Research Conference “Visual Anthropology: Integral Models of Communications”

September 18 - 19, 2014, at Tomsk State Pedagogical University with the support of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation the first All-Russian Research Conference “Visual Anthropology: Integral Models of Communications” will take place.

The conference aims to provide philosophical, scientific and humanitarian analysis of visual measurements of socio-cultural communication.

Topics suggested for discussion:

Image in the socio-cultural communication: specifics and functions.
Image and picture: conceptual demarcation from a praxeological perspective.
Visual image as a communicative sign.
Nonverbal forms of socio-cultural communication.
Visual markers of cultural, ethnic, social and ideological identity.
Visual anthropology as ethnographic strategy.
Forms and functions of visualization in science, education, information and political communication.
Area image management.
Urban space as a system of visual cultural and historical markers.
Visual image in public activities and holidays.
Visual and media.
Cyber art, etc.

Conference presentations will be published in a special issue of the journal “ΠΡΑΞΗΜΑ. Problems of Visual Semiotics”. Guidelines on formatting a conference presentation and participation can be found in the information letter.