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[Commlist] CfP for the Panel: Identity in the Visual at the 8th Euroacademia International Conference ‘Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities
Thu May 09 21:59:10 GMT 2019
Call for Papers for the Panel:
Identity in the Visual
The panel is part of the 8th Euroacademia International Conference
‘Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities’
28 – 29 June 2019, Dublin, Ireland
Deadline: 24th of May 2019
Panel Organizer: Daniela Chalániová (Anglo-American University, Prague)
Panel Description:
Ever since the so called ‘linguistic turn’ in the 1970s, majority of
research on identity in political and social sciences has been focused
on language and text - as language has been considered the primary tool
for meaning formation, and ideas exchange. Today, we are twenty years
from a digital revolution of the 1990s, which on the one hand, made
communication faster, more efficient and more global, on the other hand
made the linguistic exchange just one of many possibilities. While
arguably some visual elements such as symbols and flags have been
recognized as important for collective identification, the impact of
journalist, fashion and travel photography, films, comic books and
documentaries, billboards and brands, sports and arts has largely been
neglected by mainstream political science scholars, who viewed images
as something rather suspicious. However, with increasing interest in
the visual/aesthetic aspects of political and social life (the so
called ‘visual/aesthetic turn’ of the late 1990s) it is only logical to
take a hard look at identity beyond language, that is, from an
interdisciplinary visual perspective.
Images, just like words, are able to communicate norms, meanings and
values, they polarize as well as unite communities, identify who is ‘in’
and who is ‘out’. Images communicate meanings through logic of
association, rather than logic of argumentation as texts often do,
appealing to our emotional rather than logical cognition. Images trigger
the unconscious processes of stereotyping and value judgments associated
with them, effectively constructing affiliation or differentiation, a
Self and the Other, with behavioural consequences. Therefore, analysis
of visual material in connection to identity should occupy a more
prominent place among identity scholars. Political and social science,
however, lacks in tools of visual analysis, therefore it needs to
broaden its scope into other disciplines such as communication studies,
artsand history, cultural studies, media studies, theatre, iconography,
semiotics, marketing and advertising, public relations, fashion,
photography, cinematography, etc.
Thus, this panel aims at a more inclusive interdisciplinary approach to
identity building, especially in terms of the empirical scope. The goal
is to collect empirical as well as theoretical and methodological papers
on political and social identity, focused on visual aspects of identity
construction.
Suggested topics may include/but are not limited to these:
~ Role of images in multilingual collectivities’ identity construction
~ Role of images in multicultural/multinational collectivities’ identity
construction
~ Role of sports as visual performance in identity narratives
~ Emotional appeal of images, symbols and representations
~ American presidential election and the public ‘image’ of the candidates
~ Presidential election and the public ‘image’ of the candidates
~ Constructing the democrats/the republicans in the media
~ Political branding and electoral campaigns
~ Media campaigns of the European Parliament
~ Statues and monuments of national identity
~ Treatment of minorities in films – visualizing the Other
~ National cinema and national identity
~ Images of patriotism
~ Fashion statement as a declaration of belonging
~ Folk costumes and clothing in contemporary national identity narratives
~ Visualizing the gender
While the papers suggested here approach identity from a
social-constructivist perspective, other approaches and criticisms are
welcome.
If interested in participating, please read the complete event details
on the conference website and apply on-line. Alternatively you can send
a maximum 300 words abstract together with the details of your
affiliation until 24th of May 2019 by e-mail at (application /at/ euroacademia.org)
For full details of the conference and on-line application please see:
http://euroacademia.eu/conference/8th-identities-and-identifications/
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