Fw: H-ASIA: CFP BASAS - Panel South Asia Craft-Agency and Tradition, London, April 12-14, 2012

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP BASAS - Panel South Asia Craft-Agency and Tradition,
London, April 12-14, 2012

> H-ASIA
> December 19, 2011
>
> Call for papers: Panel "South Asia Craft--Agency and Tradition", BASAS
> conference, London, April
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> From: Neelam Raina <neelam.raina@gmail.com>
>
> BASAS Annual Conference 2012
>
> Call for Paper Submissions
>
> School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London: 12-14 April 2012
>
> Panel: South Asia Craft - Agency and Tradition.
>
> Abstract: This panel invites papers that focus on South Asian craft
> traditions. It aims to investigate and discuss the role of craft in
> contemporary South Asia, but also the continuity of tradition that
> often juxtaposes itself with agency.
>
> It will be important to address and debate questions of context,
> function, use, meaning, aesthetics and perception. Within the
> postcolonial discourse, notions of representation, identity, memory or
> consumerism could be investigated. Furthermore, contributors could
> problematise questions of status and power as well as the importance
> of craft practices, for instance reflected in the social reality of
> post conflict Kashmir. In this way papers may reflect the diversity
> and complexity of contemporary craft cultures. The panel therefore
> invites proposals engaging with the multiple lineages and usages of
> craft in South Asia that continue to inform their contemporary
> cultural politics.
>
> Deadline - 31 Jan 2012.
> Contact Neelam Raina <N.Raina@mdx.ac.uk>
>
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> Dr Neelam Raina
> Lecturer - History and Theory of Design and Art
> School of Arts and Education
> Middlesex University,
> London NW4 4BT
> 0208 411 6867
>
> N.Raina@mdx.ac.uk
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