Symposium proposals due Tuesday, May 1st
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- Literary, performing, or visual depictions or interpretations of death and dying
- Commemoration of the dead in art and performance
- Artifacts of death and dying as represented in archival or museum collections
- Artistic depictions of the after life
- Cultural death rituals
- Cultural expressions of mourning
- Death and dying in Latin American arts and culture
- Readings of original creative material on the subject
- Performances of material on the subject
- Presentation of visual material on the subject
- Memorial architecture
- Cemetery design
- Analysis of an artist’s, performer’s, filmmaker’s or writer’s work related to the subject
- Depictions of death and dying in film, radio, and television
Proposals related to death in Latin American art and visual culture are encouraged. The organizers will accept presentations in both Spanish and English.
Papers will be selected based upon the quality of the proposal (including merit of the topic, clarity of expression, and relevance to the conference theme), the proposal’s ability to provoke critical exchange and debate, and opportunities for interaction between participants that will enable attendees to engage in a truly interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and viewpoints.
Presenters will be afforded the opportunity for their symposium paper/presentation to be published in the Texas Digital Library.
Papers will be twenty minutes in length and will be followed by ten minutes of discussion. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted on the symposium website.
The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2012.