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BEYOND TEXT:
SYNAESTHETIC AND SENSORY PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Image:Voice::Sound:Object
University of Manchester : June 30- July 2 2007
GRANADA CENTRE FOR VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY
In combination with 10th Royal Anthropological Institute International
Festival of Ethnographic Film
Call for Papers
Is it possible for anthropology to communicate human experience and
knowledge through visual and sensory means and by combining different
representational forms rather than simply relying on conventional textual
means? For example through acoustic ethnography, using sculptural and other
plastic media, art installations, dramatic performance and ethnofiction, as
well as photography, museum spaces and the internet? In short is it possible
for an anthropology that aims to go 'beyond text'? And if so then what are
the implications for anthropological research and practice?
Beyond Text is a landmark conference that brings together leading
international scholars, not only from within anthropology but also from a
number of cognate disciplines (cultural studies, material culture, film and
performance studies, art history, architecture, sociology) to explore
questions of contemporary anthropology. Speakers include Don Brenneis, David
Butler, Paul Carter, Peter Crawford, Steven Feld, Penny Harvey, David Howes,
Sharon MacDonald, David MacDougall, George Marcus, Howard Morphy, Judith
Okely, Catherine Russell, Michael Taussig, Lucien Taylor, Nick Thomas, James
Thompson, Janet Wolff.
We will be accepting a limited set of papers to take place in parallel
sessions and strongly encourage paper proposals from both established and
junior colleagues, as well as artists and students. Please send your 200
word abstract to: [log in to unmask] by Feb 28th 2007.
Registration fees for the conference and festival have been kept
deliberately low and are further discounted for early registration. Please
see http://www.raifilmfest.org.uk
<http://www.raifilmfest.org.uk/conference.htm> /conference.htm for
registration fees and more details of the conference and festival.
The convenors of the conference are: Rupert Cox (Granada Centre for Visual
Anthropology, University of Manchester); Andrew Irving (Granada Centre for
Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester); Chris Wright (Goldsmiths
College, University of London).
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