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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTransities in kunst, cultuur en politiek
Subtitle of host publicationTransitions in Art, Culture, and Politics
EditorsSandra Ponzanesi, Kathrin Thiele, Domitilla Olivieri, Eva Midden, Trude Oorschot
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherAmsterdam University Press
Pages77-89
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9789048560127
ISBN (Print)9789048560110
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Oct 2023

Keywords

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

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