The Counter/Actual: Art and Strategies of Anti-Colonial Resistance
The article explores how a number of artists have employed the counter/actual as a form of past-talk in a conscious intervention into socio-political and ethical issues arising from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. I argue that such uses of the counter/actual more effectively foreground the inju...
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doaj-99c9b9fc820c4e17addc0450cb0a89d12021-09-06T19:22:33ZengSciendoMeno Istorija ir Kritika1822-45472018-12-01141283910.2478/mik-2018-0003mik-2018-0003The Counter/Actual: Art and Strategies of Anti-Colonial ResistanceNorton Claire0St Mary’s University, London, United KingdomThe article explores how a number of artists have employed the counter/actual as a form of past-talk in a conscious intervention into socio-political and ethical issues arising from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. I argue that such uses of the counter/actual more effectively foreground the injustices arising from the occupation while not only problematising the process of representation but also deconstructing the ways in which histories are intimately intertwined with relations of power and practises of legitimisation; they do not simply reproduce “the (f)actual” but work to repossess the past from the dominance of hegemonic interests.https://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2018-0003palestinecounter/actualspatialitiesvertical powerthe pasthistorylarissa sansouremily jacirchina miévillekhalid jarrar |
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The Counter/Actual: Art and Strategies of Anti-Colonial Resistance |
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The Counter/Actual: Art and Strategies of Anti-Colonial Resistance |
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The Counter/Actual: Art and Strategies of Anti-Colonial Resistance |
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counter/actual: art and strategies of anti-colonial resistance |
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Meno Istorija ir Kritika |
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1822-4547 |
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2018-12-01 |
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The article explores how a number of artists have employed the counter/actual as a form of past-talk in a conscious intervention into socio-political and ethical issues arising from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. I argue that such uses of the counter/actual more effectively foreground the injustices arising from the occupation while not only problematising the process of representation but also deconstructing the ways in which histories are intimately intertwined with relations of power and practises of legitimisation; they do not simply reproduce “the (f)actual” but work to repossess the past from the dominance of hegemonic interests. |
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palestine counter/actual spatialities vertical power the past history larissa sansour emily jacir china miéville khalid jarrar |
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