Otherness,Subjectivity and Representation
21-22 October 2011 Åbo Akademi University
Many perspectives in the humanities share a struggle with the ethnographic ambition to
represent the subjectivity of 'the other' and the ethical dimension which representations
of otherness always have. However, the practices of academic representation move beyond
the idealized epistemological positions of on the one hand the well-known dichotomy
between subjective and objective, and on the other, the emphases of critical reflection,
mutuality and dialogue. Among the many and diverse ways in which 'the other' can be
encountered, represented and made space for there is a grey zone embedded in the
complexity of self-other relations where 'otherness' and 'alterity' prevails as a
haunting and desirable shadow in our experiences of people, texts, noises, voices,
bodies, images and spaces.
This conference has the ambition of exploring the complexity embedded in representations
of subjectivity and otherness, the various positions and methods that are applied, and
the possible directions future research can or should take.
Key note speakers:
Trinh T. Minh-ha, Professor of Rhetoric and Gender & Women's Studies, Berkley, University
of California
Marsha Meskimmon, Professor, Loughborough University, School of the Arts, Leicestershire
Kalle Pihlainen, Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Åbo
Akademi University
Conference programme
Conference fee: 60 euro
The fee should be paid by the end of September 2011
By bank transfer: Nordea 174430-1167
IBAN FI1117443000001167
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For registration without a presentation please contact Linda Mattsson (linmatts@abo.fi)
