After the Tears: Victimhood and Subjectivity in the Melodramatic Mode
Type
other project type
Start Date
September 1, 2010
End Date
November 28, 2011
Status
completed
Keywords
melodrama
victimhood
subjectivity
Description
International Conference
ORGANIZATION: Scott Loren, Jörg Metelmenn
SPEAKERS: Thomas Elsaesser, Amos Goldberg, Eva Illouz, Fatima Naqvi, Ralph Poole, Rolf Schieder, Dorthe Staunas, Linda Williams
COMMENTS: Timon Beyes, Christof Decker, Christoph Henning, Vincent Kaufmann, Scott Loren, Alessandra di Maio, Jörg Metelmann, Daria Olgiati-Pezzoli, Ulrich Schmid
The spectrum of cultural artifacts evincing victimhood as a powerful ontological category in western societies continues to expand. Its capacity as a mode of legitimation, though, has been a source of much debate. This conference seeks new articulations of the political potential of victimhood in relation to the "affective turn" and the homo sentimentalis. It is particularly interested in the aesthetic practices and codes that are mobilized in various popular media to characterize the position of the victim, and whether an intervention in this form of popular subject formation could (or must?) itself take an aesthetic form.
ORGANIZATION: Scott Loren, Jörg Metelmenn
SPEAKERS: Thomas Elsaesser, Amos Goldberg, Eva Illouz, Fatima Naqvi, Ralph Poole, Rolf Schieder, Dorthe Staunas, Linda Williams
COMMENTS: Timon Beyes, Christof Decker, Christoph Henning, Vincent Kaufmann, Scott Loren, Alessandra di Maio, Jörg Metelmann, Daria Olgiati-Pezzoli, Ulrich Schmid
The spectrum of cultural artifacts evincing victimhood as a powerful ontological category in western societies continues to expand. Its capacity as a mode of legitimation, though, has been a source of much debate. This conference seeks new articulations of the political potential of victimhood in relation to the "affective turn" and the homo sentimentalis. It is particularly interested in the aesthetic practices and codes that are mobilized in various popular media to characterize the position of the victim, and whether an intervention in this form of popular subject formation could (or must?) itself take an aesthetic form.
Member contributor(s)
Partner(s)
Grundlagenforschungsfond
KIM - Kulturen, Institutionen, Märkte
Haniel Stiftung
Funder
Topic(s)
subjectivity
victimhood
melodrama
Method(s)
interdisciplinary
Range
Institute/School
Range (De)
Institut/School
Division(s)
Eprints ID
207268