Decolonial Aesthetics I: Tangled Humanism in the Afro-European Context - Paperback

by Michaela Ott (Editor), Babacar Mbaye Diop (Editor)

The publication aims to make suggestions for a 'decolonisation of aesthetics' within an Afro-European framework. The texts (whose authors come from different cultural contexts between Germany, France, Senegal, Benin, Nigeria and Tunesia) do not only refer to heterogenous aesthetic practices understood as subversive and decolonial strategies, but also discuss philosophical questions of a renewed (non-in)dividual humanism. The artistic practices analyzed include artistic installations and ensembles as well as actions in urban and rural space, deceptive manoeuvres at the borders and their photographic documentation, and many more.

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The publication aims to make suggestions for a 'decolonisation of aesthetics' within an Afro-European framework. The texts (whose authors come from different cultural contexts between Europe and Africa) do not only refer to heterogenous aesthetic practices understood as subversive and decolonial strategies, but also discuss philosophical questions of a renewed (non-in)dividual humanism. The artistic practices analyzed include artistic installations and ensembles as well as actions in urban and rural space, deceptive manoeuvres at the borders and their photographic documentation, and many more.

Author Biography

Michaela Ott is a Professor of Aesthetic Theory at the HfbK Hamburg. Babacar Mbaye Diop is a Professor of Philosophy at Cheikh-Anta-Diop-University Dakar/Senegal.