Descripción del proyecto
Investigación de dinámicas normalizadoras en la práctica artística de la diáspora
La migración al Norte Global se enmarca siempre como «nueva» o extraordinaria. Las obras de artistas no caucásicos se describen casi siempre de maneras que los diferencian de la sociedad en general. El equipo del proyecto TODO, financiado con fondos europeos, se pregunta qué sucede si, en cambio, se aplica una perspectiva normalizadora a la literatura y el arte contemporáneos en la diáspora, centrándose especialmente en Alemania, el Reino Unido y los Estados Unidos. Dados el declive del imperio, el neoimperialismo y el reciente ascenso de la Nueva Derecha, en TODO se estudia cómo la estética «queer» puede ayudar a reconocer las emociones y los afectos negativos resultantes del racismo y cómo el arte puede contribuir a una nueva noción de comunidad y a los contraarchivos que van más allá de las limitaciones nacionales y heteronormativas.
Objetivo
Migration is almost always framed as the result of exceptional circumstances, as in the 2015 refugee crisis for instance. This impacts the reception of narratives produced by those living in the diaspora. Works by Black and ethnic minority artists are overwhelmingly associated with labels that set them apart from the unmarked norm. These frameworks favour generational models such as the Windrush generation in Britain, so-called guest worker literature in Germany, and ethnic and area studies designations in the US. Such formulas reinforce an understanding of migration as perpetually new. By turning to what we call Tales of the Diasporic Ordinary, this project asks what happens if we instead apply a ‘normalising’ perspective to the study of contemporary diasporic art. Extending PI Haschemi Yekani’s pathbreaking work on entangled tonalities in the rise of the British novel, TODO mobilises three conceptual terms: aesthetics, affects, and archives. This, firstly, disrupts models of national canon formation and considers (queer) diasporic artistic practice and aesthetics as entangled with post-World War II global histories of the decline of empire, neo-imperialism, and the more recent rise of the New Right. Secondly, drawing on innovative methods from autotheory and queer diasporic critique, TODO stipulates that “ordinary” diasporic texts promote an affective bearing that exceeds the binary of romanticising the homeland of once and neoliberal ideals of assimilation and integration. Thirdly, the analysed texts complicate official historiographies and contribute to an archive of the lived experiences of migrants and their children across generations, exposing the continuity of racism. Artistic practice can acknowledge negative affects and contribute to a reimagination of community that goes beyond national and heteronormative constraints. Thus, the project underlines the relevance of Tales of the Diasporic Ordinary to challenge racism and foster new modes of belonging.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
ERC - Support for frontier research (ERC)Institución de acogida
10117 Berlin
Alemania