by Jon Lackman | 3 March 2008 | Africa, Conferences
The Spring 2008 issue of African Arts contains a review of the recent symposium Global Africa: Through the Lens of Visual Culture, a triennial event that was held concurrently with the University of Florida’s annual Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures on Africa:
… we attempt to highlight several of the panels that we believe are indicative of the overall interdisciplinary tone of this Triennial … [which] was able to take advantage of the excellent multidisciplinary African studies program at UF through the incorporation of UF’s own annual conference as well as the breadth of student, faculty, and staff involvement in organizing so many and such varied exhibitions of painting, sculpture, everyday objects, photography, video, maps, and others. The Gwendolen M. Carter Conference lent an important contribution to the field of African art history by not only by hosting and featuring the research and work of numerous African artists, but also expanding the conception of visual culture studies as a multidisciplinary practice that relies on anthropology, literature, linguistics, choreography, economics, politics, geography, and many other fields. Interdisciplinary studies have never been so important to a field that is constantly broadening and redefining itself.
