[ecrea] CfP: Pictures of War - Visual Activism, representation, Ethics... Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Please find below two links related to the forthcoming conference, The 
Pictures of War: Still image in Conflict Since 1945 to be held at 
Manchester Metropolitan University 23-25th May 2018. This includes a 
student Masterclass the day before (limited to 45 students – details 
within) and a Keynote at the Imperial War Museum, Manchester.
Overview: A conference on the intersections of conflict and pictures 
from the end of the Second World War to the present day.
Since the end of the Second World War, the nature and depiction of 
geopolitical conflicts have changed in technology, scale and character. 
The Cold War political landscape saw many anti-colonial struggles for 
liberation and national identity become proxy battlegrounds for the 
major powers. Wars continue to be waged in the name of democracy and 
terror, and in the interests of linguistic, theological and racial 
worldviews and migration and displacement are again at the top of the 
agenda.
As the technologies of war have shifted, so have the technologies of 
making pictures. This conference seeks to engage with these phenomena 
through critically engaged approaches to the processes of visualisation, 
their methodologies and epistemologies to contribute to our 
understanding of the ways conflicts are pictured. The intention is to 
expand the field of enquiry beyond localised, thematic or media-specific 
approaches and to encourage new perspectives on the material and visual 
cultures of pictures.
Call for Papers: The CfP papers is open till the 12th Jan and the 
streams, which include sessions on ethics, visual activism and the 
middle east, trauma and representation, and mediation can be found here: 
http://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/events/2018/the-pictures-of-war/


Registration: Information for delegates including location, travel and 
conference registration is locatable here with payments made via the 
online system: 
https://www.kxregistration.mmu.ac.uk/Registration/Welcome.aspx?e=35A6F559D2388EE89B7872F0F3F2022C

Lastly, a student Masterclass, limited to 45 is detailed within the 
call. For those wishing to participate, there are a number of subsided 
places, which includes full conference attendance and travel bursaries. 
Please read the details and email me with a rationale before the 26th of 
March.

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