BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news28@ethnologie.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180413T095354 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180425T161500 SUMMARY:Entangled: Contemporary Iranian photography as socio-political prac tice in migratory contexts DESCRIPTION:The talk explores politics and aesthetics of photography by Ira nian photographers living in the European diaspora or exile. On the backdr op of the 21st century political events in Iran many migrants who have lef t the country since the late 1990s belong to the so-called Burnt Generatio n in Iran\, who have lived most of their lives in an environment dominated by war and religious dogmatism. With its particular interest in cultural entanglements between photography and migration\, this paper provides insi ghts into the practice of some Iranian photographers who live and work in Germany. It raises the question whether and how their photography can func tion as a tool for a culture of critique and socio-political expression? D o migrant photographers contribute to a “civil contract of photography ” (Azoulay 2008) when they engage with either the Iranian society in tim es of social upheaval and political unrest or troubling experiences of mig ration in the host society? And in which way does this relate to or contra dict the notion of “diaspora aesthetics” (Werbner 2013)? Basing on the recent project Contemporary photography as a cultural practice by diaspor ic Iranians in Europe (funded by the Elite PostDoc Program/ Baden Württem berg Foundation\, 2017-2020)\, the talk will present some of the theoretic al and methodological endeavours and first outcomes of this study. X-ALT-DESC:
The talk explores politics and aesthetics of photography b y Iranian photographers living in the European diaspora or exile. On the b ackdrop of the 21st century political events in Iran many migra nts who have left the country since the late 1990s belong to the so-called Burnt Generation in Iran\, who have lived most of their liv es in an environment dominated by war and religious dogmatism. With its pa rticular interest in cultural entanglements between photography and migrat ion\, this paper provides insights into the practice of some Iranian photo graphers who live and work in Germany. It raises the question whether and how their photography can function as a tool for a culture of critique and socio-political expression? Do migrant photographers contribute to a “civil contract of photography” (Azoulay 2008) wh en they engage with either the Iranian society in times of social uphe aval and political unrest or troubling experiences of migration in the hos t society? And in which way does this relate to or contradict the notio n of “diaspora aesthetics” (Werbner 2013)? Basing on the re cent project Contemporary photography as a cultural practice by diaspor ic Iranians in Europe (funded by the Elite PostDoc Program/ Baden Wür ttemberg Foundation\, 2017-2020)\, the talk will present some of the theor etical and methodological endeavours and first outcomes of this study.< /i> DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180425T180000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR