Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies) Interdisciplinary Conference

23-24 October 2025, Viana do Castelo
Call for Papers
School of Education
Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo, Portugal

The Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies) Interdisciplinary Conference is organized by the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo and by the Research Institute for Design Media and Culture (ID+) in cooperation with the Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave.

About the event

The Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies) Interdisciplinary Conference aims to address the role of memory in contemporary creation by discussing:

the process of creation and its relationship to memory work;

memory as a territory under construction (bodies, texts, sounds, images, narratives) through artistic research; and - the politics of memory in today’s societies and new forms of creation.

The objective of the conference is twofold: firstly, to convene a diverse range of interdisciplinary perspectives; and secondly, to bring together artists whose creative approaches bring their research practice closer to memory.

We are delighted to welcome Eleni Ikoniadou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Laura Castro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal) and Sarah Bay-Cheng (York University, Canada) as keynote speakers for this inaugural edition, where they will share their expertise. Alongside the keynote talks, the conference will include paper sessions, an exhibition, performances, and panel discussions.

Information about the Call for Papers

Contributions address a wide range of topics, such as:

Shared memory of experiences and knowledge

Participatory research and practice as testimony of (the) memory

Community-generated memory and political identity(ies)

(Auto)Biographies, life writings and transtemporality(ies)

Processes of re-creation/re-contextualization

Identity, narrative(s) and memory sharing

Artificial and digital memory

From “stock memory” to “flux memory”

Memory and the irruption of the Real

The full CfP available at