Culture and critique: Notes on a polysemic relationship

Vasiliki Belia; Laura Candidatu; Gianmaria Colpani; Milica Trakilović

doi:10.5117/9789048560110_belia

Culture and critique: Notes on a polysemic relationship

Vasiliki Belia, Laura Candidatu^*, Gianmaria Colpani, Milica Trakilović

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Abstract

In her work on cultural critique, Rosemarie Buikema conceptualizes culture as a terrain for the elaboration and contestation of collective memory, a form that mediates social formations, and a practice that critically supplements the political. Taking the polysemic relationship between culture and critique as our starting point, we bring Buikema’s reflections to bear on our own work on post-Yugoslav visual art, feminist graphic narratives, and digital media. We pay special attention to the question of “medium specificity”, which is central to Buikema’s conceptual intervention. Our goal is to illustrate the expansive reach of this intervention across multiple fields of inquiry.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transities in kunst, cultuur en politiek
Subtitle of host publication	Transitions in Art, Culture, and Politics
Editors	Sandra Ponzanesi, Kathrin Thiele, Domitilla Olivieri, Eva Midden, Trude Oorschot
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Pages	77-89
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9789048560127
ISBN (Print)	9789048560110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048560110_belia
Publication status	Published - 12 Oct 2023

Keywords

cultural critique; medium specificity; post-Yugoslav art; feminist graphic narratives; digital media; mediation

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Culture and critique: Notes on a polysemic relationship. / Belia, Vasiliki; Candidatu, Laura; Colpani, Gianmaria et al.
Transities in kunst, cultuur en politiek: Transitions in Art, Culture, and Politics. ed. / Sandra Ponzanesi; Kathrin Thiele; Domitilla Olivieri; Eva Midden; Trude Oorschot. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023. p. 77-89.

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