Inked Up, Marked Out
An Exploration into Tattooing, Identity and Culture
A collaborative event run by The Centre for the Study of the Body and Material Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, The University of York in association with Royal Museums Greenwich
Date: Friday 12 May 2023 (timings tbc)
Location: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (in person), Hybrid (via Zoom) TBC
Call for PGR Posters
In January we sent out a call for papers for this amazing symposium. We are now, having received HARI funding, able to extend this call to PGR students who may wish to present a poster at the event. If you are interested in tattooing, and have even the glimmer of an idea, or something to contribute, then please do put yourself forward. Please send a short abstract (a few lines will do) plus a bio for yourself to inkedupmarkedoutgmail.com by the 28 February 2023. This conference is going to be very, inclusive, laid back and friendly, so please do get involved!
This one-day symposium is focused on bringing together academic researchers and other interested parties working on, or researching in, the area of tattoos, tattooing practice, tattooed communities and tattoos/wellbeing. It will offer insights on using tattooing as a means of exploring the themes of identity and self-expression through the use of mark making on the body. We invite papers, panels, provocations, creative interventions or stories that explore the theme of ‘tattoo’. Papers may include (but are definitely not limited to!) topics such as:
● The historical development of tattooing
● The use of tattoos as devices within literature
● Tattooing and branding within marginalised groups and within power relationships
● Representation of tattoos in media and popular culture
● The relationship between art/photography and tattooing
● Celebrity and tattooing
● Perspectives of gender, class and race and the relationship
● The visual language of tattoos
● Tattooing as work
● The material culture of tattooing
● Tattooing and fandom
● What it means to be tattooed
We look forward to reading your ideas!