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| Semester | fall semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers |
Bilgin Ayata (bilgin.ayata@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Dominique Grisard (dominique.grisard@unibas.ch) Andrea Zimmermann (andreamaria.zimmermann@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Can political and socio-critical art “survive”?, Martha Rosler asked famously. The lecture series The Art of Intervention takes this question as its cue to focus on art and culture’s critical and visionary contributions to current debates on the multiple crises of neoliberal global capitalism, migration, and reignited nationalisms. In light of increasing assaults and restrictions on critique, and the deriding of politically minded arts, humanities and social sciences as superfluous ideology, we will explore the radical impact and potentiality of art and culture in conjunction with critical thought and political mobilization. On the occasion of the exhibition by Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl at the Kunstmuseum Basel, this lecture series will explore the academic and artistic synergies that emanate from interventions that are intensely critical and fun, politically creative and creatively political, espousing queer-feminist, postcolonial and intersectional perspectives. This involves rethinking the notions of artistic intervention and critique and an analysis of prevailing discourses on identity, migration, integration and globalization. We theorize interventions, endorsed or unendorsed, authorized or illicit, as performative acts of critique, politics, and activism with a potential to subvert the status quo. Artistic interventions enable new encounters and can lead to (unlikely) coalitions in the struggle for justice. Yet interventions can also incite censorship and other coercive measures. Our lecture series aims to explore the myriad forms of the art of intervention while setting out to shed light on the potentiality of art as intervention. The lecture series is part of the event series The Art of Intervention. The public lectures by international experts will be accompanied by sessions that offer the opportunity for text discussion of introductory and further reading. |
| Learning objectives | Die Studierenden - lernen, künstlerische Interventionsformen in Zusammenhang mit gesellschaftlichen Prozessen zu setzen - erhalten interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf ästhetische Praktiken von Kritik - lernen aktuelle theoretische Debatten in den Gesellschaftswissen über Kunst und Kritik kennen |
| Bibliography | Karaca, Banu (2010): The art of integration: probing the role of cultural policy in the making of Europe. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 16(2), 121-137. Nowotny, Stefan, & Raunig, Gerald (2010): Kunst der Kritik. Birgit Mennel (Hrsg.). Wien: Turia+ Kant. Hito Steyerl (2016): If You Don’t Have Bread, Eat Art!: Contemporary Art and Derivative Fascisms, e-flux journal #76. Dorrance, Jess & Engel, Antke (2012): Bossing Images. The power of images, queer art and politics. Berlin: Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst. Martha Rosler (2010/2011): Culture Class I-III. e-flux journal #21, 23, 25. |
| Comments | Die Veranstaltung findet auf deutsch und englisch statt |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul "Research Lab" Kulturanthropologie (Master's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul Themenfeld: Herrschaft, Normativität und symbolische Ordnung (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul Themenfeld: Subjekt, Körper, Identität (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul Themenfeld: Wissensformen und Wissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul Vertiefung Themenfeld: Herrschaft, Normativität und symbolische Ordnung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul Vertiefung Themenfeld: Lebensverhältnisse, Umwelt und Ökonomie (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul Vertiefung Themenfeld: Subjekt, Körper, Identität (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul Vertiefung Themenfeld: Wissensformen und Wissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Basics: Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Basics: Sociology (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Methoden und Felder der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Cultural Anthropology) Modul: Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor's degree subject: Sociology) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Bachelor's Studies - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Ein Essay (6 Seiten) oder wahlweise ein Blog-Eintrag zu den Vorträgen, der Ausstellung oder zur Konferenz der Veranstaltungsreihe |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Gender Studies |