’. Examples might include responses to
austerity, civil society and NGOs, informal organisations and
collectives, parallel organisations (including currencies),
trans-border activist co-operations, artivism, digital and sexual
revolutions, and post-capitalism. Proposals are encouraged for
conventional papers/panels but also interactive workshops (musical,
visual and other), workshops open to the public, workshops for
children, films, slide-shows and other visual installations. As the
event will be held at the Whitworth Art Gallery, proposals are
especially welcomed for talks or workshops which engage with
particular pieces – fine art, sculptures, textiles, wallpapers, etc. –
from the Whitworth’s collection (which can be consulted here:
http://gallerysearch.ds.man.ac.uk ).
The deadline for applications is 16.12.2016. Please send to
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Name & affiliation (if any)
Title of contribution
Type of contribution (paper, film, workshop, workshop for children, etc.)
Abstract (max. 350 words), including explanation of your
contribution’s relevance for the topic.
Proposals for panels of 3-4 papers or jointly led workshops are also welcome.
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