CfP: The Sixth International Conference on Tainan Studies, 2020

Art and Material Culture in the Tainan Area
Tainan has been keen to create a dynamic around new institutions such as Tainan Art Museums I & II, the redeployed Chimei Museum, art galleries, art exhibitions, and to welcome more and more public concerts, dance and theatre performances. A number of performing arts troupes have a sustained local action. Besides, several cultural parks have established artist residencies where works of art rooted in their environment are born, accomplished by Taiwanese or foreign artists who have come to meet the inhabitants and have drawn from their life stories. On the other side, the inhabitants have always been strongly attachment to their region and are aware of what it represents for Taiwan’s history and culture.

This leads us to consider cultural and artistic life in the relation between the center and the periphery (and this is all the more interesting because Tainan has also been a center in the past), between the north and south of the island and, locally, between the city and the countryside. And moreover to tackle the subjects of cultural roots, the affirmation of identity through art, and aesthetics as a capital of distinction.

Aside from encouraging the illustration and analysis of this artistic, creative and traditional abundance of Tainan, this conference also aims to invite researchers to address a broader theme, concerning ‘art’ in its relationship to ‘place’, based on what we see in Tainan, or starting from Tainanese experiences in comparison with those of other places, including overseas. In this regard, the following questions can be asked: What is the relationship that artists and works of art maintain with the spaces they invest? How is a territory embodied by artistic expression? Can a work of art become a “lieu de mémoire”? What makes the sensory, emotional or ideal anchoring in a particular place a unique experience and how is it projected in the field of art?

Content of presentations:
The presentations should be in line with Taiwan studies in the humanities and social sciences. All periods are concerned. The fields considered are: visual arts in the broadest sense, including film and architecture, applied art and handicraft, music, performing arts, live performances. Poetry and literature, which alone would deserve a symposium, are not included here.

Possible interests and orientations for papers might include:

• Museums, public or private collections, galleries, exhibitions;
• Architecture in the city, in the countryside, monuments, sites and parks;
• Material culture and restoration, know-hows and skills;
• Music and performing arts: traditional, past, present;
• Temples: architecture and decoration, votive statuary, objects;
• Aesthetic arrangements of rituals (objects, costumes, gestures, voice-music-sounds);
• Content, graphic depiction and aesthetics on ancient maps and historical illustrations;
• The new place of art in the public space of Tainan (public sculptures, installations, “painted villages”, living spaces embellished by local residents, routes performances and outdoor performances, etc.);
• Tainan’s artist residencies: creation, interactions, works of art, exhibitions;
• Tainan’s place in Taiwan’s visual art, art history and art criticism;
• Art and identity (local, ethnic, national) from Tainan’s standpoint.

Conference information:
1. Dates and venue of the conference:
Dates: October 17-18, 2020 (Saturday and Sunday)

Venue: The National Center for Research & Preservation of Cultural Properties (Ministry of culture, Bureau of Cultural Heritage) B1 International Conference Hall (No. 1-1, Zhongzheng Rd., West Central Dist., Tainan City 700, Taiwan)

2. Abstract submission due on February 23, 2020.
   Please submit by the deadline a tentative paper title and a 350-word abstract (English) or a 500-word abstract (Chinese) and 5 keywords, as well as a copy of your curriculum vitae. Proposals will be evaluated by the Conference planning committee.
3. For accepted proposals, full papers will be due on August 31, 2020.
4. Languages of the conference and financial support:

* The abstract and paper can be written in either English or Chinese. The languages of the conference will be Chinese and English.
* Travel costs and living expenses during the conference will be covered by the organizers.

Contact:
Please, send your submission and questions to:
WEN Sheng-Chih 溫勝智 (ICTAHR’s scientific assistant)
E-mail: ic.tahr@gmail.com  Tel: 886 (0)6 7212338   or   886 (0)6 6324453
No 245, Liu-an Village, Jiali District, Tainan City, 72242, Taiwan.

南瀛國際人文社會科學研究中心將於明（2020）年10月17-18日兩天舉辦「第六屆南瀛研究國際學術研討會」。本次會議將以「南瀛地區的藝術與物質文化」作為主題進行討論。景仰您在專業領域上的學術貢獻與專業素養，誠摯邀請您參與本次研討會。若蒙應允，請於2020年2月23日提供中文500字或英文350字的摘要。本研討會籌備小組將做初步認定後，進一步寄發撰稿體例及稿約事項(論文截稿日期為2020年8月31日)。您的參與，將使大會更添精實與光彩。

會議旨趣與方向如下，詳細內容請查閱附件會議邀稿文件。

• 博物館、公家或私人典藏、藝廊、展覽；
• 城市與鄉村地區之建築、紀念物、遺址與公園；
• 物質文化與保存、知識與技能；
• 音樂與表演藝術：傳統的、過往的、當代的；
• 寺廟之建築與裝飾、祭祀雕像、文物；
• 儀式之美學陳設(物件、服飾、姿態、人聲-音樂-聲音)；
• 古地圖與歷史圖像之繪畫呈現、內容元素與美學；
• 藝術在臺南公共空間的新地位(公共雕塑、裝置、「彩繪村」、美化之生活空間、路徑場域演出與戶外展演等)；
• 臺南的藝術村: 創造、互動、藝術品與展覽；
• 臺南在臺灣視覺藝術、藝術史與藝術評論中的地位；
• 藝術與認同(地方、族群、國族認同): 臺南觀點。

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敬祝 研安

助理 溫勝智 敬上

南瀛國際人文社會科學研究中心
International Center for Tainan Area
Humanities and Social Sciences Research
中心電話/傳真： 06-7212338
中心網址：www.nanyingresearch.org.tw
中心地址：臺南市佳里區六安里245號