Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space
This article aims to contribute to the reflection on the phenomenologies of non-identification with the cultural and artistic heritage, namely the architectural and sculptural, installed in the urban public space. Contemporary iconoclastic practices have made the political and media debate aware of...
Enregistré dans:
| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs, |
|---|---|
| Auteur principal: | |
| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Publié: |
Comunicação e sociedade
2022
|
| Sujets: | |
| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| id |
openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_6813 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
openedition |
| collection |
OpenEdition Journal |
| language |
Anglais |
| format |
Article ou chapitre numérique |
| building |
0/Bibliothèque numérique/ 1/Bibliothèque numérique/OpenEdition Journals/ |
| topic |
colonialidade iconoclasmo antirracismo multiculturalismo artivismo coloniality iconoclasm anti-racism multiculturalism artivism |
| spellingShingle |
colonialidade iconoclasmo antirracismo multiculturalismo artivismo coloniality iconoclasm anti-racism multiculturalism artivism Goes, Diogo Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space |
| description |
This article aims to contribute to the reflection on the phenomenologies of non-identification with the cultural and artistic heritage, namely the architectural and sculptural, installed in the urban public space. Contemporary iconoclastic practices have made the political and media debate aware of the quality and pertinence of cities’ aesthetic and artistic transformations. I aim to establish possible relationships between iconoclastic phenomena, contemporary mythography and postcolonial and neo-colonial discursive ways, addressing the social and political issues underlying racism, which may be at the origin of iconoclastic practices against heritage. I conducted a selected review of the scientific literature published in the last 20 years, namely authored by Araújo and Rodrigues (2018), Kilomba (2019; “ ‘O Racismo É uma Problemática Branca’ diz Grada Kilomba”, 2016), Maeso (2016), Roldão et al. (2016), Ribeiro (2021), Santos (2003), V. Sousa (2020), Vale de Almeida (2000, 2012), Varela and Pereira (2020), and others. On that basis, I tried to demonstrate how the contemporary art and curatorial artivism within museological institutions contributed to challenging institutional historical narratives and the progressive deconstruction of Lusotropicalist discursive practices, which institute colonialism and slavery as acceptable historical inevitabilities. I found that western hegemonic thinking is based on a false ideological construction of identity, supported by an alleged moral and racial superiority, to justify pursuing a model of economic exploitation structured in cultural domination. I concluded that multiculturalism within cultural institutions, safeguarding cultural diversity and heritage interpretation in the public space, could ensure inclusion and social cohesion, develop feelings of belonging, and mitigate inequalities and violence. |
| author |
Goes, Diogo |
| author_facet |
Goes, Diogo |
| author_sort |
Goes, Diogo |
| title |
Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space |
| title_short |
Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space |
| title_full |
Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space |
| title_fullStr |
Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space |
| title_sort |
contemporary iconoclasm: anti-racism between the decolonisation of art and the (re)sacralisation of public space |
| publisher |
Comunicação e sociedade |
| publishDate |
2022 |
| container_title |
URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs |
| url |
https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://journals.openedition.org/cs/6813 |
| _version_ |
1877293031986561024 |
| spelling |
openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_6813 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/6813 2022-11-07T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eyqt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Contemporary Iconoclasm: Anti-Racism Between the Decolonisation of Art and the (Re)Sacralisation of Public Space Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Goes, Diogo colonialidade iconoclasmo antirracismo multiculturalismo artivismo coloniality iconoclasm anti-racism multiculturalism artivism This article aims to contribute to the reflection on the phenomenologies of non-identification with the cultural and artistic heritage, namely the architectural and sculptural, installed in the urban public space. Contemporary iconoclastic practices have made the political and media debate aware of the quality and pertinence of cities’ aesthetic and artistic transformations. I aim to establish possible relationships between iconoclastic phenomena, contemporary mythography and postcolonial and neo-colonial discursive ways, addressing the social and political issues underlying racism, which may be at the origin of iconoclastic practices against heritage. I conducted a selected review of the scientific literature published in the last 20 years, namely authored by Araújo and Rodrigues (2018), Kilomba (2019; “ ‘O Racismo É uma Problemática Branca’ diz Grada Kilomba”, 2016), Maeso (2016), Roldão et al. (2016), Ribeiro (2021), Santos (2003), V. Sousa (2020), Vale de Almeida (2000, 2012), Varela and Pereira (2020), and others. On that basis, I tried to demonstrate how the contemporary art and curatorial artivism within museological institutions contributed to challenging institutional historical narratives and the progressive deconstruction of Lusotropicalist discursive practices, which institute colonialism and slavery as acceptable historical inevitabilities. I found that western hegemonic thinking is based on a false ideological construction of identity, supported by an alleged moral and racial superiority, to justify pursuing a model of economic exploitation structured in cultural domination. I concluded that multiculturalism within cultural institutions, safeguarding cultural diversity and heritage interpretation in the public space, could ensure inclusion and social cohesion, develop feelings of belonging, and mitigate inequalities and violence. Este artigo tem por objetivo contribuir para a reflexão sobre as fenomenologias da não identificação com o património cultural e artístico, nomeadamente, o arquitetónico e o escultórico, instalado no espaço público urbano. As práticas iconoclastas contemporâneas trouxeram para o debate político e mediático o questionamento da qualidade e pertinência das transformações estéticas e artísticas que aconteceram nas cidades. Pretende-se estabelecer possíveis relações entre os fenómenos iconoclastas, as mitografias contemporâneas e as práticas discursivas pós-coloniais e neocoloniais, abordando as problemáticas sociais e políticas subjacentes ao racismo, que poderão estar na origem das práticas de iconoclastia contra o património. A partir de uma revisão selecionada à literatura científica, publicada no último vinténio, nomeadamente, da autoria de Araújo e Rodrigues (2018), Kilomba (2019; “‘O Racismo É uma Problemática Branca’ diz Grada Kilomba”, 2016), Maeso (2016), Roldão et al. (2016), Ribeiro (2021), Santos (2003), V. Sousa (2020), Vale de Almeida (2000, 2012), Varela e Pereira (2020), entre outros, procurou-se demonstrar o contributo da arte contemporânea e do artivismo curatorial, no seio das instituições museológicas, para o questionamento das narrativas históricas institucionais e para a progressiva desconstrução das práticas discursivas lusotropicalistas, que instituem o colonialismo e a escravatura como inevitabilidades históricas aceites. Verificou-se que o pensamento hegemónico ocidental está assente numa falsa construção ideológica identitária, suportada numa alegada superioridade moral e racial, tendo em vista justificar a prossecução de um modelo de exploração económica estruturado na dominação cultural. Concluiu-se que o multiculturalismo no seio das instituições culturais, a par da salvaguarda da diversidade cultural e da interpretação patrimonial no espaço público, poderá assegurar a inclusão e coesão social, desenvolvendo sentimentos de pertença, e, por conseguinte, permitindo a mitigação das desigualdades e da violência. |