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Meeting with the IVSA Presidency
October 16, 2026
University of Alicante

A space for dialogue between emerging researchers and the president of the International Visual Sociology Association.

The workshop Affective Visuality: The Question of Emotion in Visual Research This meeting will include a reflection on the current challenges of visual sociology, the role of images in social research, and the emotional dimension of visual methods.

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Susan Hansen
President of the
International Visual
Sociology Association
Friday 10/16 · 6:30–7:30 PM

Reflections on Images and Emotions

Roundtable of young researchers with the president of the IVSA, Susan Hansen

This meeting is especially for emerging researchers and proposes a space for conversation about images, emotions, visual methods, and contemporary challenges in visual sociology research.

The round table will allow for the sharing of questions, experiences, and perspectives on working with images, the production of visual knowledge, the relationship between affect and research, and the role of the IVSA in fostering new generations of researchers.

Resume

Susan Hansen is President of the International Association for Visual Sociology and a founding co-chair of the Visual and Creative Methods Group at Middlesex University. She has been the editor of the journal Visual Studies, founding editor of the magazine Nuart Journal, coeditor—along with Jeffrey Ian Ross and Konstantinos Avramidis— of the Routledge series on advances in graffiti and street art research, and coeditor—along with Julie Patarin-Jossec and Kate Korroch— of the upcoming publication Visual Studies Companion.

Schedule
Friday
10/16/2026 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Meeting of Susan Hansen, IVSA President, with emerging researchers.

Sponsorship

Activity sponsored by Alicantino Institute of Culture Juan Gil-Albert.

Would you like to participate in the workshop?

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IVSA 2026 · Affective Visuality University of Alicante · October 15–17, 2026