Description du projet
Examiner la dynamique de la normalisation dans la pratique artistique diasporique
La migration vers le monde du Nord est constamment qualifiée de «nouvelle» ou d’extraordinaire. Les travaux réalisés par des artistes non blancs sont largement décrits de manières qui les distinguent de la société dans son ensemble. Le projet TODO, financé par l’UE, s’interroge sur ce qu’il se passe si, en revanche, nous appliquons une perspective de normalisation à la littérature et à l’art contemporains au sein de la diaspora en mettant un accent particulier sur l’Allemagne, le Royaume-Uni et les États-Unis. Face au déclin de l’empire, du néo-impérialisme, et de la récente montée de la Nouvelle Droite, TODO examine comment l’esthétique queer permet de reconnaître les émotions et les affects négatifs découlant du racisme, et comment l’art peut contribuer à une nouvelle notion de communauté et à des contre-archives qui dépassent les limites nationales et hétéronormatives.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régime de financement
ERC - Support for frontier research (ERC)Institution d’accueil
10117 Berlin
Allemagne