Minority Identities and Vernacular Visual Culture. Interdisciplinary symposium
updated:
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 4:28am
University of Chicago
deadline for submissions:
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Minority groups are often underrepresented in official archives, which has resulted in their continuing marginalization in historiography. Critical archive scholars argue for empowering such groups by developing and investigating archival collections. This symposium intends to expand this approach by demonstrating how the visual practices of underrepresented groups can be studied through underutilized data sources. To this end, the symposium will focus on indigenous, black, and diaspora communities seen through their visual production, with the presumption that the vernacular representations of everyday life can provide substantial insights into evolving minority identities.