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Christine Slobogin
@slobogin.bsky.social
Art historian of medicine Assistant Professor, Health Humanities & Bioethics @ University of Rochester (Joint Appointment in Art & Art History) plastic surgery illustration, anonymity, humor she / her
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Reminder that I am soliciting papers for my CAA 2025 panel "Anonymity in Art and Visual Culture." 📅 Deadline: August 29

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You can find the full description of the panel attached here, and at this link: caa.confex.com/caa/2025/web... Please reach out if you have any questions!

Looking at visual methods of providing anonymity, this panel seeks to explore the ethical and aesthetic vicissitudes and values of anonymity in art and visual culture. When an image's subject is deemed sensitive, those represented are often allocated anonymity, usually by covering the face or eyes. Visual anonymity can be seen as an easy fix for ethical questions relating to visual personal data – but what is the actual ethical, aesthetic, and interpersonal outcome of anonymizing a subject? Several key themes related to visual anonymity are of particular interest. The face is treated as the seat of recognizability, but other body parts or traits can give away identity. Photography is the medium that is most frequently deemed to require anonymization, but other artistic and cultural media appraised as less “indexical” may slip under the radar of ethical concern. And artistic and gendered considerations have historically been taken into account while anonymizing, even ... more at link!
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Christine Slobogin
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Art historian of medicine Assistant Professor, Health Humanities & Bioethics @ University of Rochester (Joint Appointment in Art & Art History) plastic surgery illustration, anonymity, humor she / her
355 followers369 following91 posts
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