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Nesta dissertação procuramos indagar como, no seio da arte contemporânea, se
tem vindo a refletir sobre o legado colonial português, e, em particular, sobre as memórias
construídas em torno deste passado. O passado colonial manifesta-se, na
contemporaneidade, em narrativas romantizadas e nostálgicas, que implicam um
silenciamento do caráter violento do colonialismo. A manutenção deste tipo de discurso
evidencia a persistência de estruturas coloniais e, logo, a necessidade de uma
descolonização epistémica. O objetivo central desta reflexão é pensar como, ao propor
reflexões sobre a memória colonial, a arte contemporânea tem contribuído para uma
descolonização do pensamento. Partindo de obras de Daniel Barroca, Maria Lusitano,
Ângela Ferreira, Vasco Araújo e Grada Kilomba, concentramo-nos em três temas
fulcrais: o fantasma da guerra colonial como reflexo da amnésia generalizada em torno
da violência colonial; a ausência de uma reflexão crítica sobre a narrativa glorificadora e
romantizada do passado colonial veiculada através de monumentos e construções de
índole recreativa edificados pelo Estado Novo (1932-1974), que perpetuam ideais
coloniais no presente; e, por fim, as implicações da herança colonial para a condição dos
sujeitos da diáspora africana e a necessidade de um processo de descolonização do
pensamento que desconstrua as estruturas racistas que persistem do período colonial.
This dissertation aims to inquire how contemporary artists have sought to reflect on the Portuguese colonial legacy and the memories regarding that past. In today’s postcolonial context, the colonial history manifests itself in romanticized and nostalgic narratives that imply the silencing of colonial violence. The spreading of such a discourse reveals the persistence of colonial structures and, therefore, the need for an epistemic decolonization. The aim of this study is to analyse how contemporary art has been contributing to such a decolonization by proposing critical reflections on the issue of colonial memory. Through the works of Daniel Barroca, Maria Lusitano, Ângela Ferreira, Vasco Araújo and Grada Kilomba, we aim to reflect on three main issues: the spectre of the colonial war as a reflection of the generalized amnesia surrounding colonial violence; the absence of a critical reflection on the glorifying and romanticized narrative of the colonial past conveyed by monuments and recreational buildings built by the Estado Novo (1932-1974); and, finally, the impact of colonialism’s legacies on the condition of the individual of the African diaspora, and the urgency of an epistemic decolonization to deconstruct the racist structures that persist from the colonial period.
This dissertation aims to inquire how contemporary artists have sought to reflect on the Portuguese colonial legacy and the memories regarding that past. In today’s postcolonial context, the colonial history manifests itself in romanticized and nostalgic narratives that imply the silencing of colonial violence. The spreading of such a discourse reveals the persistence of colonial structures and, therefore, the need for an epistemic decolonization. The aim of this study is to analyse how contemporary art has been contributing to such a decolonization by proposing critical reflections on the issue of colonial memory. Through the works of Daniel Barroca, Maria Lusitano, Ângela Ferreira, Vasco Araújo and Grada Kilomba, we aim to reflect on three main issues: the spectre of the colonial war as a reflection of the generalized amnesia surrounding colonial violence; the absence of a critical reflection on the glorifying and romanticized narrative of the colonial past conveyed by monuments and recreational buildings built by the Estado Novo (1932-1974); and, finally, the impact of colonialism’s legacies on the condition of the individual of the African diaspora, and the urgency of an epistemic decolonization to deconstruct the racist structures that persist from the colonial period.
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Arquivo Arte Memória Pós-memória Pós-colonialismo art, Archive Memory Postmemory Postcolonialism
