forward: Call for papers: The State of the Real

[claudia westermann]

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>Date:    Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:29:20 +0000
>From:    Damian Sutton <d.sutton at GSA.AC.UK>
>Subject: CFP: The State of the Real
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>I hope list-members will be interested in this revised call for papers.
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>** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING **
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>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>T h e   S t a t e   o f   t h e   R e a l
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>An Interdisciplinary Conference
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>Glasgow School of Art, UK
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>21-22 November 2003
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>Keynote Speakers:=20
>Prof. Linda Nochlin, New York University
>Prof. Slavoj Zizek, University of Ljubljana
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>"How real can you get?"
>The conference organisers propose a debate on the subject of =8Cthe real=B9 in
>aesthetic philosophy, criticism and practice.
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>"When is representation not real?"
>Recent years have seen notions of reality discussed in the open. What
>relationship do current views developed by this discourse have with those
>tenets of realism and representation that once provided the foundation for
>aesthetic study? What are the philosophical consequences of the introductio=
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>of technologies that increasingly blur the boundaries between art and
>popular culture? What is the effect of aesthetic culture on Realpolitik?
>What has happened to the notions of social realism, verisimilitude, and the
>imaginary? Are they still relevant, and how have they been changed, if at
>all?
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>"Reclaiming the real."
>The organizers are also interested in how notions of reality are affected
>by, and continue to affect, aesthetic practice in the fields of art, design=
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>and media production. With the popularity of haptic technologies, what has
>happened to =8Creal=B9 haptics? How do practitioners and academics view older
>technologies in the light of their electronic avatars? With the development
>of notions of virtual space, what has happened to our understanding of the
>body, the mind, and corporeal space?
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>The organisers particularly welcome proposals on, or dealing with, the
>following related subjects:
>Reality and realism in Art & Design History; New media technologies =AD
>Virtual Reality, CGI photography and cinema, the Internet, haptic
>technologies; Modernity and Post-modernity/Modernism and Post-modernism;
>Philosophies on =8Cthe real=B9 in popular culture; Philosophy and
>art/design an=
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>cultural practice; Reality television, realism in film.
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>Proposals for panels (no more than three papers) and workshops are also
>welcomed.
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>Deadline for abstracts: 22 April 2003
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>Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words to:
>=8CThe State of the Real=B9,
>Dept. of Historical and Critical Studies,
>Glasgow School of Art,
>167 Renfrew St,=20
>Glasgow,=20
>Scotland, UK.=20
>G3 6RQ.=20
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>Abstracts may be sent by email to real at gsa.ac.uk.
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