University of Heidelberg

Programme (preliminary)

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Sunday 29.07.2012

Arrival of participants
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Welcome with Drinks and Snacks (KJC, Room 212)

Monday 30.07.2012

9.30 am – 10.30 am Welcome and Introduction to the Transcultural Visual Learning Group, Cluster Project B4, by Christiane Brosius, Barbara Mittler and Sumathi Ramaswamy
Introduction of B4 members and invited scholars

10.30 am – 11.30 am Introduction by the students with individual project-posters; 5-7 participants 8-10 minutes presentations

11.30 am – 12.00 pm Coffee Break

12.00 – 1.00 pm Introduction by the students with individual project-posters; 5-7 participants 8-10 minutes presentations

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch Break

2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Introduction by the participants with individual project - posters; 5-7 Students 8-10 minutes presentations

3.00 pm – 3.15 pm Coffee/Tea Break

3.15 pm – 5.00 pm General Discussion: Why does materiality matter when it comes to interpreting visuality? Approaches, methodological problems, materials; expectations etc.
CHAIRS: Melanie Trede & Paola Zamperini

5.30 pm – 6.00 pm Break

6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Public Keynote 1:
Kenneth George “Companionable Objects, Companionable Conscience” (abstract)

8.00 pm – 9.00 pm Reception

Tuesday 31.07.2012

Forming Material Worlds: Scale, Form and Substance

9.30 am – 10.45 am Forms: Kajri Jain “How size does matter”

10.45 am – 11.00 am Coffee/Tea Break

11.00 am – 12.15 pm Sumathi Ramaswamy “Global encounters, Spherical reflections”

12.15 pm – 1.15 pm Lunch

1.15 pm – 2.30 pm Monica Juneja “Cut, paste and reconfigure: bringing home mythical worlds”

2.30 pm – 3.00 pm Coffee/Tea Break

3.00 pm – 3.30 pm  Patricia Spyer Reflections on Presentations and Introduction to Discussion

3.30 pm – 5:30 pm Group Work/Readings
“On Scale, Form & Substance” (2 Groups led by Sumathi Ramaswamy & Kajri Jain, Monica Juneja & Patricia Spyer)

5.30 pm – 6.00 pm Break

6.00 pm Heidelberg Guided Evening Tour with short stopover in Kulturbrauerei for a drink

Wednesday 01.08.2012

Delicate Materials: Embodying and Colouring Intimacy

 
9.30 am –10.45 am Paola Zamperini “Undressing Fashions: Intimate Bodies and Public Narratives in 21st Century Chinese Visual Culture”

10.45 am – 11.00 am Coffee/Tea Break

11.00 am –12.15 pm Christiane Brosius “Colouring Companionship in Urban India”

12.15 pm – 1.15 pm Lunch

1.15 pm – 2.30 pm Barbara Mittler “Materials of Love and Life in China”

2.30 pm – 3.00 pm Laila Abu-Er-Rub Reflections on Presentations and Introduction to Discussion

3.00 pm – 5.30 pm Group Work/Readings
“On Colour and Intimacy” (2 Groups led by Paola Zamperini & Christiane Brosius, Barbara Mittler & Laila Abu-Er-Rub)

5.30 pm – 6.00 pm Break

6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Public Keynote 2:
Jan Bardsley “From Kitsch to Cool: The Geisha Apprentice in Japanese Visual Culture”(abstract)

8.00 pm – 9.00 pm Reception

Thursday 02.08.2012

Collecting & Exhibiting Material: Assemblages, Performances, Museums

 
9.30 am – 10.45 am Kavita Singh “Transplanting the Museum”

10.45 am – 11.00 am Coffee/Tea Break

11.00 am – 12.15 pm  Christoph Lind “Showcases: Isolation? Contextualisation?“

12.15 pm – 1.30 pm Lunch

1.30 pm – 2.00 pm Cathrine Bublatzky Reflections on Presentations and Introduction to Discussion

2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Group Work/Readings
“On Collecting and framing” (2 Groups led by Melanie Trede & Cathrine Bublatzky, Kavita Singh)

Joint Conference Dinner

Friday 03.08.2012

Seeing Matter(s)

10.00 am – 12.00 pm Reflect on your own work and prepare a short presentation: What have I learned, gained for my own work, what do I take home, how do I visualize my research matter?

12.00 – 1.00 pm Lunch break

1.00 pm – 4.00 pm Student Presentations & Final Discussion: Prepare a short statement on how your own Ways of Seeing have changed and if you may be changing your own research along the lines introduced by the Summer School

Saturday 04.08.2012

Departure