[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: IVSA 2007 NYC Public Views of the Private; Private Views of the Public

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: JerryKrase at aol.com [mailto:JerryKrase at aol.com]

Call for Papers and  Proposals
International  Visual Sociology Association
Public Views of the  Private; Private Views of the Public
August  10,11,12 at New York University
New  York City

The 2007 Conference of the International  Visual Sociology Association
will take place August 10,11,12 at New York University in New York City.
Cameras record  our lives from the intimate family realm of baby
pictures through required  driver's license and passport photos, to the
now ubiquitous video surveillance on highways and city sidewalks. In
effect each person leaves a visual trail from birth to death. The theme
for the 2007 IVSA conference is the multi-faceted relationship between
public and private realms and how they are shaped by human action while
at the same time condition our lives. The aim of the conference is to
visually examine the various layers of the public/private relationship.
Presenters and panelists are invited to  explore how the social is
embodied in the built environment, how visual media challenge and/or
reinforce the traditional divide between public and private; and
alternative frameworks that visual sociology  offers for reconstructing
this relationship.

Cultural forms, social institutions, and power structures always
frame private and public realms. Recent research suggests that the
relations and borders between public and private are rapidly
changing. Technological developments, changing social mores and
folkways, cross-cultural perspectives, urban conditions, and
advancing communication media seem to be breaking down borders or
making them more permeable. Visual Sociology provides useful tools
for investigating and interpreting the complexity and interpenetration
of public and private realms; making visible intersections, historical
legacies, and cross-cultural processes. Art, photography, film and
video as well as careful observation can depict local communities and
global society and elucidate social cohesion and social conflict.

Visual researchers also construct their own images and interpretive
narratives elucidating and questioning "the image" of public views
and private views. We  welcome a wide variety of formats including
video, poster sessions, installations, performances, photo exhibits,
and multimedia presentations as well as traditional papers.

Focusing on  public and private views draws attention to the physical
dimension of human interaction and to the spatial ground that gives
rise to social phenomena. It also allows researchers to consider
dialectics between home and community, front  stage and backstage,
local communities and the global society. In order to  address these
issues, papers and sessions may include, but are not limited to, the
following topics:

1. Visual media in public and private
2. Changing borders between the public and private
3. Social Conflict and Fear
4. Terrorism as a public catastrophe
5. Gender and sexuality
6. Surveillance and invasion of private and public space
7. Built environments
8. Neighborhoods, localities, and semi-public realms
9. Public/Private: theories and methods
10.The body in the arts and science
11.Cinematic representations
12.Public/Private narratives: home made videos to "Reality'  TV

Those interested in organizing sessions on the topics listed above,
or other related topics, should submit proposals to <IVSA2007 at gmail.com>.

Deadline for submission of session proposals is March 15rd.
Please submit an abstract of about 50-100 words on the session's
theme to be used as guidelines for presenters.