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CFP: Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas vol. 10
(Fall 2017)
Discussion published by Ryuichi Nakayama on Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Type:
Call for Papers
Date:
January 9, 2017 to April 3, 2017
Subject Fields:
American History / Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Colonial and Post-Colonial History /
Studies, Latin American and Caribbean History / Studies, Pre-Columbian History / Studies
Hello all,
Please find below the CFP for Volume 10 of Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the
Americas, an annual publication produced by graduate students affiliated with the
Department of Art at the University of New Mexico. Submissions (English or Spanish)
are due on April 3, 2017 to [email protected]
Best,
Ryuichi Nakayama
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Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, Volume 10 (Fall 2017)
Archival Thinking in the Americas: Repertory, Materials, and Methods
In the last couple of decades, thinkers and cultural creatives, such as writers and
artists have scrutinized the archive, what is understood as, “a repository or ordered
system of documents and records, both verbal and visual, that is the foundation from
which history is written” (Merewether, 2006). Critically examining issues surrounding
the archive has become an indispensable part of any inquiry that entertains
historiographic questions. Critiques of the authority, veracity, evidentiary function,
and interpretive power of the archive suggest that the writing of history is no more
than a “reading” repository of assumed facts from a hegemonic perspective. The
critical re-examination that the archive has experienced has inevitably led to a
critique of its imperial origin, which is inextricable from Western European (and later,
U.S.) colonial efforts to re-order and dominate the world materially and intellectually
from the early modern era to the present day. Equally significant, we must also
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consider the forms of “amnesia” or elision in historical and cultural imaginaries
caused by differences of class, gender, and race, as well as various forms of
“counter-archive” that function as a way to challenge the archival authority.
Recent scholarship has paid attention to the global extension of archival
practices by challenging historiography’s Eurocentrism. Yet, many investigations are
still inclined to rely on a European model of archive originating in the nineteenth
century, which privileges text, photography, and film as media normally operating
within an Anglocentric epistemological framework. This method often underestimates
the imprint of other culturally imperialist archival forms and practices, such as those
found in the early modern Hispanic and Ibero-American world. More significantly,
resting on a Eurocentric scope of archive may disregard or misinterpret alternate
modes of archival thinking and practice, such as those found in the cultural
production of populations or communities that fall outside a strictly European, elite,
or white framework. As is widely known, indigenous groups across the Americas such
as the Mesoamerican Mexica or the Andean Inka developed unique archival methods,
e.g. screenfold codices containing writing, calendrical information, and other forms of
embodied knowledge or the series of encoded colored strings and knots known as
quipu utilized to document a wide range of information. How does looking at various
modes of archival thinking allow us to remap visual and material forms in the
production of knowledge in the Americas while pushing the boundaries of our
conception of the archive? Volume 10 of Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the
Americas will explore the potential of archival thinking as an analytical lens with
which we may examine cultural production in the Americas in its fullest historical,
cultural, institutional, and material spectrum. Topics may include but are not limited
to: indigenous approaches and practices; colonial negotiations, adaptations, or
innovations; the role and outcomes of nationalist agendas in the production of
knowledge entwined with collecting practices; and modern and/or contemporary
responses to archival forms and practices including the work of artists today.
Guidelines for Submission:
· Completed works by MA and PhD students, including essays (20-30 pages in length) and reviews or
interviews (5-10
pages in length) will be considered for publication in the peer-reviewed Volume 10 of Hemisphere:
Visual Cultures of the
Americas.
· English or Spanish submissions are acceptable.
· Each submission must be emailed by April 3, 2017 to [email protected], accompanied with a cover
letter that
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prominently notes the title of the essay, the field of study to which it pertains, as well as a CV that
includes the author’s
status (e.g. MA, PhD Student, or PhD Candidate), department, and institution name and location.
Authors will be notified in May about the status of their submission.
· For formatting instructions, see: http://art.unm.edu/submission-information/
· Journal contributors receive 5 complimentary copies of the journal. Additionally, authors of essays
published in
Hemisphere will be invited to participate in a symposium in fall 2017 at the University of New Mexico,
where they
will have the opportunity to present their essays.
· Past volumes of Hemisphere are archived in the University of New Mexico’s Lobo Vault at:
http://repository.unm.edu/handle/1928/7002
Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas is an annual publication produced by
graduate students affiliated with the Department of Art at the University of New
Mexico. Please direct any questions or inquiries to [email protected].
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Ph.D Student, Art History
University of New Mexico
[email protected]
Citation: Ryuichi Nakayama. CFP: Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas vol. 10 (Fall 2017). H-LatAm. 01-24-2017.
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