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CFP May 2 2011 "Where the Bodies Lie: Landscape of Memory Mourning and Concealment."
| Location: | California, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2011-05-02 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-04-11 |
| Announcement ID: |
184531 |
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Burial sites are designed to promote memory and legacy, recording
the names and achievements of the deceased. But in reality they
often aestheticize or mask brutal truths, cloaking feelings of loss,
pain, and blunt trauma with a new, invented narrative. Sculptural
programs and natural settings in military cemeteries, for example,
suggest that the deceased died a “good death,” as Drew Gilpin Faust
has explained. Art in the cemetery can also express confidence in
the hereafter or it can add more ambiguous and contemplative elements
of wonder and mystery. Proposals are sought dealing with the
design, ornamentation, and function of burial sites, state-sponsored
or private, including church or temple graveyards or vaults, royal
and individual shrines, and municipal necropoli. Research related to
artistic and architectural practices, emotional management, the body
as a site of control and empathy, memory studies, religious contexts,
and landscape and urban design is welcome.
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