Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
SESSION 1 - OPEN CALL: SCRIPT invites proposals on any aspect of iconic and performative texts. Examples include but are not limited to their display as cultural artifacts, their ritual use in religious and political ceremonies, their performance by recitation and theater, their depiction in art, and their display in museums.
SESSION 2 - UNDER ERASURE: SCRIPT invites proposals on aspects of iconic and performative texts in times of censorship or erasure. Examples include but are not limited to the creation of palimpsests, hidden or smuggled books, public acts of removal or destruction, political pressures on authors or users to renounce or disavow texts, and other situations where texts are placed semantically, performatively, or iconically "under erasure."
The Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts (SCRIPT) encourages new scholarship on iconic and performative texts. Our goal is to foster academic discourse about the social functions of books and texts that exceed their semantic meaning and interpretation, such as their display as cultural artifacts, their ritual use in religious and political ceremonies, their performance by recitation and theater, and their depiction in art.
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| David Dault | sandburg.media@gmail.com | - | View |