Not exact matches
In short, the conceptual chapters emphasise that ideas of sovereign responsibilities, protection
against life integrity violations, and
resistance to oppression are well reflected in southern
cultural traditions.
As with many of Rakowitz's projects, an engagement with questions of craft soon complicates our understanding of the historical forces acting
against transmissions of skill and expertise, hinting at the maintenance of tradition as a form of
resistance to
cultural erasure.
Continuously exploring the «geography of self,» his work combines traditional storylines and postmodern, often parodist, narrative strategies to approach themes such as belonging, identity politics, conflict,
cultural traditions (be they real, imagined, invented), as well as the push to and
resistance against modernization.