Mediterranean and Transatlantic Artivism Counter-acting Neo-colonialisms in the Public Sphere
Mediterranean and Transatlantic Artivism Counter-acting Neo-colonialisms in the Public Sphere
Author(s): Paola ZaccariaSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Universitară & ADI Publication
Keywords: neo-colonialisms; (un)mapping; routes and roots; artivism; call-andresponse dialogue; diaspora; translation and transculturation; geo-corpo-graphies; MediterrAtlantic dialogue; (un)walling up
Summary/Abstract: Starting from a geo-political, geo-critical and intermedial reflection on the proliferation of walls and its effects on resident and migrant populations, the essay articulates the proposal of a dialogue shaped by the African American pattern of call-andresponse which, by jamming Eurocentric theories / analysis and post-colonial, diasporic, creolized practices/theories/aesthetics, could hopefully contribute to a change in the public sphere of cultures touched by the so-called Middle Passage. The dialogue, inspired also by ARTivist thinking and poetics, should be able to envisage a transcultural MediterrAtlantic methodology opening up transcultural no-border wall horizons counter-acting neocolonial, anti-migratory drives.
Journal: International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies and Environmental Communication
- Issue Year: 3/2014
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 41-51
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English