Dear colleagues,

We are inviting abstract submissions to our panel Indigenous Visual Arts as a Form of Research Methodology at the 17th SIEF Congress that will take place at the University of Aberdeen, UK on 3-6 June 2025. 

Written research about Indigenous people often does not reflect their powerful voices. This panel seeks to address visual arts created by Indigenous people as an opportunity for self-expression and deeper exploration of their Indigenous identity. Whether a film, a piece of traditional art, or a painting made by Indigenous people, these unwritten forms of storytelling increasingly serve as an alternative narrative retold on behalf and by Indigenous people themselves. It is a form of reclamation of communication power, as well as a form of Indigenous methodology for production of knowledge.

The panel invites indigenous and non-indigenous researchers to explore significant artworks and discuss initiatives, discourses, and practices emerging from visual arts.

Deadline: 17 December 2024 at 23:59.

Link for registration: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/sief2025/p/16184

Best wishes,

Kyunney Takasaeva (University of Warsaw) [email protected] 

Tatiana Argounova-Low (University of Aberdeen) [email protected]