[Commlist] CFP: Graduate Conference on Science and Technology of the Arts, Second Edition

CFP: Graduate Conference on Science and Technology of the Arts, Second 
Edition
Theme: Response(ability)
Date: December 12-13, 2024
Organisers: Escola das Artes, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Conference website: 
_https://artes.porto.ucp.pt/en/art-center/conferencias/graduate-conference-2024/apresentacao 
<https://artes.porto.ucp.pt/en/art-center/conferencias/graduate-conference-2024/apresentacao>_
Abstract:
In a present dominated by necropower, we are witnessing destruction of 
human life, territories and the material destruction of the Earth. 
Building on the discussion established in the first edition, the 2nd 
Graduate Conference on Science and Technology of the Arts is proposing a 
focus on research concerning destruction(s) in relation to 
(im)materiality, the interconnectedness of the human - non-human world 
through the prioritization of collectivity, collaborative and 
participatory processes in arts, science and heritage.
“Necropower has become a key concept for understanding the generalized 
instrumentalization of life and the material destruction of the Earth in 
the global postcolonial condition that includes the extermination of all 
biocultural systems” (The Society for the end of Necropolitics, s.d.)
Taking the devaluation of human and non-human connections as 
contributing to the generalized destruction of culture, territories and 
the planet, we are currently witnessing a loss of the concept of 
collectivity and an enrichment of the concept of individualism.
We encourage participants to engage with the 
concept Response(ability), understood as an ethical and political form 
of resistance against normativity, related to sensitivity and curiosity, 
which enhances the preservation not only of human life, but also of 
other living and non-living beings, the planet, culture, science and art.
We welcome reflections on methodologies and practices that can help us 
imagine alternative ways of living in relation to our (im)materiality 
and our (inter)connection. These may allow us to invent new forms of 
care practices, interdependence, resistance and alternative futures.
We understand (im)materiality as a reflection of the relationship 
between the tangible and the intangible, the parallelism between 
thinking and acting, between destroying and preserving. We believe that 
(inter)connection represents the reconstruction of human and non-human 
relationships, with the planet, art and heritage. In this sense the 
(inter)connection of the human and the non-human is central to 
this Response(ability) to act in the face of the destruction of 
(im)material worlds.
Considering Response(ability) as a generator for new possibilities and 
drawing from the concepts of (inter)connection and (im)materiality, this 
edition of the Graduate Conference aims to bring into discussion the 
following themes/subjects:
Community-driven practices in heritage conservation: citizen science, 
citizen humanities, digital humanities and digital cultural heritage

  *
    Collaborative and Participatory Artistic Practices
  *
    Destruction and preservation of material and immaterial in arts and
    heritage
  *
    Ecological Destruction and Preservation: Green conservation,
    Ecoarts, Eco Somatics, Land Art
  *
    Embodied Encounters and Practice
  *
    Ethical and Political Resistance in artistic research and practices
  *
    Experiments with Materiality and Physicality
  *
    Futures and Communal relations to nature
  *
    Intimacy and Care Practices in Artistic Research
  *
    Strategies and Speculations for Collective Survival: New social
    realities, Alternative
  *
    Feminist, Decolonial and Speculative Worldbuilding

Keynote Speakers:

  *
    Işıl Eğrikavuk (Berlin University of Arts)
  *
    Defne Ayas (Performa, New York)


Submission guidelines: Please send your proposed abstract (max 500 
words) at this link: _https://easychair.org/cfp/GradConfSTA2024 
<https://easychair.org/cfp/GradConfSTA2024>_by 15th of October 2024.
All questions about submissions should be emailed to (_citar /at/ ucp.pt) 
<mailto:(citar /at/ ucp.pt)>_

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