An International Conference on Visual Cultures in Contexts: Affect, Subversion and Resistance
Department of Media Studies
CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalorein collaboration with
CPRACSIS
19 - 20 February 2020
Christ University, Bangalore, India
About the Conference
Keynote Speaker:
LAURA MULVEY
Renowned film theorist and feminist, Laura Mulvey is currently the professor of film and media studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Prof. Mulvey was the Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at Wellesley College in 2008. She has three honorary doctoral degrees: Doctor of Letters from the University of East Anglia; Doctor of Law from Concordia University; and Doctor of Literature from University College Dublin. She has been with the British Film Institute for many years. Widely acknowledged for her theory of ‘Male gaze’ and the essay entitled “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”, Prof. Mulvey is a seminal figure in the realm of psychoanalytic film theory with Jean-Louis Baudry and Christian Metz. She is well known for her avant-garde films co-wrote and co-directed with Peter Wollen such as Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974), Riddles of the Sphinx (1977), AMY! (1980), Crystal Gazing (1982), Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti (1982), and The Bad Sister (1982).
Conference Note
Plenary Speakers
Piyush Roy
M D Pallavi Arun
Prakash Belawadi
Ashish Rajadhyaksha
CONFERENCE INFO
Day 1: 19 February 2020
7.30 am Registration (Ground Floor, KE Auditorium))
9.00 am Inauguration (KE Auditorium)
9.30 am Keynote address (KE Auditorium)
11.30 am Paper Presentation (Refer Paper Presentation Schedule)
2.00 pm Plenary session with MD Pallavi (KE auditorium)
3.30pm Paper presentation (Refer Paper Presentation Schedule)
Day 2: 20 February 2020
9.00 am Plenary Session – Ashish Rajadhyaksha in conversation with Rashmi Sawhney (KE Auditorium)
10.00 am Plenary Session – Prakash Belwadi (KE Auditorium)
11.30 am Paper presentation (Refer Paper Presentation Schedule)
2.00 pm Piyush Roy - Screening of film, Followed by Q & A
3.00 pm Valedictory
Paper Presentation | Day One | 19 February 2020
19 Feb 2020 | Panel A | 11.00 am | Room 801
Moderator - Dr. Aasita Bali
- LMC 101 | Sethuparvathy. S | Mapping Gender Identities through Travel Narratives: Women in Road Movies
- LMC 111 | Ayatree Saha | Embodied Ritual: Explorations of experience of Menarche
- LMC 112 | Piuli Basu, Manaswini Ghosh | Art or War?: A Feminist Perspective on Tattooed Women and Body Politics in India
- LMC 113 | S Saritha Sasidharan | Sexuality, Body and Choice in Nivedita Menon’s Seeing Like a Feminist
19 Feb 2020 | Panel B | 11.00 am | Room 802
Moderator- Dr. Suparna Naresh
- LMC 114 | Meenakshi M | Gender Fluidity: Analysis of Female Characters in Tamil Theatre Therukoothu
- LMC 126 | Rafseena M | Reading Female Subjectivity in Select Indian Web Series: A Parallaxian Approach
- LMC 139 | Joel Jyothis Tom | Resistance, Celebration and Exploration: An Examination of the Portrayal of Femininity in I Still Hide to Smoke
- LMC 185 | Anjali Gera Roy
19 Feb 2020 | Panel C | 11.00 am | Media Lab
Moderator- Dr. Shantharaju S
- LMC 164 | Ashwati Kartha; Neha Rajagopal | The Importance of Transnational Feminist Activism in Shaping Modern Global Cultures
- LMC 123 | Soham Chakraborty | Encounter with The Real and Subversion of Masculine Authority: A Look into the Cinematic Gaze in Force Majeure
- LMC 124 | Akhila Kumaran | Representation of the fishing community in Malayalam cinema: A study of Chemmeen and Kumbalangi nights
- LMC 135 | Krishna Prasad M | The Aesthetic Approach Towards Violence in Silver Screen: A Study of the Influence of Quentin Tarantino on Indian Cinema
19 Feb 2020 | Panel D | 11.00 am | Room 915
Moderator- Dr. Kannan S
- LMC 163 | Fatema Zohair Diwan | Redefining the Female Gaze in the Bollywood Context
- LMC 148 | Salman Riyas |Manipulation of the Un(Real) : Decoding the Black Mirror ‘Images’
- LMC 107 | Dr Naresh Kumar Vats | Interaction, Perception and Gaze: A Study of Haryanvi Folk Theatre
- LMC 184 | Swetha Sundaran Mangalath | Visualising Culture: Construction And Diffusion Of Imagery Through Classical Dance Broadcast.
