Tag: post-colonialism
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Cose Bizzarre: la memoria nazionale nella personale di Jermay Michael Gabriel
Di Alessia D’Introno English Version La mancata condanna dei carnefici per i reati commessi nelle colonie e il fatto che i governi che seguirono dopo la caduta del regime non abbiano mai ufficializzato le loro colpe, ha incrementato la crescita di un immaginario collettivo dove ancora oggi il colonialismo è associato a una storia di…
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Capitolocene and centricity. Interview with Andrea Staid
Traslation by Luigina D’Introno Through the anthropological view of nature conservation, cultural anthropologist Andrea Staid explains the different terminologies of the anthropological world and how they have influenced and continue to influence the world. In The Living House and Being Nature, she shatters the Western man/nature dichotomy and its consequent objectification of the environment, by…
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The Cultural Representation from Visual Anthropology to the Post-Colonial Critique of Filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-Ha
Traslation by Luigina D’Introno The work of filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha, through her iconic film Reassemblage, challenges the conventions of visual anthropology and documentary filmmaking by criticizing the colonial representations imposed on Africa. With a post-colonial and intersectional approach, she ushered in significant changes to the dominant narrative toward the end of the 20th century. The…
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Behind paradigms. Interview with Elvira Vannini
Traslation by Luigina D’Introno In a focused and attentive reflection on contemporary art and its post-colonial paradigms, Elvira Vannini, art critic and historian, disseminates an all-feminist, ecological and anti-imperialist art. Through her magazine Hot Potatoes, she formulates a new critique. In her case, the terms feminism and de-colonialism do not imply a passing fad, but…