Call for Papers Re-Writing the history of decolonization with moving images.

Critical perspectives on documentary films and artistic practices from and about Lusophone Africa Panel !"!# A$A%& "'()# %niversity of $usse*# '!.-((.'!."'() Organizers: Raquel Schefer (Paris 3); Robert Stock (GCSC ! Giessen"! #onstanz) $iscussant: Ros Gra% (Gol&s'iths !ni(ersit% of )on&on) Since the *+,-s there is a rich cine'atographic pro&uction in .ngola Guinea /issau an& particularl% 0oza'bique1 2hese 3orks ha(e to be un&erstoo& against the back&rop of the struggles for in&epen&ence the en& of Portuguese colonial rule in *+,45,6 subsequent political regi'es an& relate& conflicts1 .ctuall% 3hen consi&ering &ocu'entar% fil's an& 'ore recent pieces of (i&eo art one notices a strong focus in engaging 3ith colonial histor% an& processes of &ecolonization that reach far be%on& the for'al transfer of po3er1 Consequentl% such fil's an& art3orks are part of a broa&er postcolonial fra'e3ork in an& through 3hich questions of (national) i&entit% an& 'e'or% politics are a&&resse&1 2he 3orks of 7ngela 8erreira 8ilipa C9sar an& :;stio 0osquito an& others &e'onstrate this in a con(incing 3a%1 2hough there ha(e been recentl% so'e publications that a&&ress the anal%sis of such pro&uctions there is still lack of case stu&ies that &iscuss particular 3orks in 'ore &etail an& question the aesthetic as 3ell as the i&eological &i'ension of 'o(ing i'ages an& the perfor'ati(it% of (isual representations1 <e are therefore intereste& in papers that scrutinize these aspects 3ith regar& to &ocu'entar% an& artistic practices fro' an& about )usophone .frican countries1 2he panel thereb% ai's to establish a re(ise& an& 'ore co'ple= histor% of au&io(isual pro&uctions fro' an& about the .frican Portuguese speaking countries an& anal%tical perspecti(es about the 3a%s the% negotiate &ecolonization1 <e particularl% encourage Ph$ can&i&ates an& earl% career researchers to participate in this panel1 >n or&er to sub'it %our abstract ('a=1 ?6- 3or&s) please go to http:""3331asauk1net"conferences"asauk*41sht'l 1 2he Call for papers 3ill close in .pril ?-*4. Please contact Raquel Schefer or Robert Stock to the follo3ing e'ail a&&ress 5 re3ritingpanel1asauk@g'ail1co' 5 for further infor'ation1