Hanno Soans, 'Backdoor'. Performance at the monument to an Unknown Soldier in Tallinn. 20 Oct, 1998. Image by Hanno Soans
Konverentsile abstraktide esitamise tähtaega on pikendatud:
15. veebruar 2024
Cultural Heterologies and Democracy II. Transitions and Transformations in Post-Socialist Cultures in the 1980s and 1990s
– In what ways does democracy manifest itself in the culture of the transitional period of the 1990s?
– What are the common features and differences of the transition period in different post-socialist countries?
– What different theoretical frameworks can be used to analyze the culture of this period?
– What are the new forms of cultural negotiation between different cultural traditions and elements?
– How might we describe the way cultural imaginaries and experiences of temporality have changed?
– Which transgressive tendencies arose to challenge the narrative of imaginary unity between different cultural spheres?
– How is one to describe the dynamic of the forces at play in the transition between the mentality of social collectivism and the new liberal individualism?
– How, if at all, has the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 altered understandings of the transition period and its narratives?
Keynote speakers:
Marju Lauristin (former Minister of Social Affairs, Estonia)
Dorota Kołodziejczyk (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova (King’s College London, UK)
To submit your proposal (250 words max) for 20-minute presentations, along with short biographical statement, please use the Oxford Abstracts submission link: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/6299/submitter (first-time users will be asked to register with Oxford Abstracts).
Extended deadline for submissions: February 15, 2024
Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2024
Conference fee is 100 € for waged academics and 50€ for students and the unwaged. Participation is free for scholars from Ukraine.
Organizing Committee:
Virve Sarapik, Estonian Academy of Arts
Epp Annus, Tallinn University
Luule Epner, Tallinn University
Regina-Nino Mion, Estonian Academy of Arts
Jaak Tomberg, University of Tartu
Piret Viires, Tallinn University
For further information, please contact Regina-Nino Mion, regina-nino.mion@artun.ee.
The conference “Cultural heterologies and democracy II” will take place at the Estonian Academy of Arts (Põhja puiestee 7, Tallinn, Estonia).