Date: 2021
Type: Contribution to book
In the eye of the beholder? : minority representation and the politics of culture
Karolina NIKIELSKA-SEKULA and Amandine DESILLE (eds), Visual methods in migration studies, Cham : Springer, 2021, IMISCOE Research Series, pp. 275-291
MAGAZZINI, Tina, In the eye of the beholder? : minority representation and the politics of culture, in Karolina NIKIELSKA-SEKULA and Amandine DESILLE (eds), Visual methods in migration studies, Cham : Springer, 2021, IMISCOE Research Series, pp. 275-291
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/72158
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The debate(s) on the relationship between art, activism and academia is as old as knowledge-production itself. In keeping with this volume’s focus on refexivity and representation, this contribution asks what role flmmakers, curators and artists play as knowledge producers and as knowledge-brokers when working on politicized issues such migration and/or ethnicity. This chapter looks at three European experiences that sit on the seam of curatorial practice, testimony and activism and address the (visual) narratives of minority groups. Exploring the emergence of these initiatives and drawing upon interviews with the curators and artists behind them, this chapter takes stock of ongoing debates on the complex relationship between political and artistic representation on minority groups. Adopting Mitchell’s (1995) approach to representation that sees it as always being “of someone, by someone, to someone”, particular attention is given to the implications of what kind of stories are told, for whom they are told, and of who does the storytelling.
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First Online: 30 July 2021
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/72158
Full-text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67608-7_15
ISBN: 9783030676070; 9783030676077
Publisher: Springer
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