Call for Papers ISRLC Conference 2020
11-13 September 2020
Transmutations & Transgressions
Abstracts of no more than 300 words each should be sent directly to the convenors of the relevant panel no later than 1 December 2019. Notice of acceptance will be given by 31 January 2020. Speakers at the conference are limited to a single presentation. Submission to multiple panels is permitted, but we ask that you be clear about this so that convenors may work together to place your paper in the appropriate panel.
Our next biennial conference will be held in Chester, 11–13 September 2020 on the theme of Transmutations and Transgressions.
Transmutation: the conversion of one element or substance into another; the transformation of material into idea or idea into material; praxis into theory or theory into praxis. The process by which the invisible is rendered visible. What structures of knowledge are changed or challenged by such transmutations? How do material, embodied, located knowledges challenge, destabilise or transgress epistemic hierarchies?
Transgression: the action of passing over, or beyond; specifically, passing beyond boundaries set by, e.g., law, custom, or commandment. But whose law? The customs of which place? What power of command?
By holding together both transmutation and transgression, pointing specifically towards the transgressive potentials implicit in the act of transmutation, we are particularly inviting sessions and papers which reflect upon the relationship between materiality, change, disruption, and power.