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SUMMARY:CIDRAL Workshop: Unmentionables: Conversations about the Obscene
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DESCRIPTION:This event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2
 015-16 academic year\, themed around Cultures and Temporalities.\n\nConc
 ern over the social appropriateness or offensiveness of particular subst
 ances\, artefacts or behaviours is a cultural commonplace. Everyday life
  is considered by many cultures to contain elements which are unclear or
  taboo\, often - but not exclusively - including bodily functions and bo
 dily products and parts of the human anatomy (e.g. sex\, excrement and g
 enitalia). These require amelioration through specific strategies such a
 s hiding them from public view\, subjecting them to social or legal rest
 riction\, or denying their existence altogether.\n\nThis workshop seeks 
 to unpack some of the issues surrounding this notion of 'obscene things'
  across a range of different cultural contexts\, contemporary and histor
 ical. The aim is to start an interdisciplinary conversation about topics
  often under-discussed or distorted as a result of their perceived inapp
 ropriateness\, with a view to future collaborative work.\n\nPlease regis
 ter with Dr Amy Coker if you wish to attend: amy.coker@manchester.ac.uk\
 n \nConvened by Dr Amy Coker (Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics
 \, University of Manchester).
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Conference Room\, Manchester Museum\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\,
  Phone: 0161-2752648\, Email: museum@manchester.ac.uk
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