suggested topics
These are some of the general topics that we believe may arise from the above:
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empowering the imagination: the late 1960s and beyond
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the art of protest: words and images in action
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literature – and the world out there: conflict and violence in public vs literary discourses
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narratives of dissension: fiction, youth and conflict
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staging protest: drama and the political imagination since the 1960s
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screening protest: film, television and the political imagination
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poetry, protest and identity/ies since the 1960s
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action, reaction: stereotype and iconoclasm (verbal, visual)
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disruptive, constructive?: tropes of conflict and the making of contemporary societies
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take my song for it: vocal music and fraught selves since the 1960s
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translating dissent: protest represented across languages
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urban sights and sounds: street art and writing since the 1960s
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subaltern identities and gaining/giving voice: hybrid constructions
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protest through affirmation: picturing alternate communities
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remediating protest since the 1960s: from audiovisual to digital media
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The organisers welcome proposals for 20-minute papers in English responding to these or other
topics prompted by the conference's rationale.