Microhistories and the global south

Welcome to Konstfack, Thursday 10 November from 10.00 to 16.00 in Mandelgren lecture hall

Artistic researchers from Konstfack, together with guests from Fulbright University Vietnam, will present modes of history writing through artistic works concerning geographies within the global south – Vietnam, China, Cambodia, and Iran/Pakistan – approaches to historical records that treat anti-colonial resistance, historical trauma, and the relation between personal and collective memory.

10.00–10.15: Welcome/introduction: Magnus Bärtås & Andrej Slávik

10.15­–10.45: Pamela Corey: The Purpose of Parahistory in Late Socialist Vietnam

11.00–11.30: Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn: Working in the Dark: Vietnamese photography and nationalism, 1862-1945 (work title)

11.30–12.00: Discussions

12.00–13.00: Lunch

13.00–13.30: Tram Luong: Sidenotes: Quiet is the water

13.30–14.00: Linda Zhang: Filming the Personal against the Collective: Red Amnesia and Ghost Festival

14.15–14.45: Behzad Khosravi Noori: The Landscape of Imagination

15.15–16.00: Discussions

See the full programme and get to know the speakers here: Microhistories and the global south - Konstfack

Microhistories and the Global South is made within the framework of the independent course Microhistories, at Konstfack, with the support from STINT – The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education.

For more info: magnus.bartas@konstfack.se

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