2007 archivos - Modernidade(s) Descentralizadas Art, politics and counterculture on the transatlantic axis during the Cold War Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:10:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 Introduction: Canons and Art History https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/introduction-canons-and-art-history-2/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:47:45 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2611 Brzyski’s essay provides a useful framework to analyze the evolution of art historical canons. She argues that scholars need to interrogate the mechanisms through which often unquestioned hierarchies of artistic value are created by art historians and curators. In other words, she calls for the study of “the mechanics of the canonical system: how and … Continue reading Introduction: Canons and Art History

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]]> Beyond abyssal thinking. From global lines to ecology of knowledges https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/beyond-abyssal-thinking-from-global-lines-to-ecology-of-knowledges-2/ Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:10:17 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2668 This text presents coloniality as an epistemological coloniality (abyssal thinking), stressing the need for an epistemological renewal in order to exit the colonial circuit. Particularly interesting is the fact that Sousa not only points the problem out, but also proposes a solution based on the concept of “ecology of knowledge”. Ecological thinking is understood as … Continue reading Beyond abyssal thinking. From global lines to ecology of knowledges

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