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South-to-South dialogues between Brazilian and Kenyan artivists: decolonial and intersectional feminist perspectives.

Medrado, A., Rega, I. and Paulla, M., 2022. South-to-South dialogues between Brazilian and Kenyan artivists: decolonial and intersectional feminist perspectives. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, 5 (1), 2126245.

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DOI: 10.1080/25729861.2022.2126245

Abstract

In this article, we analyze experiences in which Brazilian and Kenyan artivists (artists who are activists) used animation to challenge colonial hierarchies that devalue Global Southern knowledges, histories, and stories. We draw from ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews, and artivists’ experiences in two animation workshops: (a) Portrait of Marielle, produced with Kenyan artivists in Nairobi; (b) Homage to Wangarĩ Maathai, produced with Brazilian artivists in Salvador. We ask: how can artivist creative practices be used as tools for global movement building, contesting the colonial legacy of fragmented relationships between Global South peoples? We evoke decolonial and standpoint intersectional feminist perspectives to propose an understanding of artivism that considers the specificities of Global South contexts, connecting it to two axes: (a) establishing dialogical spaces and (b) mobilizing memories and histories. Our understanding of South-to-South artivist dialogues results from the ways in which notions of “pluriversality,” “incompleteness” and “humility,” which stem from Latin American and African scholarship are intertwined. When marginalized groups exchange “situated knowledges” and express themselves through artivism from “intersectional standpoints” or “lugares de fala,” this can have a binding nature, creating transformative connections between Global South peoples.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:2572-9861
Additional Information:Diálogos Sul-a-Sul entre artivistas brasileiros e quenianos: perspectivas decoloniais e interseccionais Diálogos Sur-a-Sur entre artivistas brasileños y kenianos: perspectivas decoloniales e interseccionales
Uncontrolled Keywords:South-to south dialogues; artivism; Global South; decolonial theory and practice; feminism
Group:Faculty of Media & Communication
ID Code:37862
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:29 Nov 2022 14:50
Last Modified:25 Jan 2023 13:15

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