[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Images of the Poor (5-8 September 2012, Istanbul)

[Gonul Pultar]

From: HBLA Kufstein <hbla-kufstein at gmx.at>



Call for Papers

IMAGES (2) -- Images of the Poor Conference:
Austrian Culture Forum
Istanbul/ Turkey, 5-8 September 2012


At a time when the economic development and the (negative) consequences 
of globalization are causing the gap between rich and poor rather to 
widen than to shrink poverty and social inequality have gained public 
attention again. While movements like ATTAC and OCCUPY highlight the 
relevance of social inequality and poverty due to their material aspect 
as existential issues of a developed civil society, it is for other 
groups to deal with the cultural aspect of the issue and to discuss the 
perception of poverty by modern society as a case of cultural encounter.

The IMAGES (2) -- Images of the Poor conference will focus on exactly 
this perceptive relativity of poverty: Which are the Images of the Poor 
-- historically and currently? What does aesthetisizing and idealizing 
the poor in the Arts, in film, photography and literature tell about the 
quality of the cultural encounter between the well-to-do and the 
dis-privileged? What does the integration of elements associated with 
poverty in design and fashion tell about this relation? In which way 
does your own standard of living and status influence your idea of where 
to draw the (material) line between rich and poor and your perception of 
what makes a person rich or poor in a non-material sense?

In order to discuss questions like these IMAGES (2) -- Images of the 
Poor invites scholars, but also writers, artists, filmmakers and 
photographers to propose papers coming from the following fields of 
research and interest:

- Images of the poor in feature films (present and past)

- Images of the poor in the arts (present and past)

- Images of the poor seen by photographers (present and past)

- Images of the poor in literature (present and past)

- The psychology of feeling and defining rich or/ and poor

- The impact of the media (news, internet, daily soaps) on the standards 
of wealth and poverty

The conference IMAGES (2) -- Images of the Poor is planned as a 
three-day interdisciplinary and international conference. It will bring 
together senior scholars with PhD students, postdoctoral academics, and 
members of the artistic community without following the classical 
keynote speaker pattern but rather inviting all speakers either to 
present their research findings in 20 minute (paper) presentations plus 
10 minutes for discussion or in 120-150 minute panels (4-5 panellists). 
There will be no parallel sessions. All sessions will be plenary
sessions.


The IMAGES (2) -- Images of the Poor conference is part of the IMAGES 
project (project developers and directors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veronika 
Bernard/ University of Innsbruck, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhan Oksay/ Kadir 
Has University)

Please, find more on the IMAGES project at: http://images-1.over-blog.org


The conference language is English.

Selected articles from each session/ field of research will be published 
as conference proceedings.

During the time of the conference the two IMAGES project exhibition 
"Images of the Poor"; will be showing at the conference site.

Please, keep in mind:
- Participation in the conference is free of charge.
- Due to the severe cuts on funding opportunities the conference 
organizers are not able to refund any travel or accomodation expense.
- Participants are kindly asked to apply for funding at their 
universities and institutions.
- Please, take this into account before submitting a paper proposal.


Conference date and venue:

5-8 September 2012, Austrian Culture Forum, Istanbul/ Turkey


Please, send paper proposals (= 150-200 words abstract plus 150 words 
Bio) to:
<images-1 at gmx.at> and cc it to <serhano at serhanoksay.com>

Deadline for submission of abstracts plus Bios: 25 May 2012


Deadline for submission of full articles for publication in conference 
proceedings: 1 month after conference


Planned date of publication of conference proceedings: July - October 2013