Call for Papers: Southeastern College Art Conference 2013, Greensboro NC

Call for Papers: Southeastern College Art Conference 2013, Greensboro NC,
October 30 – November 2, 2013
Paper proposals deadline: April 20, 2013
Website: [www.secollegeart.org]


Session chairs: Jennifer Siegler (jennifer.siegler@emory.edu) and Meghan Tierney (mtierne@emory.edu), Emory University
Session title: “Between s/States" in Ancient American Art


Abstract: Often the Ancient American cultures and their artistic productions are approached as monolithic, static entities; however, they may be more productively analyzed as couched within moments of transition or disjuncture. Visual culture captures points of contact and fluctuation, highlighting the power inherent in liminal spaces and temporary states of being. Just as notions of coherent "gods" and "goddesses" often fail to account for the fluidity of religious imagery, geopolitical conflict tends to result in art that merges competing styles, and individual works of art hold the key to the importance of 'between' in Amerindian aesthetics. This session seeks proposals that explore the art of the Ancient Americas, including North, Central, and South, in relation to themes of liminality, such as in: political transition periods, levels of spiritual existence, physical or bodily manifestations, art in various states of completion, or representations of the shamanic visionary experience.
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Meghan Tierney
PhD Candidate, Art History Department
Imagining America Fellow, Center for Community Partnerships
Emory University
Atlanta, GA USA


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How pseudoarchaeology misrepresents the past and misleads the public
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