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# 108
Traces, Signs, and Symptoms of the Untranslatable
María Iñigo Clavo
I agree with the above critics that these artworks create spectacles out of non-Western cultural practices, and that there are dangers in bringing rituals into the art space. Yet I am also concerned with how the criticism reflects limitations of translation, as these limitations will always mislead us into interpreting these artworks as exercises of spectacularization or performance, corrupting the essence of the ceremonies. In using translation as a tool to understand the unknown, what potentialities are we missing?
e-flux Journal
Posted: April 2, 2020
Category
Anthropology & Ethnography, Philosophy, Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity, Religion & Spirituality
Subjects
Postcolonial Theory, Translation, Indigenous Art, Art Activism
# 73
Modernity vs. Epistemodiversity
María Iñigo Clavo
1. Facing History: Modernity as Prefix
It is a hallmark of postcolonial theory to question selective, self-flattering accounts of European modernity. Postcolonial theorists from both Europe and the rest of the world have illustrated how ideals of emancipation, equality, freedom, and scientific and industrial development were only possible through their opposites: colonial exploitation, inequality, slavery, torture, and suffering in the Global South. 1 That’s why, during the 1990s,…
e-flux Journal
Posted: May 1, 2016
Category
Colonialism & Imperialism, Latin America
Subjects
Postcolonial Theory, Epistemology, Modernity, Europe, Systems Theory