2007
Contestations
University of Ulster, Belfast, 12-14 April 2007
The theme for the 33rd Annual Conference has been motivated by the specific ‘post-conflict’ situation of Northern Ireland. Belfast, for instance, is a city in which both material traces and representations of competing historical formations are strikingly evident in everyday life. At a global level, contestation defines the present situation in which manifold interests, intentions and investments clash and grapple with each other.
Art historians, artists, theorists, cultural and media analysts are invited to think about the idea of contestation: How do we experience it? What are its processes? How do we understand it in our various areas of activity?
Keynote Speakers were Trinh T Minh-ha, Filmmaker, writer, composer and cultural critic. Professor of Women’s Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkley. James Elkins, Departments of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute Chicago, and Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore.
Please click on the following link for an outline of each session proposal and listings of the speakers and papers.
Academic Sessions
Full Programme (PDF)