19 Feb 2020 | Panel A | 3.00pm | Room 801
Moderator- Dr. Meljo Thomas
- LMC 170 | Gayatri Balakrishnan | “Oru Kadha Solta Sir?”: Intertextuality and Postmodernist Preoccupations in the Film Vikram Vedha
- LMC 157 | Sruthi Madhu | Guppy and Parava - A Closer look into the representation of indigenous communities
- LMC 159 | Midhila Jos | City Space As Archive: A Case Of Fort Cochin
- LMC 180 | Gopalakrishnan K K | Theyyam, The Ancient Ritual Folk-art Tradition Of Northern Kerala (India), And The Muslims
19 Feb 2020 | Panel B | 3.00pm | Room 802
Moderator- Dr. Kailash Koushik
- LMC 104 | Dr Shuchi Sharma | Contesting Space, Stage and Status: A Study of Select Works by Indian Women Playwrights A Study of Select Works by Indian Women Playwrights
- LMC 108 | Aparajith Dinesh | Pictoriality in the Symbiosis of VR and Theatre
- LMC 129 | Rani Jana | Ninasam: An Alternative Model to ‘Theatre of Roots’
- LMC 140 | Ramya M H | Dancing Beyond Tradition: A Step of Evolution by Mrinalini Sarabhai and Shovana Narayan
19 Feb 2020 | Panel C | 3.00pm | Media Lab
Moderator- Dr. Naresh Rao
- LMC 182 | Sindhu Shantha Nair | Media Impact, Social Cognition, Health Effects and the Reality Paradigm
- LMC 181 | Prathik Desai and Ishan Fouzdar | Analysis of New Media Approaches on YouTube
- LMC 116 | Megha Balu Solanki | Image, Protest and Twitter: An Exploration of Protest Activism through Visual Media on Social Media Platforms
- LMC 102 | Damini Kulkarni | Screens and She: Sacred Games and Digital Play
19 Feb 2020 | Panel D | 3.00 pm | Room 915
Moderator- Dr. Rajesh A
- LMC 161 | Varsha Dharline V | Cooking up the Korean consciousness in 'Le Grand Chef'
- LMC 173 | Annie Swetha S A | Cisnormative Gaze: Heteronormativity and Conformity in the movie The Shape of Water
- LMC 149 | Malavika | Changing Consciousness in the Trans-Human Era: Analysing Black Mirror as the Manifestation of ‘The Societies of Influxes’
- LMC 142 | Sweta Dash | Interrogating the visuality of sexual violence in India: A study of three recent jarring cases of sexual violence and more
Paper Presentation | Day Two | 20 February 2020
20 Feb 2020 | Panel A | 11.00 am | Room 801
Moderator- Padmakumar M M
- LMC 169 | Karunya. U | Subversion through Visual Culture: A Post Modern Reading of Painter of Souls
- LMC 134 | Dr. Umar Nizarudeen | Between The Aural And The Ocular: Performative Visual Continuum Of Indigenous Life In Kerala
- LMC 153 | Dr. A. Balu Vijayaraghavan | Image, Identity and Society: Understanding Pablo Bartholomew’s ‘The Calcutta Diaries’
- LMC 122 | Catherine Shilpa | Nationalism and Revivalism in Tamil Cinema (1939-1950): A Reading of Thyagabhoomi (1939) and Manthiri Kumari (1950)
20 Feb 2020 | Panel B | 11.00 am | Room 802
Moderator- Dr. Anjali Gera Roy, Dr Naresh Kumar Vats
- LMC 105 | Sreekutty S | Queer politics in Regionalism: Creating a Lesbian Feminist Space Towards Malayalam Lesbian Films
- LMC 106 | Jharna Choudhury | Ingestion Aesthetics of Human-meat: Navigating Ducournau’s 'Raw' (2016) and Hazarika’s 'Aamis'(2019)
- LMC 174 | Apoorva Ravi | Breaking Of Societal Taboos By A Queer Independent Film: A Content Analysis Of Evening Shadows
20 Feb 2020 | Panel C | 11.00 am | Media Lab
Moderator- Dr. C S Biju
- LMC 119 | Dr G. Alan, J. Caro Velma | A Post-colonial Study Of The Reversal Of The Colonial Stereotypes In Django Unchained
- LMC 166 | Aiswarya Anil | The Sentimental Foreigner: Materialization of Affect in the Oriental Portrait of India in Lion (2016) and City of Joy (1992)
- LMC 120 | Ananthajith K R | Identity and Citizenship in Russian Emigre Literature
- LMC 109 | Gokul K S | Tibetan Exile Cinema: Statelessness, Memory and Cultural Resistance
Special Features
- Plenary sessions, Panel discussions and Workshops
- Scholars from across the country
- Student-friendly environment to receive feedback on your work
- Opportunity to network with industry and professionals
Contact
Seminar Conveners :
Dr Fr Biju K Chacko and Dr C S Biju
Seminar Coordinators:
Anjali: +91 7406209952 | Suparva: +91 8904001739
Accommodation
Accommodation will be given on a first-come-first-serve basis. Early confirmation will be appreciated.
Cost for Accommodation (Per Person per Night)
- Single room: INR 1000/Day
- Twin-share: INR 800/Day
- 4-6 Share: INR 300/Day