Archive for May 2023

[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]

[Commlist] CFP Special Issue of Dialogos: Unsubmissive Narcissuses: self-representation and dissident sexualities in Iberoamerican visual arts

Wed May 17 17:24:24 GMT 2023



CFP Special Issue of Dialogos: Unsubmissive Narcissuses: self-representation and dissident sexualities in Iberoamerican visual arts (deadline to submit full papers: June 30 2023)

Before and after the colonial period and the consequences of their respective dictatorial periods during the 20th century, how was the production of self-image recovered and renewed in the artistic and cultural space of Iberian America and the Iberian Peninsula in order to contribute to the emancipation of subjugated subjects through gender, sexuality, race, and social class mechanisms? With a recent historical and sociocultural past that is similar (semi-peripheral, dictatorial, colonial, Christian, monotheistic patriarchal), marked by the production of violence against women and black, indigenous, and queer populations, we believe that relating the cases of the Iberian Peninsula and Iberian America in this perspective allows for a critical identification of aesthetic and political strategies that are both common and diverse in the field of arts.

With these questions in mind, throughout 2022 and 2023, the conference cycle "Unsubmissive Narcissus: Self-Representation, Identity, and Difference in Ibero-American Visual Arts" brought together artists, curators, and researchers around the challenge of mapping and reflecting on how historically subjugated subjects and groups (LGBTQ+, women, black people, racialized populations of the global South) developed -in the contexts of Iberian America, Portugal, and Spain, and throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries- different forms of artistic self-enunciation, particularly in the field of self-portraiture, selfie, film essay, archival cinema, performance, and other strategies for producing self-image that negotiated and transgressed gender, sexuality, race, social class, and artistic canons.

As an extension of these activities, we now launch in partnership with the JournalDialogos(Scopus Q3) a call for scientific articles and visual essays for the Dossier "Unsubmissive Narcissus: Self-Representation and Dissident Sexualities in Ibero-American Visual Arts." The dossier is open to researchers, artists, and curators who explore in their work the different forms of experimentation with the selfie, self-portraiture, confessional film, diary archives, and other forms of self-image exploration in cinema, photography, performance, video art, novels, and TV series, especially in the way these "narcissistic impulses" reflect movements and struggles around the following topics:

  *

    Methodologies of studies on self-representation in visual arts;

  *

    Queer and feminist epistemes for/against theories of
    self-representation;

  *

    Decolonial epistemes for/against theories of self-representation;

  *

    Critical revisions of self-portraits made by women, black,
    indigenous, and queer populations in the 20th-21st century;

  *

    Critical revisions of representation and self-representation policies;

  *

    Abjections, aberrations, and monstrosities in self-image production;

  *

    Social activism and the right to self-image;

  *

    Reparative practices and aesthetics policies in self-image production;

  *

    Selfie and self-performance on social media and artistic production;

  *

    Masks and aesthetics of artifice in self-image production;

  *

    Drag art and other transformative arts in self-image production;

  *

    Narcissistic, diaristic, and confessional impulses in cinema;

  *

    Colonial/artistic relationships between Latin America, Portugal, and
    Spain for self-image production.

Articles will be accepted in the following languages:Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, and Italian,and they must be uploaded in the online platform of the journal: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/Dialogos/index <https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/Dialogos/index>

This issue aims to contribute to the wider Lusophone, Hispanic, and international scientific community, providing new methodological approaches from an interdisciplinary, comparative, and transnational perspective. Additionally, the analysis and study of a (semi-)peripheral geographic and cultural space will enrich the international community with new empirical data. Through this editorial project, the authors aim to contribute (1) scientific knowledge to current debates on self-portraiture in the fields of "identity", "difference", "gender", "sexuality", "race", "class", and artistic creation; (2) to the creation of an international network on these and other related topics; and (3) to increase the international visibility of Ibero-American art history.

Guest editors:

Flavia Bortolon - Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

Dieison Marconi - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Lucia Gloria Vazquez Rodriguez - University College London (UCL)

Bruno Marques - New University of Lisbon (NOVA)

Submission period: April 15th to June 30th 2023 (deadline). NO APC


---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ commlist.org)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------




[Previous message][Next message][Back to index]