WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15th 2017
Venue: Istituto degli Innocenti (Sala Brunelleschi), Piazza della Santissima Annunziata 12, 50121 Florence
2.00–2.15 pm
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Costanza Caraffa, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut
2.15–3.15 pm
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Elizabeth Edwards, V&A Research Institute, London / Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester:
Thoughts on the 'Non-Collections' of the Archival Ecosystem
3.15–3.30 pm Coffee Break
PANEL I: INTO THE ARCHIVE
Chair: Julia Bärnighausen, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut
3.30–4.15 pm
İdil Çetin, Galatasaray University, Istanbul:
Where is the Archive? The Reality of Doing Research on Ataturk Photographs
4.15–5.00 pm
Vered Maimon, Tel Aviv University:
Affective Archives: Vernacular Photography and the Life of Images
5.00–5.30 pm Coffee Break
5.30–6.15 pm
Suryanandini Narain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi:
In the Family: Photographic Archives from India
6.15–7.00 pm
Katharina Sykora, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 'Das fotografische Dispositiv', Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig:
In the Archive's Eye. A Triumphant Autopoiesis of Photography
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16th 2017
Venue: Istituto degli Innocenti (Sala Brunelleschi), Piazza della Santissima Annunziata 12, 50121 Florence
PANEL II: GETTING ONE'S HANDS DIRTY
Chair: Franka Schneider , Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
9.30–10.15 am
Zeynep Çelik, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers University:
Late Ottoman Practices: Modernity, Photography, Medical Research, and Anthropological Documentation
10.15–11.00 am
Omar Nasim, Universität Regensburg:
Handling the Heavens: The Photo-Objects of Astronomy
11.00–11.30 am Coffee Break
11.30 am–12.15 pm
Haidy Geismar, University College London, and Pip Laurenson, Tate London / Maastricht University:
Finding Photography, Opening up the Photo-Object: A Dialogue between Anthropology and Conservation
12.15–2.00 pm Lunch Break
2.00–5.30 pm
WORKSHOP 'PHOTO-OBJECTS': ASKING UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS
Chair: Joan M. Schwartz, Queen's University, Kingston
Change of venue: Photothek in Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai (Sala Conferenze), Via dei Servi 51, 50122 Florence. Seating is limited. Please sign up at the reception desk on the first day of the conference.
With a short introduction by Costanza Caraffa and presentations by Julia Bärnighausen, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut; Stefanie Klamm, Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Franka Schneider, Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Petra Wodtke, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
5.30–6.00 pm Coffee Break
6.00–7.00 pm
HANDLING PHOTO-OBJECTS IN THE PHOTOTHEK (for speakers only)
With: Costanza Caraffa, Ute Dercks, Almut Goldhahn and Julia Bärnighausen, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17th 2017
Venue: Istituto degli Innocenti (Sala Brunelleschi), Piazza della Santissima Annunziata 12, 50121 Florence
9.00–10.00 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Lorraine Daston, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin:
The Accidental Trace and the Science of the Future: Tales from the 19th-Century Archives
PANEL III: SPACES OF HYBRIDIZATION
Chair: Petra Wodtke, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
10.00–10.45 am
Anaïs Mauuarin, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne:
The Two-Faced Photothèque of the Museum of Man: Between Scientific and Commercial Uses
10.45–11.15 am Coffee Break
11.15–12.00 am
Christopher Pinney, University College London:
Digital Cows: Flesh and Code
12.00–12.45 pm
Lena Holbein, DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 'Das fotografische Dispositiv', Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig:
Reflections on the Archive: Reconsidering the 'Evidence'-Project (1977–2017)
12.45–2.00 pm Lunch Break
PANEL IV: CANON FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION
Chair: Stefanie Klamm, Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
2.00–2.45 pm
Kelley Wilder, Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester:
The Two Cultures of Word and Image. On Materiality and the Photographic Catalogue
2.45–3.30 pm
Maria Männig, Karlsruhe:
The Memory of Art History: Analyzing Slide Collections
3.30–4.00 pm Coffee Break
4.00–4.45 pm
Petra Trnková, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague:
The Unbearable (and Irresistible) Charm of 'Duplicates'
4.45–5.30 pm
Christina Riggs, University of East Anglia, Norwich:
Photographing Tutankhamun: Photo-Objects and the Archival Afterlives of Colonial Archaeology
5.30–6.00 pm Coffee Break
6.00–7.00 pm
CLOSING REMARKS & FINAL DISCUSSION
Joan M. Schwartz, Queen's University, Kingston
END OF CONFERENCE
A registration will not be necessary
Venues:
Istituto degli Innocenti
Sala Brunelleschi
Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
50121 Florence
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
Max-Planck-Institut
Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai
Via dei Servi 51
50122 Florence
Contact:
Julia Bärnighausen
Email: julia.baernighausen@khi.fi.it
Costanza Caraffa
Email: caraffa@khi.fi.it
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