Description
Contribution to a panel presentation at the UNE Research Futures Symposium. The Panel was convened by Dr Ariella Van Luyn. Panel Abstract:The past has increasingly become a site of fascination and nostalgia for contemporary audiences and scholars alike. The popularity of television and media like Stranger Things (2016), Bridgerton (2020) and Oppenheimer (2023) demonstrate a hunger for dramatic representations of an imagined past. The past has also become highly politicized: it may seem like a safe haven in times when the future seems blighted by climate crisis and pandemic, while Christian white nationalists turn to the crusades to justify violence. Yet, historical revisionism might also offer a way of giving voice to marginalised perspectives at the intersections of gender, sex, race, ability, sexuality, religion and embodiment. In this context, what does is mean for contemporary artists, arts-workers and communities to return, revise and intervene in narratives about the past? In what ways can techniques like fictionalisation and anachronism draw attention to the links between past, present and future? What are the ethics of responsibilities of representing the past in multiple media? This round table draws together researchers and creative practitioners to respond to these questions.
| Period | 14 Oct 2024 |
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| Event title | Research Futures Symposium |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Armidale, AustraliaShow on map |