Dear all,
Call for papers closes on the 8th of January 2018 and we are still looking for more papers to include in our panel:
Art, Authenticity and Authority: Traversing the Power Struggles
Convenors
* Tereza Kuldova (University of Oslo & University of Vienna)
* Oivind Fuglerud (Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo)
Chair Leon Wainwright
Discussant Birgit Meyer
Short abstract
Power struggles over the authentic and the inalienable in contemporary disenchanted neoliberal economies, overfilled with copies, fakes, reproductions and profane objects, have become ever more pronounced. The panel aims at a critical discussion of these power struggles, within broader time-frame.
Long abstract
Power struggles over the authentic and the inalienable in contemporary disenchanted neoliberal economies, overfilled with copies, fakes, reproductions and profane objects, have become ever more pronounced and ever more invested with political interests and moral sentiments. Art and cultural artistic expressions find themselves often at the heart of these struggles, as they have been traditionally imagined as the very realms where sacred, inalienable and authentic objects could be produced and authenticated, be it through rituals, certifications or expert knowledge. This discussion panel seeks to deal with questions surrounding the power struggles over and desire for authenticity both in the contemporary global art market and society at large. How have we for instance gone from perceiving cultural appropriation as a positive social good towards lobbying the UN to ban it and make it illegal, and thus to effectively legally reinforce cultural boundaries? Who has the power and authority to draw these boundaries and hierarchies? What charm do all those formerly inalienable objects from around the world, sacred heirlooms and art pieces, that ended up on the art market only to be authenticated and sold precisely for their value as authentic possess? Why is authenticity, now more than ever, in such a high demand and how do we engage with the reactionary political desires that, too, yearn for authenticity? The panel will be structured as a round-table and is organized collectively by Tereza Kuldova, Řivind Fuglerud, Leon Wainwright, Maruska Svasek, Birgit Meyer and Rina Arya.
To submit a proposal follow this link: https://nomadit.co.uk/rai/events/rai2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6063??
Best wishes,
Tereza Kuldova, PhD
Researcher
Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo
Visiting Senior Researcher
Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna
http://www.tereza-kuldova.com/
Editor-in-chief of JEA: Journal of Extreme Anthropology
https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/JEA/index
Founder of the Extreme Anthropology Research Network
http://www.extreme-anthropology.com
New books:
Luxury Indian Fashion: A Social Critique
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/luxury-indian-fashion-9781474220941/
Urban Utopias: Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia
https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783319476223
The project 'Gangs, Brands and Intellectual Property Rights: Interdisciplinary Comparative Study of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Luxury Brands' has received funding from The Research Council of Norway through a FRIPRO Mobility Grant, contract no 250716. The FRIPRO Mobility grant scheme (FRICON) is co-funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under Marie Curie grant agreement no 608695.
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