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A Planetary Art History: Critical Engagement with Boundaries and Land

Type: Calls For Papers [View all]
Posted by: University of Illinois Chicago
Deadline: Sat, June 1st, 2024

The University of Illinois Chicago Art History Graduate Student Association is thrilled to extend an invitation for paper submissions for the upcoming Graduate Student Symposium: A Planetary Art History: Critical Engagement with Boundaries and Land. This symposium seeks to explore conceptions of art history that complicate borders, broaden cultural engagement, and celebrate human creativity on a planet-wide scale. We seek to investigate how art evolves and intersects across diverse cultures.

 

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

● Critical analysis of maps, cartography, land surveys, etc.

● Engagement with colonial art history as a visual tool of empire and/or nationhood

● Representation and recognition of marginalized voices in global art history

● Diasporic and migratory artistic expression

● Strategies for creating more planetary art historical narratives

● Cultural hybridity and inter-relational influence in art and visual culture

● Artistic responses to climate change and environmental challenges

● Considerations of environmental art and land art

● Art and theories that explore the notion of the Anthropocene—the geological epoch when humans exist as a geological force, severely qualifies Humanist histories of Modernity/Globalization

● Anthropological art histories that explore capitalism, climate change, and/or the collapse of Human History and Natural History

● Creative engagement with the possibilities of a planetary future, such as dystopias/utopias, Afrofuturism, technological advancement, etc.

 

Submission Guidelines:

We invite graduate students in all fields to submit abstracts for papers that explore the theme of A Planetary Art History: Critical Engagement with Boundaries and Land. Topics are not limited by location or timeframe, and broad interpretations are encouraged. 

For consideration, send abstracts of no more than 300 words and a current CV to: uicarthistorysymposium@gmail.com by June 1, 2024. 

 

Posted on Mon, April 29th, 2024
Expires on Sat, June 1st, 2024

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