Tasveerghar: A Digital Network of South Asian Popular Visual Culture invites papers on 'Manly Matters: Iconographies of the Masculine in South Asian Visual Culture.' invites proposals from scholars and researchers who wish to write a 5000-word “image essay” on a topic connected with this theme. They have a vision statement (see http://tasveergharindia.net/cmsdesk/essay/133/index.html) but are also open to other ideas and topics. Preference will be given in the selection of the final essays to those that pertain especially to the under-represented regions of South Asia in the study of visual culture (Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), and to early career scholars and researchers. These image essays will be featured on the website for Tasveer Ghar, and our in-house designer Yousuf Saeed will work with each author to create the final product.
The deadline for submission of a 250-word abstract is January 15, 2017. They also request a sample portfolio of 5-10 images, and a timeline for submission. Authors of successful proposals will receive an honorarium of USD $250 (to be paid on the submission of the completed image essay), and access to Tasveerghar’s database of digitized images from the Priya Paul Collection, New Delhi.
For samples of image essays, please visit our website at www.tasveerghar.net. Typically an online visual essay on Tasveer Ghar is spread over several pages with thumbnails of images at appropriate places/paragraphs. By clicking on thumbnails you can visit the larger-sized pictures with detailed captions that are arranged in the accompanying “image gallery.” Thus, your final essay could be divided into sections or pages for web design purposes. We would ideally need thick captions about each image, besides information about its source/credit. We expect each contributor to secure permission for the use of images for this project/publication. Tasveer Ghar shall not be responsible for any copyright violation.