Performing Human Rights : Contested Amnesia and Aesthetic Practices in the Global South

Liliana Gómez

ISBN 10: 3035802610 / ISBN 13: 9783035802610

Published by Diaphanes Apr 2021, 2021

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Neuware - The invisibilization of political violence, its material traces and spatial manifestations, characterize (post)conflict situations. Yet counter-semantics and dissonant narratives that challenge this invisibility have been articulated by artists, writers, and human rights activists that increasingly seek to contest the related historical amnesia. Adopting 'performance' as a concept that is defined by repetitive, aesthetic practices-such as speech and bodily habits through which both individual and collective identities are constructed and perceived (Susan Slyomovics)-this collection addresses various forms of performing human rights in transitional situations in Spain, Latin America, and the Middle East. Bringing scholars together with artists, writers, and curators, and working across a range of disciplines, Performing Human Rights addresses these instances of omission and neglect, revealing how alternate institutional spaces and strategies of cultural production have intervened in the processes of historical justice and collective memory. With contributions by Zahira Aragüete-Toribio, Pauline Bachmann, Vikki Bell, Liliana Gómez, Joscelyn Jurich, Uriel Orlow, Friederike Pannewick, Elena Rosauro, Dorota Sajewska, Stephenie Young.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Performing Human Rights : Contested Amnesia and Aesthetic Practices in the Global South
• Publisher: Diaphanes Apr 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3035802610
• ISBN 13: 9783035802610
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 226W x 170H x 35D millimeters 226 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 630 grams

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Synopsis

The invisibilization of political violence, its material traces, and spatial manifestations, characterizes conflict and post-conflict situations. Yet, artists, writers, and human rights activists increasingly seek to challenge this invisibility, contesting the related historical amnesia through counter-semantics and dissonant narratives. Adopting “performance” as a concept that is defined by repetitive, aesthetic practices—such as speech and bodily habits through which both individual and collective identities are constructed and perceived—this collection addresses various forms of performing human rights in transitional situations in Spain, Latin America, and the Middle East. Bringing scholars together with artists, writers, and curators, and working across a range of disciplines, Performing Human Rights addresses these instances of omission and neglect, revealing how alternate institutional spaces and strategies of cultural production have intervened in the processes of historical justice and collective memory.
 

About the Author

Liliana Gómez-Popescu is SNSF-professor (Swiss National Science Foundation) at the University of Zurich, where she directs several research projects. She is also an affiliated researcher at the Orient Institute Beirut in Lebanon and cochair of the Visual Culture Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association.