Call for Papers 20.01.

2015

CFP: Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference (Rochester, 17-18

Apr 15)
Rochester, New York, April 17 - 18, 2015
Eingabeschluss: 15.02.2015
Victoria Gao, University of Rochester
Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics
10th Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference
University of Rochester
April 17-18, 2015
Keynote speaker:
Jared Sexton, African American Studies and Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
"Solidarity" recalls notions of inclusivity, activism, and movement. Adopted from the French
solidarit in the early 19th century, the word continues to indicate the communal union of interests
or aspirations, as well as collective responsibility. From its use by labor unions to its association
with socialism and communism, solidarity has historically been made to bear a sense of the
political. We recognize in the powerful images of recent events a renewed need to assess
strategies of togetherness, both historical and contemporary. We propose this topic with the aim
of critically engaging pictures and their power to mobilize both differences and commonalities.
Can we envision solidarity outside the pursuit of common political aims? Can we find common
ground amidst different struggles?
We invite scholars, artists, and activists to draw upon our understanding of solidarity and the
visual dimensions in which solidarity is organized in social movements, represented in art and
activism, and studied in and out of the academy. Possible topics might include, but are by no
means limited to:
- Artistic practice in political movements (labor, civil rights, climate change)
- Tactics and strategies of historical and contemporary grassroots movements
- Media images, hashtag #solidarity, spectacle
- Protest songs, union anthems, "The Internationale," "Solidarity Forever"
- Armchair activism, "slacktivism," and the ethics of involvement
- Documentation of collectivity, alternative journalism
- The politics of love and kinship
We invite individual submissions as well as pre-constituted panels (of 3-4 presenters) in the form
of 300 word abstracts (for 20-minute paper presentations) and 100 word bios for each presenter,
to be sent to vcsconference@gmail.com by February 15, 2015. Please see our website for the
most up-to-date information: http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference
Select presenters may be invited to revise presentations for publication at InVisible Culture: An
Electronic Journal of Visual Culture (http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu).
About the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester:
http://www.rochester.edu/college/vcs

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