The Un(der)revealed Relations of Things in Museums: an introduction
I was at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam one fall afternoon when I decided to take a shortcut through the exhibition […]
Layers – A Photography Exhibition
Allegra has an extensive archive of photographs. These images are usually incorporated as supporting materials to written essays. This exhibition
What’s Left Behind – A visual essay #livesofobjects
Brook Andrew is an interdisciplinary artist who examines dominant narratives, often relating to colonialism and modernist theories. Through museum and
The Secret Life of Objects: Strategies for Telling New Stories in Exhibitions #livesofobjects
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects – Wislawa Szymborska, Polish poet It’s 2013 and I
Introduction: Displacement and New Sociabilities
In this thematic week we aim to think through the notion of displacement. At a time that is marked by
Shifting Sands – A film by Paul Reade
Tourism creates and depends on an entanglement of temporary and permanent displacements; at the same time it manipulates and projects
Reading the Signs: Dust, Smoke, and Displacement in Athens
‘At home,’ we are in full command of the dialectics of knowledge and recognition. Jean Améry, “How Much Home Does
Stranger in paradise
This post explores the notion of displacement through the experience of Franziska, who has spent her whole life in a
Bench acquaintances: Finding one’s place in a Buenos Aires shopping centre #Displacement
In a situation of displacement, migrants and Argentinians forge social relations and thereby emplace themselves in a Buenos Aires shopping
On (not) being there: Affective simultaneity across place and time
Through the notion of simultaneity I explore the emotional and affective dimension of the displacement-emplacement continuum within transnational migration and