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Final conference – call for papers

Materialities of Shame in the English-Speaking World: Bodies, Artworks and Objects

 

In this final conference of the “Shame” project, we propose to look at the ways in which shame is triggered, expressed, performed, contained, repressed, remembered, exorcised or reclaimed in material culture.

1-2 December 2023

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The programme (PDF)


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