Kinship In Transformation

The event will be held in English at H16:00 at Istituto Svizzero, via Ludovisi 48, Rome
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The narratives of kinship, love and networks of care are deeply rooted in the respective social structures and cultural systems. In the Western world and beyond, the definition and ideas of these concepts are closely tied to a capitalistic and heteronormative social structure that has furthered the maintenance of privileges for some, and the persistence of inequalities for others. Anthropology and history, critical theory, and gender studies, and many more disciplines deal with questions related to kinship, love, and reproduction. Likewise, artists propose new stories and definitions and, in their practice and research, subject the normative claims and classical canons to a re-reading.
This event invites artists and researchers, coming from different disciplinary backgrounds and artistic practices, to share their reflections and work, opening to alternative narratives and stories about kinship and love that can nourish fresh perspectives. How can we think about kinship in new terms and acknowledge its myriad possible forms and always changing nature? And thinking beyond human relations, what can the realm of interspecies relations tell us?

The event is part of the Art-Science series dedicated to the encounter between scientific research and artistic practices, curated by Maria Böhmer (Head of Science) and Gioia Dal Molin (Head Curator).