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Why (queer) History Matters. The Politics of History. International, interdisciplinary conference, Bergen 29–30 August 2022.

Konferenser

Why (queer) History Matters. The Politics of History.
International, interdisciplinary conference, Bergen 29–30 August 2022.

Neglect and erasure of queer history has been the norm in all national histories until quite recently. In this conference we address how this highly problematic practice of history can also enable the eradication of LGBT+ rights in contemporary societies. For, in some places LGBT communities are seen as a national threat while in others, homo-tolerance is instrumentalized to build national self-identity. In both cases, interest in and knowledge of queer history is usually absent. In this conference we therefore ask: How are national histories cleansed of unwanted elements? What role does ignorance and censorship play? Can the lack of knowledge of queer history be fundamental to contemporary oppression of queers? If so, what can be done to preserve and disseminate queer histories?

In this conference we will be offered reflections and examples on how and why queer history matters in different contexts. Norway officially opened its national queer archive in Bergen in 2015, and queer cultural history is slowly starting to appear as a legitimate academic field in line with other academic fields of research also in Norway.

It is also possible to register to follow the conference online.

https://www.uib.no/en/queerhistorymatters

Save the date: Artefacta conference in Turku, 16-17 February 2023

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The 3rd International Artefacta Conference: Agency

The University of Turku, and the Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

The Third International Artefact Conference will be organised in Turku, Finland on 16–17 February 2023. The theme of the conference is agency and objects.

Agency has become one of the most debated and productive concepts in the study of artefacts and material culture. Basically, it refers to the capacity to create an action or intervention and produce a particular effect, whether physical, emotional, social or cultural. The Third International Artefacta Conference focuses on this multifaceted concept and the recent advances and innovations in the field of artefact studies that it has inaugurated. What are the limits and abilities of objects to exert power over each other, to humans and their environment? What does it imply to acknowledge the agency of things, both in the past and the present?

In parallel with the conceptual re-evaluation of agency in the humanities and social sciences, new scientific and conservation methods of analysing the material properties of artefacts have transformed our understanding of things, humans and their interactions with the environment. They allow seeing technology as well as the production, use and material change of artefacts in more detailed and fascinating ways.
Similarly, novel methods of artefact analysis have revolutionised our approach to cultural transmission, or the experimentation, decision-making, and choices related to material culture.

The Third International Artefacta Conference will discuss agency in relation to objects with a very wide and inclusive understanding of the concept.

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Prof. Tine Damsholt, University of Copenhagen
Prof. Bjørnar Olsen, University of Tromsø

A Call for Papers will be published later in spring 2022.