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Panel : Aesthetics of Conversion
ASA12: Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalising World.
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 3rd-6th April 2012
Panel Title: Aesthetics of Conversion
| Location: | India |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2011-12-07 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-11-14 |
| Announcement ID: |
189730 |
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Panel : Aesthetics of Conversion
ASA12: Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalising World.Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 3rd-6th April 2012
Panel Title: Aesthetics of Conversion
Convenors : Dr Vibha Joshi (Oxford University) and Dr James Staples (Brunel University)
Abstract:
Paper presenters are invited to consider play surrounding the idea of
'conversion'. Conversion can be seen as change from one use, function,
or purpose to another; change that occurs with adoption of a new
religion, faith or belief; or from one practice to another such as the
shift from bio-medicine to so-called alternative therapy or healing.
What kind of aesthetics accompanies, or is thought to accompany such
change? There is a complex here in which aesthetics, materiality and
meaning have overlapping significance for people who convert. Within
this complex, we can ask: How much does this aesthetic transformation
affect self images? How are changing notions of materiality related to
conversion? As outlined in the call for panels, what is the place of the
aesthetics of conversion in the 'processes of production and contexts of
meaning, performance and (re)interpretation' in everyday local settings,
in perceptions of the body or in the design of buildings and cloth?
The call for papers closes 7/12./2011
Please go to the panel link for more information on how to submit paper abstract:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/asa/asa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1037
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