CFP: Art and Social Practice in Eastern Europe after Socialism

Dear SHERAns! 
CFP: Art and Social Practice in Eastern Europe after Socialism
We are pleased to announce call for paper proposals for the panel ³Art and
Social Practice in Eastern Europe after Socialism², which will be a part of
the 2016 Conference of the Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC).
The conference will take place on 27­30 OCT. 2016 UQÀM, Montréal
http://www.uaac-aauc.org/montreal-2016
The deadline for paper proposals is June 24, 2016
After the collapse of Communism in 1989, former Soviet-bloc countries faced
the urge to reintegrate art practice into the international art scene in
order to revive national traditions as well as to reassess the Communist
past. Nowadays, artists explore art as social practice, commenting on
political and post-colonial activism, gender, and environmental issues, and
addressing their concerns to a global audience. Eastern European artists
deliberately or implicitly reframe the historical experience of former
Socialist societies that had been developed under the Marxist ideas of a
non-hierarchical society, social order in culture, and politically engaged
art. How is the concept of socially significant, class-specific art now
implemented and/or contested by artists and audience? We encourage scholars
and art practitioners to reflect on how Socialist cultures influenced the
contemporary cultural exchange. We invite prospective panelists to link the
contemporary social agenda in art to the Socialist ideological background
and intellectual legacy of post- Socialist countries. The organizers expect
to bring together diverse approaches to the Socialist/social agenda of the
past and its influence on visual culture of post-Socialist societies in a
global perspective.
 
Please, submit your paper proposals (150 words) and short one-page bios/CV
to the session chairs:
Hanna Chuchvaha, Sessional Instructor/Independent scholar, University of
Alberta [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Maria Silina, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Université du Québec à Montréal
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
 
Best regards,
Hanna Chuchvaha,
Maria Silina

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