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Women artists in the Atlantic Space: Migrations, Creation, Emancipation

Femmes artistes dans l’espace Atlantique : migrations, création, émancipation

Mujeres artistas en el espacio atlántico: migraciones, creación, emancipación

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Published on Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Abstract

This international conference aims to explore the effects of transatlantic cultural circulations over the individual and collective experiences of women artists (18th-21st c.), in the various fields of creation (cinema, literature, visual arts, performing arts, music, architecture…). 

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Argument

The aim is to identify, retrace and analyze the transatlantic circulations of women in the worlds of art and culture, in order to question the effect of these journeys (temporary or permanent, voluntary or forced, individual or collective) on both their political emancipation and the legitimization of artistic practices. In the wake of the social sciences’ analysis of artistic production, which encompasses all the actors who contribute to the production of works, this conference focuses on the artists themselves as well as on the other actors involved in the circulation and legitimization of their production. Without being mutually exclusive categories, these two roles –artist and intermediary– are sometimes encompassed in the same person. All the more so since circulation itself turns artists into go-betweens between different countries, cities, circuits and artistic fields. On the one hand, presentations will focus on women artists(photographers, actors, dancers, painters, writers, musicians, but also weavers, craftswomen, ceramists, graffiti artists, draughtswomen, performers...), trying to cross the vernacular divisions between “fine” and “minor” arts, or between “art” and “crafts.” On the other hand, we will also explore women as go-betweens or cultural intermediaries, looking at translators, collectors, publishers, patrons, teachers, as well as women heading social circles (salons, bookshops, galleries) or activist networks (mobilizations for cultural rights, creation of cultural policies, among others). These women intermediaries are often overshadowed by the authors or artists whose work they highlight. And yet, by building bridges between cultural scenes, they play an essential role in the circulation of works and ideas.

Contributions will focus on women’s journeys towards emancipation: those for whom the journey played a foundational role in their work, their creation or their political and feminist commitment, opening up horizons that had previously been closed; but also the figures or models traveling on both sides of the Atlantic to become referents broadening cultural imaginations, redefining in the process gender norms and notions of femininity to include gender-expansive artists. The conference will examine the characteristics of these migratory trajectories. Our hypothesis is that the history of women’s emancipation is shaped by these cultural exchanges, and in turn brings with it transformations and innovations that continue to irrigate our societies. Asking the question of women’s specific place and pathways thus offers a stimulating motor for renewing research themes and shedding light on forgotten, despised or obscured figures. The analysis of these trajectories may also enable us to identify other practices and strategies of cultural and artistic circulation, sometimes less “institutionalized,” sometimes less “public,” but which nonetheless show us the importance of informal socialization circles or networks of solidarity between women.

Contributions to this conference will serve as a starting point for publications on the online cultural history platform Transatlantic Cultures. This platform analyzes how intellectual, literary and artistic works have circulated between Europe, Africa and the Americas, contributing to cultural diversitý but also to the broader process of globalization – in its economic, social and political dimensions. These contributions will take part in a new “Atlantic Women and Feminisms” collection on the platform, with possible additions to enrich the texts (metadata, media, dynamic mapping, etc.).

Submission guidelines

Submission deadline: October 25, 2024 

Please send one pdf entitled FemmesAtlantique_surname_firstname_2025 an abstract in French, English, Spanish or Portuguese (maximum 2000 characters) with a title and a biography (maximum 800 characters) to: colloquefemmesatlantique@gmail.com

Acceptance will be notified by December 3, 2024.

The conference will take place on April 4-5, 2025.

Organizing team

This conference is organized with the support of the Graduate School Humanities–Heritage Science Paris Saclay, of the International Research Project « Transatlantic Cultures » (CNRS) and of the Royaumont Foundation by:

  • Clara Bouveresse, Associate professor, American Studies, Évry Paris Saclay University
  • Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni, Sociology of art professor, Université de São Paulo
  • Florencia Dansilio, Postdoctoral researcher in sociology, Paris Cité University and Universidad de la República (Montevideo)
  • Anaïs Fléchet, Contemporary history professor, Sciences Po Strasbourg
  • Thomas Vernet, Head of the Resources and Library Department, Royaumont Foundation

Scientific committee

  • Marie Buscatto, Sociology professor, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
  • Laurence Cossu-Beaumont, English Studies professor, Sorbonne Nouvelle University
  • Pierre Couprie, Musicology professor, d’Évry Paris Saclay University
  • Lara Cox, Associate professor, English Studies, Toulouse Jean Jaurès University
  • Claire Demoulin, Associate professor, Film Studies, Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University
  • Deborah Dorotinsky, researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Charlotte Foucher Zarmanian, Art historian, CNRS researcher
  • Clara Lévy, Sociology professor, Paris 8 University
  • Laura Malosetti Costa, Art history professor, Universidad Nacional de San Martìn, Buenos Aires
  • Gabriela Pellegrino Soares, Contemporary history professor, São Paulo University
  • Julie Verlaine, Contemporary history professor, Tours University
  • Natalie Zelt, Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Department of African & African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

Places

  • Fondation Abbaye de Royaumont
    Asnières-sur-Oise, France (95)

Event attendance modalities

Full on-site event


Date(s)

  • Friday, October 25, 2024

Keywords

  • femme artiste, woman artist, mujer artista

Contact(s)

  • Clara Bouveresse
    courriel : clara [dot] bouveresse [at] univ-evry [dot] fr

Information source

  • Clara Bouveresse
    courriel : clara [dot] bouveresse [at] univ-evry [dot] fr

License

CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

To cite this announcement

« Women artists in the Atlantic Space: Migrations, Creation, Emancipation », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/12b5m

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