Beating Resistance: On the Potential for Connection in the Symbolic/Poetic

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As Ochy Curiel reminds us, art is conceived within the Western notion of “culture,” the modern/colonial logic that, upon approaching indigenous nations, makes use of the concept of “ethnicity” in order to make a series of characterizations—about language, customs, and habits, clothing—with the goal of transforming them (and endowing them with value) into merchandise. In other words, folklorization as an aesthetic process of entrapment.

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Achille Mbembe

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28.02.2022

Issue 22: Radiant

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