Affects, emotions and perceptions have always been at the center of
philosophical discussion. Yet the so called “Affective turn” in social studies
and humanities is relatively a new phenomenon inspired by Deleuze and
Guattari´s influential works among others. Affective turn challenges the still
dominant representational approach in semiotics, discourse analysis and text analyses
of all kind. Its goal is to overcome human exceptionalism together with the
domination of the word-based language over the other forms of expression in the
process of creating meaning and knowledge altogether. Brian Massumi in The
Politics of Affect (2015) defines affect as “being right where you are – more
intensely” based on the bodily experiences of the relations with the world.
He
compares affect with hope that can motivate one´s contribution to formation of
a just and more inclusive society, the urgent transformation that has to start
with the changes in ontology. The aim of the present conference is to create an
academically challenging and productive space for discussion of affect based
research practices throughout disciplines. We are particularly interested in
exploring the potential of affective turn in the memory studies. As an
interdisciplinary conference, we consider it important to discuss possible
differences and similarities in the definitions of the affects as well as in
the approaches to their studies and their application in research practice.
We
encourage researchers from various academic fields to join the discussion:
anthropology, history, psychology, psychoanalysis, psychiatry, sociology,
politics, philosophy, economics, law, memory studies, consciousness studies,
literary studies, theatre studies, film studies, migration studies, gender
studies, postcolonial studies, medical sciences, cognitive sciences and urban
studies, to name but a few.We will be happy to hear from both experienced
scholars and young academics at the start of their careers, as well as doctoral
and graduate students. We also invite all persons interested in participating
in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation.
The topics for
the conference include but are not limited to the following suggestions:
- Affects, emotions and memory
- Corporeal experiences in memory studies
- New materialist and feminist approach to memory studies
- Materiality of memory
- Corporeal experiences of everyday life
- Affects and health
- Affects, consciousness and dreams
- Affects, emotions and trauma
- Creativity as corporeal experience
- Affects and crime
- Affective turn in the discourse studies
- Emotions and political thought
- Affective turn in visual analysis
- Affects in literature
- Affects in film
- Theatre as emotion and bodily practice
- Affects and embodiment in science
Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed
20-minute presentations, together with a short biographical note, by 25 July 2020
to: inconferenceoffice@gmail.com
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 28 July 2020
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