Convenors: Federica Manfredi (Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon University), Lucia Portis (University of Turin)
Short abstract: Sometimes there are no words to express what we would like to say. Communication seems to be in crisis when logocentric logic shows its limits. How can anthropologists go beyond words to communicate with research participants? And after fieldwork, can words be enriched by other communicative strategies?
Through the vagina and into the endometrium: mixing anthropology and art to understand cancer
Author: Susana Noronha (Centro de Estudos Sociais - UC)
“When words are not enough”. Alternative investigation practices in the study of contemporary body suspensions in Europe
Author: Federica Manfredi (Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon University)
Art in Quarantine: Visual patterns of confinement in times of pandemics
Authors: Ana Gago (School of Arts - UCP Porto), Diogo Marques (University of Coimbra)
Communicating The Word “Home” In The Newly Rebuilt Village Of Barpak, Nepal
Author: Abhishek Bhutoria (NA)
Find the papers’ abstracts here.
A live discussion with the contributors will take place on Zoom 19-28 March. Please check the full schedule of live events and links to join here.