Program
University of Alicante
The workshop will be held on October 15, 16, and 17, 2026, at the University of Alicante, Spain.
The program will combine international lectures, research presentation sessions, participatory workshops, a meeting with the IVSA president, a cultural activity, and the seminar’s closing ceremony.
Official opening of the workshop.
Presentation of research papers related to visual sociology, emotions, images, bodies, and sensibilities.
Weaving Desire into Visual Research — Claudia Ricca and Alma Scolnik (UNSAM, Argentina).
One Camera, One Shot: Affection, Irreversibility, and the Production of Visual Knowledge — Stephanie Fanfan (University of Paris).
Toward Decoloniality: Social Reflections on Visual Aesthetics — Carolina Cambre (Concordia University, Canada).
The Anatomy of the “Refugee’s Refugee”: Biopolitical Exclusion and the Emotional Regime Among Syrian Roma Traveling Communities—Dom and Abdal— — Kemal Vural Tarlan (Turkey).
Session to present research papers.
Session to present research papers.
Tracing Photographs Taken with Smartphones in the Collective Memory — Liz Hingley (University College London).
Reflections on Images and Emotions — A Meeting Between the IVSA President and Emerging Researchers. Sponsored by the Juan Gil-Albert Institute of Culture in Alicante.
Session to present research papers.
Art and Emotions: Images as Living and Frozen Emotions — Eduardo Bericat (University of Seville).
Emotions as a Bridge to Understanding the Future of Images and Society — Juan A. Roche Cárcel (University of Alicante).
Opening Ceremony, Presentations by Researchers, Workshop I, and Workshop II.
Lectures, presentations by researchers, the 3rd Workshop, a roundtable discussion with Susan Hansen, and a cultural activity.
Presentations by researchers, third and fourth sessions, closing ceremony of the seminar, and closing luncheon.