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Conference “Art of communication and communication through art in Asia and Africa”

We invite you to the conference “Art of communication and communication through art in Asia and Africa”.

The conference will be held on December 1 and 2 in room 315 (3rd floor) at the University of Warsaw Library at 56/66 Dobra Street.

The conference is organized jointly by the Polish Institute of World Art Studies and the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Warsaw as part of the activities of the Laboratory of Research on the Culture and Art of Asia and Africa of the WO.

The program is available here (abstracts) and includes many Africanist speeches:

Day I: 1 December 2022
9.30 Keynote by Professor Wolbert Smidt, “Discussing visuality in Ethiopian Orthodox
churches. Art as an instrument shaping discourses on war, conflict and communality”.
Link for the morning session: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98458083163?
pwd=SUE2TjAwVDh4OElsaWNMRFRxU0VGUT09

10.30 – 11.40 Session 1
3. Dr. Aleksandra Kajdańska ‟The transcultural significance of costume books on the
example of the Spanish Boxer Codex in Renaissance Europe”

11.50 – 13.20 Session 2
1. Dr. Magdalena Łaptaś ‟Communications through wall paintings in Medieval Nubia”
2. Yetmgeta Alemneh, ‟Communicating with material: History and symbolism of the
musical instruments of the EOTC and its relationship with other Orthodox Churches”
3. Dr. Magdalena Maciudzińska-Kamczycka, ‟Painting in colour: The Ethiopian pride and
Israeli receptiveness to African art.”

14.40 – 16.10 Session 3 Link for the Session 3: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/
96089129869?pwd=eDRUU3JVRjRHT1V1bE9wT0dNM3hvZz09
1. Prof. Hanna Rubinkowska-Anioł ‟Dressing up the Ethiopian diaspora in traditional
clothes”
2. Dr. Zuzanna Augustyniak “A true Ethiopian” – Abiy Ahmed Ali’s usage of Ethiopian
cultural keywords
3. Kinga Turkowska ‟Communication through art – the case of Oromo Cultural Center in
Addis Ababa. The role of art in empowering the Oromo identity”
4. Dr. Nagmeldin Karamalla ‟The role of enthusiasm songs and poetry in Sudanese
conflicts, wars and revolutions”

16.20-17.30 Session 4
3. Dariusz Skonieczko, ‟The problem of conducting an interview using instant messaging
programs, for example the Batonga callers from Zimbabwe”