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Identity, culture and art: the study of urban-periphery as stages for artistic intervention

Principal researcher: Diana West

Research group: Practices and Politics of Culture


Keywords

Artistic practices | Antropology | Social intervention | Urban periphery

State

Closed

Start date

01-01-2013

End date

04-07-2023

Reference

SFRH/BD/89877/2012


Abstract

In rencent years its been acknowledged the increase of artistic projects that encompass non-artistic groups from peripheral suburban areas and vulnerable contexts as well as the institutional receptivity and interest from museums, artistic or educational organizations regarding these projects. This study will contribute to further insight to this fields of cultural and artistic production. The main gold is to contribute to the field of anthropology and art thru an etnographic based reflexion of the hibrid, political and artistic characteristics of this practices that are embedded in a social "puzzling landscape" that anthropology has bee struggling to analize and interpret.

Team

Full members

Sónia Vespeira de Almeida

Practices and Politics of Culture