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- Atribulações do oráculo moderno: Cassandra na cultura alemã do século XXPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa
- Diálogos singularesPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa
- Espectros literários: perdição de Hélia CorreiaPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa
- Framing war: domesticity and the visuality of conflictPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa
- From peripheral to alternative and back: contemporary meanings of modernityPublication . Gil, Isabel CapeloaDrawing on Giorgio Agamben’s understanding of the contemporary as that which inscribes itself in the present through a disjunction or anachronism, this essay discusses contemporary meanings of modernity by looking at the way in which non-synchrony and dis-placement can be used as instrumental ap proaches to rethinking the dominant Eurocentric approach to a progressive, Northern-based idea of the modern. Peripheral, alternative, global, transnational, and even “bad” modernities have been concepts wrangled by cultural theory to come to terms with the trials of hegemonic modernity. The paper will discuss some of these attempts at redefining the modern and ask what they mean, whose voice they convey, and from whence they are spoken. It will then argue in favour of a revision of the peripheral as a productive category to frame an aesthetics of the (in)actual, drawing attention to the disjunction at the heart of the contentious idea of the modern in a few Iberian examples (e.g. Fernando Pessoa and Amadeo Souza Cardoso). This is particularly important for rethinking an artistic-based epistemology of the South, particularly from the standpoint of Iberian discourse.
- IntroductionPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa
- Língua e contemporaneidade: algumas notas sobre tradução e cultura alemãPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa
- Matters of culturePublication . Hanenberg, Peter; Gil, Isabel Capeloa; Harpham, Geoffrey Galt; Nünning, Ansgar; Nünning, Vera; Lauer, Gerhard; Medeiros, Paulo deTen years ago, Alain Touraine famously defined culture as the new paradigm for understanding today’s world. Five years before, Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington had edited their volume under the heading “Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress”. Arguably, in the 21st century the study of culture represents an emerging and expanding field, dealing with the central challenges of contemporary society. Because the abstract paradigm of culture seems to be the motor of social change, the study of culture has been increasingly showing its multidimensional relevance at the interface of smart development and critical inquiry. Old, new and renewed cultural practices ask for innovative theories and for advanced research methods. In addition, new approaches such as arts based research, connectivism or the examination of big data challenge the hereto overwhelmingly interpretative humanist scholarly practice. For many academics, trained in the traditional humanities disciplines (from art history to literature or philosophy), the study of culture, perhaps a paradigm that is none, continues to bring added complexity and anxiety. How does culture matter in today’s world? How does culture relate to globalization? How does cultural change shape our mind? Which possible worlds does contemporary culture allow for? In which ways do culture, conflict, citizenship and sovereignty correlate? And, finally, how does the study of culture challenge the critical scholarly endeavor of the humanities? The CECC conference “Matters of Culture” discussed the state of the art of this debate and has acted as a gateway to future research.
- Of crocodiles and love letters: colonial memories in Portuguese filmPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa
- Opening addressPublication . Gil, Isabel Capeloa