Making geopolitics otherwise: artistic interventions in global political space
This article considers how contemporary artists have have engaged with processes of militarization and governmentalization since 11 September 2001. It signals three areas of critical thematic interest where contemporary art intersects with contemporary geopolitics - questions of the body, of technol...
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Published in | The Geographical journal Vol. 177; no. 3; pp. 218 - 222 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.09.2011
Blackwell Publishing |
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Summary: | This article considers how contemporary artists have have engaged with processes of militarization and governmentalization since 11 September 2001. It signals three areas of critical thematic interest where contemporary art intersects with contemporary geopolitics - questions of the body, of technology and of 'things out of place' - and suggests that, while its practices and effects require careful critical attention, contemporary art is a field in which it is possible to reflect on how geopolitics might be enacted differently. |
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Bibliography: | istex:A2540DB01AA4ADA960B98C3D8C202768CE033710 ark:/67375/WNG-JBKL0C7H-Q ArticleID:GEOJ415 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0016-7398 1475-4959 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00415.x |