Understanding displacement aesthetics
With the rise of humanitarianism and the international refugee regime in the twentieth century, visual representations of refugees and their forced displacement permeated the cultural sphere. Understanding displacement aesthetics offers a groundbreaking analysis of the role of visual culture, art, a...
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| author | Carden-Coyne, Ana Lionis, Chrisoula Roussou, Angeliki Green, Charles |
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| description | With the rise of humanitarianism and the international refugee regime in the twentieth century, visual representations of refugees and their forced displacement permeated the cultural sphere. Understanding displacement aesthetics offers a groundbreaking analysis of the role of visual culture, art, and art museums in shaping ideas about people forced to flee. The book identifies the refugee as a cultural figure, analysing the history of visual tropes across multiple visual arenas and their endurance in the present day. Addressing contemporary contexts, the book investigates how displaced artists face distinct barriers that manifest aesthetic outcomes. Language, identity, and labour also appear as critical factors informing how art is made, curated, collected, and publicly understood. Advancing the new concept of ‘displacement aesthetics’ – a negotiation between representation, lived experience, and institutions – this book offers a major interdisciplinary analysis that intervenes in cultural history, art history, and museum studies. Combining archival research, analysis of art, and collaborative co-curation with artists and museums, the book presents new insights into the role of art and culture in mediating this pressing social and political issue in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1721252026-02-18T05:27:15Z Understanding displacement aesthetics Carden-Coyne, Ana Lionis, Chrisoula Roussou, Angeliki Green, Charles ‘displacement aesthetics’ Representation History Lived experience Operations Visual trope Language Labour Exhibitions First World War Second World War Twentieth century Visual tropes Motifs Syndecdoche Gender Material culture Careers Barriers Precarity Training Mentorship Renumeration Art galleries Travel Visas Professional recognition Early career artists Britain Translation Voice Typology Identification Stefanos Tsivopoulos Mounira Al Solh Hiwa K Candice Breitz Collaboration Participatory art Authorship Art institutions Hospitality Care The Silent University Santiago Sierra Christoph Schlingensief Co-curation Museums Refugees Displacement Migration Curators Artists Institutions Refugee regime Culture Humanitarianism United Nations Art history Museum studies Art Architecture and Visual Culture thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics With the rise of humanitarianism and the international refugee regime in the twentieth century, visual representations of refugees and their forced displacement permeated the cultural sphere. Understanding displacement aesthetics offers a groundbreaking analysis of the role of visual culture, art, and art museums in shaping ideas about people forced to flee. The book identifies the refugee as a cultural figure, analysing the history of visual tropes across multiple visual arenas and their endurance in the present day. Addressing contemporary contexts, the book investigates how displaced artists face distinct barriers that manifest aesthetic outcomes. Language, identity, and labour also appear as critical factors informing how art is made, curated, collected, and publicly understood. Advancing the new concept of ‘displacement aesthetics’ – a negotiation between representation, lived experience, and institutions – this book offers a major interdisciplinary analysis that intervenes in cultural history, art history, and museum studies. Combining archival research, analysis of art, and collaborative co-curation with artists and museums, the book presents new insights into the role of art and culture in mediating this pressing social and political issue in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 2026-02-18T05:27:14Z 2026-02-18T05:27:14Z 2026-02-17T12:36:14Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109989 9781526181503 9781526181480 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/172125 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/109989/1/9781526181503.pdf Manchester University Press 10.7765/9781526181503 10.7765/9781526181503 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 9781526181503 9781526181480 286 Manchester open access |
| spellingShingle | ‘displacement aesthetics’ Representation History Lived experience Operations Visual trope Language Labour Exhibitions First World War Second World War Twentieth century Visual tropes Motifs Syndecdoche Gender Material culture Careers Barriers Precarity Training Mentorship Renumeration Art galleries Travel Visas Professional recognition Early career artists Britain Translation Voice Typology Identification Stefanos Tsivopoulos Mounira Al Solh Hiwa K Candice Breitz Collaboration Participatory art Authorship Art institutions Hospitality Care The Silent University Santiago Sierra Christoph Schlingensief Co-curation Museums Refugees Displacement Migration Curators Artists Institutions Refugee regime Culture Humanitarianism United Nations Art history Museum studies Art Architecture and Visual Culture thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics Carden-Coyne, Ana Lionis, Chrisoula Roussou, Angeliki Green, Charles Understanding displacement aesthetics |
| title | Understanding displacement aesthetics |
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