Open Call for contributions for the symposium within exhibition ‘We’re Not Like Them’
MMSU / 1.12.2016
Open Call for contributions for the symposium within exhibition ‘We’re Not Like Them’
1.12.2016
MMSU / Krešimirova 26c, 51000 Rijeka
OPEN CALL for contributions for the symposium The Balkans is Somewhere Else which will be held on the 7 November 2019 at the Museum, as the program accompanying We’re Not Like Them exhibition, the final part of the EU project Risk Change.
From the perspectives of contemporary art, cultural studies and philosophy, the symposium touches on historical as well as recent stereotypes about domestic space. Titled “The Balkans is Somewhere Else”, it focuses on the relations between the center and the periphery, the West and the East, ie the Balkans.
At the end of the 19th century, the Balkans was largely overwhelmed by the negative connotation of a dysfunctional system, a wild, unhealthy and unwanted term that largely identifies what is ‘not at home’. The symposium seeks to answer the questions, How do they spread and how to deny negative stereotypes about another? Is the Balkans always, as Žižek says, southeast of where we are?
The public invitation is open until 11 October 2020. The contributions will be chosen by MMSU curators Ksenija Orelj, Sabina Salamon and Marina Tkalčić.
Applications should contain:
– name, surname, address, telephone number and e-mail address; CV
– a summary and short description of the presentation (around 400 words)
Notes for applicants:
Individuals and collectives from the area of the Republic of Croatia, EU and Third Countries have the right to apply to the public invitation. The symposium will be held in Croatian language.
The fee is 1.500,00 kuna net per participant with additional funds for travel expenses. The accommodation will be secured by the MMSU.