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Reminder call for abstracts for the RAI conference due by 8th January 2018. As part of the Art, Materiality and Representation conference hosted by the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) at The British Museum and SOAS 1st-3rd June 2018, we are pleased to invite papers for the following panel (Code P098) titled Beauty and its Dilemmas. Convenors: Tom Selwyn (SOAS) and Hazel Andrews (LJMU) Please provide a 250 word abstract proposal by 8th January 2018 to the following online form: http://nomadit.co.uk/rai/events/rai2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6144. Papers should be around 15-20 minutes in length. The inclusion of multimedia, film, audio, or other elements as part of the presentation would be most welcomed. For further details about the conference please see: https://www.therai.org.uk/conferences/art-materiality-and-representation Please see below for panel details: --- P98: Beauty and its Dilemmas Short abstract A perennial methodological issue in anthropological research concerns the relationship between internal and external landscapes. The notion of beauty mediates between the two. This panel seeks to respond to a critically important idea that is surprisingly understudied. Long abstract Rubens' (1636) painting, The Judgement of Paris and Monteverdi's (1645) opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea are taken as starting points in a discussion of the ways visual and musical representations of male and female beauty have classically been used to provoke debates about relations between beauty, power, and morality. As judge in the competition to decide who should be recognized as the most beautiful goddess, Paris chose Aphrodite, thus seeming to equate her qualities (freedom, spontaneity, sexual availability) above those of her rival Hera, goddess of marriage and fidelity. In a rather comparable way the opera tells the story of the time in his life when the emperor Nero clearly considered his concubine, Poppea, to be more beautiful than his faithful wife Ottavia. In both painting and opera, feelings of injustice are manifest in the expressions of those rejected by their male counterparts and viewers/audiences are drawn to sympathise with them at precisely the same time as they are themselves enchanted by the heroines. Such narratives, and the enduring hold they have over contemporary audiences and viewers, are fruitful subjects for anthropological discussion. These examples invite reflections on the way in which understandings of beauty are used to mediate between internal and external landscapes and thus what beauty represents. This panel seeks to discuss the anthropology of beauty. Themes may include, but are not restricted to: Beauty and power Beauty and morality The relationship between beauty and myth Beauty and desire/longing Culturally situated understandings of beauty Best wishes, Hazel and Tom [cid:image001.gif@01D3257B.0E077050]<http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/> Dr Hazel Andrews PhD, MA, BSc (Hons) Reader Tourism, Culture & Society Faculty of Education, Health and Community t: 01512315237 e: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ Important Notice: the information in this email and any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, you should delete it from your system immediately without disclosing its contents elsewhere and advise the sender by returning the email or by telephoning a number contained in the body of the email. No responsibility is accepted for loss or damage arising from viruses or changes made to this message after it was sent. The views contained in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Liverpool John Moores University. ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * * To unsubscribe: please log on to jiscmail.ac.uk, and * * go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page. * * ***************************************************************