Signs of Identity, Marks of Otherness: New Approaches to Visual Culture I
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Centre d'études supérieures de civilisation médiévale (CESCM); International Medieval Society, Paris
Organizer Name
Vincent Debiais
Organizer Affiliation
Centre d’études supérieures de civilisation médiévale
Presider Name
Vincent Debiais
Paper Title 1
William Marshal and Usama ibn Munqidh: Cross-Cultural Status Markers
Presenter 1 Name
Steven Isaac
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Longwood Univ.
Paper Title 2
War on Fashion: The Use of Images and Marginalization against Fashion Phenomena in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Century
Presenter 2 Name
Tina Anderlini
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Paper Title 3
Image, Sequence, Narrative: The Marks and Signs of Identity in the Illuminated Manuscripts of the Theophilus Legend
Presenter 3 Name
Jerry Root
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Utah
Start Date
13-5-2017 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1340
Description
This session, which is proposed in coordination with the Centre d’études supérieures de civilisation médiévale de Poitiers and the International Medieval Society-Paris will explore new avenues of research on visual signs marking the identity of social, religious, and political groups in different spaces (real or imaginary), and the ways in which these groups distinguished themselves. Recent advances in the auxiliary sciences, which take into account social phenomena in the origin, creation and usage of systems of signs, permit us to revisit questions posed by emblems, armor, inscriptions, and images that mark the landscape and establish hierarchical spaces, both separate and connected. In the dialectic of inclusion/exclusion, signs become references of identity included, integrated, claimed or rejected in reaction to historical circumstances and power relations. This session brings together specialists from different disciplines to explore how visual signs work in real spaces, such as cities, monasteries, and castles; and literary spaces where such signs appear frequently in motifs and narratives.
vincent debiais
Signs of Identity, Marks of Otherness: New Approaches to Visual Culture I
Schneider 1340
This session, which is proposed in coordination with the Centre d’études supérieures de civilisation médiévale de Poitiers and the International Medieval Society-Paris will explore new avenues of research on visual signs marking the identity of social, religious, and political groups in different spaces (real or imaginary), and the ways in which these groups distinguished themselves. Recent advances in the auxiliary sciences, which take into account social phenomena in the origin, creation and usage of systems of signs, permit us to revisit questions posed by emblems, armor, inscriptions, and images that mark the landscape and establish hierarchical spaces, both separate and connected. In the dialectic of inclusion/exclusion, signs become references of identity included, integrated, claimed or rejected in reaction to historical circumstances and power relations. This session brings together specialists from different disciplines to explore how visual signs work in real spaces, such as cities, monasteries, and castles; and literary spaces where such signs appear frequently in motifs and narratives.
vincent debiais