For a Visual Culture of (and from) the Sky
For a Visual Culture of (and from) the Sky
Monday, 7 July 2025: 13:00-14:45
Location: FSE013 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC57 Visual Sociology (host committee) Language: English and Spanish
The present panel aims to stimulate a conversation around the connection between the sky and visual studies. Inviting contributions focused both on the sky as an object of visual scholarship as well as a perspective from which to gather innovative insights on the human- and nature-made environment, the panel aims to attract presentations focussed on, for example:
- drones, airplanes, kites, paragliders and other forms of human presence in the sky;
- birds, insects and other forms of animal life;
- satellite imagery, meteorology, data visualizations and other forms of visual information regarding the sky;
- clouds, aurora borealis, rainbows, mirages and other uncertain visions;
- astronomical imagery, telescopic visions and the history of human ways of depicting planet earth as part of the universe.
- indigenous/local knowledge on how to read the sky
We equally welcome presentations with theoretical, methodological, empirical or historical focus.
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Oral Presentations