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In/visible: representation, discourse, practices, “dispositifs”
In/visibile: rappresentazioni, discorsi, pratiche, dispositivi
Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
Giornata di studi interdisciplinari
Published on Friday, June 21, 2019
Abstract
How is the materiality of the visible world inscribed in its cultural representations? What are the more or less visible actors and mechanisms in the genesis of a cultural artefact? Should the visible / invisible binomial be considered as an anthropological constant or as the effect of a certain epistemological constellation? To what extent does visibility coincide with power and, therefore, how should one represent the in/visible? These are just some of the questions that cultural studies, in their innate interdisciplinarity and methodological heterogeneity can formulate with respect to the issue.
Announcement
Presentation
22nd October 2019, Palermo University (Italy)
invisibile2019palermo.wordpress.com
The University of Palermo together with the joint PhD programme Studi Culturali Europei/ Europäische Kulturstudien organizes the interdisciplinary graduate conference “IN / VISIBLE: REPRESENTATION, DISCOURSE, PRACTICES, DISPOSITIFS” (University of Palermo, 22 October 2019). The international conference will focus on the different aspects of in/visibility from a cultural, philosophical, literary and artistic, historical and sociological perspective. The chosen working languages are Italian and English.
From their position at the crossroads among the humanities, cultural studies testify to the coexistence of heterogeneous objects, techniques and forms of knowledge that are heterogeneous. From this perspective, in / visibility constitutes one of the aspects each discipline – from literary criticism to psychoanalysis, from history to gender studies- can somehow shed light on. The road that leads to the investigation of the representation of the in/visible is not univocal, but inherently plural and intrinsically interdisciplinary.
From this perspective, IN / VISIBLE: REPRESENTATION, DISCOURSE, PRACTICES, DISPOSITIFS” is designed as a moment of dialogue between different methodological perspectives that, looking at the in / visible from different points of view, also differ in the omissions and concealments that the choice of each point of view brings.
The international graduate conference also takes part to an academic tradition – that of Palermo and Düsseldorf, precisely – which commits to carry out research on in / visibility across disciplines.
How is the materiality of the visible world inscribed in its cultural representations? What are the more or less visible actors and mechanisms in the genesis of a cultural artefact? Should the visible / invisible binomial be considered as an anthropological constant or as the effect of a certain epistemological constellation? To what extent does visibility coincide with power and, therefore, how should one represent the in/visible? These are just some of the questions that cultural studies, in their innate interdisciplinarity and methodological heterogeneity can formulate with respect to the issue.
The international conference, organized by the graduate students in European Cultural Studies (XXXIII cycle) at the Universities of Palermo and Düsseldorf, is addressed to young scholars (graduate and postgraduate students) from the humanities, with the aim of favouring moments of confrontation, exchange, opening and learning. Participants are invited to present their own considerations on the possible materializations of the visible, according to the interests and methods of their own research and / or discipline, to offer food for thought to a consciously heterogeneous audience.
Topics
The international conference will focus on the different aspects of in/visibility from a cultural, philosophical, literary and artistic, historical and sociological perspective. Abstracts written in Italian and English must not exceed 250 words. Please attach a short bio and a short CV. Please send your abstract to: invisibile2019palermo@gmail.com. Young scholars (graduate and post-graduate students) wishing to participate are invited to send abstracts that focus primarily – but not exclusively – on the following topics:
In/visible and the arts:
- Masks of the in/visible
- In / visible and myth
- Visual and sound representations of the in / visible
- Symbolism and in / visibility
- In/visible in literary theory
- Magic, manticism and in/visibility
In / visible and human action:
- Sociology and in / visibility
- Mediology of the in/visible
- In / visible languages
- Visible / invisible and expected / unexpected
In / visibility policies and schemes:
- In / visible and identity
- Minorities and in / visibility
- In/visibility and incommunicability
- Visibility / invisibility and legitimacy / illegitimacy
Submission instructions and deadlines
Graduate and postgraduate students are invited to submit a proposal. Abstracts written in Italian and English must not exceed 250 words. Please attach a short bio. Please send your abstract to: invisibile2019palermo@gmail.com. Please write “Proposal graduate conference in/visible 2019”
The deadline for submission of abstracts is set for July 7, 2019.
Acceptance or rejection of the proposals will be notified per e-mail to the interested parties by July 20, 2019
Maximum presentation time: 20 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.
Essays submitted after the conference will be considered for publication.
Further information and the final programme will be published on the official webpage of the conference invisibile2019palermo.wordpress.com and on our Facebook page. For any enquire feel free to contact us: invisibile2019palermo@gmail.com.
No fee is to be paid to participate. Unfortunately, no bursary for travel and accommodation expenses can be provided.
Scientific Committee
- Eleonore Bully, PhD Student (Université Paris Est / Università di Palermo)Urban Planning eleonore.bully@univ-paris-est.fr
- Maria Giovanna Campobasso, PhD Student (Università di Palermo / Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf)German literature and cultural studies mariagiovanna.campobasso@unipa.it
- Britta Köhler, PhD Student (Università di Palermo / Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf) Romance languages and literature britta.koehler@hhu.de
- Cristiana Melidone, PhD Student (Università di Palermo / Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf) Greek history and epigraphy cristiana.melidone@unipa.it
- Laura Strack, PhD Student (Università di Palermo / Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf) Performance Studies laurachristine.strack@unipa.it
- Marinella Tomasello, PhD Student (Università di Palermo / Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf)Visual culture and disability studies marinella.tomasello@unipa.it
Subjects
- Representation (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
- Mind and language > Language > Literature
- Mind and language > Representation > History of art
- Mind and language > Representation > Heritage
- Mind and language > Representation > Visual studies
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural identities
- Society > Geography > Geography: politics, culture and representation
Places
- Ed. 15, 7° piano, Aula Multimediale - Viale delle Scienze
Palermo, Italian Republic (90128)
Date(s)
- Sunday, July 07, 2019
Keywords
- Cultural Studies, Graduate Conference, Interdisciplinary, International, Visual Studies
Contact(s)
- Laura Strack
courriel : laurachristine [dot] strack [at] unipa [dot] it
Reference Urls
Information source
- Laura Strack
courriel : laurachristine [dot] strack [at] unipa [dot] it
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« In/visible: representation, discourse, practices, “dispositifs” », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Friday, June 21, 2019, https://doi.org/10.58079/12zx
