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CLASS 18/09 - PABLO
CARMEN WINANT
BIRTH AND ITS METAPHORS
This performance comprises a talk by the artist followed by a video made using video and still works by other artists—from Stan Brakhage to Dana Schutz—to ask the question: why is it so difficult to make art about birth? The performance investigates the notion of metaphor itself, as a device artists use—the ways in which they rely on it, and the manners in which it fails them.
PABLO LERMA
GREENFIELD. THE ARCHIVE
A mysterious flea market discovery leads artist Pablo Lerma down the archival rabbit hole. With the help of 19 writers, he resurfaced with a beautiful book project that blurs the lines of fact and fiction.
CLASS 25/09 - TEANA
HOME ASSIGNMENT 24/09 - TEANA
TOPIC - ETHNOGRAPHY
TOPIC - PABLO AND CARMENS WORK
- Looks at how human beings organise themselves
> not trauma, anxiety, but larger groups / settings
- numbers > surveys, statistics (Quantative research)
- stories > interviews, behaviours (Qualitative research)
- gained from doing the research yourself
- what counts as knowledge in an academic setting
- the more you are involved, the better the knowledge
- no knowledge is objective
> it always comes from somewhere
- queering knowledge > sharing that it's not the knowledge, but from a perspective
- you are there
- you carry the moment
- a lot of work before and after research
- quick check in with a target group
- can be used in the beginning but also as feedback / test group
- consists of about 6-8 people
- qualitative research is often considered NOT TO BE objective/neutral > researcher gets too involved
NOTES
- never tell yourself NOT to think something
- understand biases and have discussions about them > incorporate it into conversation
- being bias is who you also are
- don't shut people with different opinions down, ask questions about where they got their knowledge from
Family > there are things we can & cannot say
> uncomfortable conversations
- Setting & Context
- Goal
- Be aware of the body you are in
- Observation in a natural setting (covert vs overt)
- long time > immersive
- you have to consider the ethical part of your research
RECOMMENDATIONS
BOOK - Meditations for women that do too much
SOCIOLOGY
RESEARCH METHODS
EMPERIAL RESEARCH
EPISTEMOLOGY
ROLE OF RESEARCHER - ETHNOLOGY
FOCUS GROUPS
CRITICISM
BIASES
FAMILY
IMPORTANT IN SOCIOLOGY
ETHNOLOGY
CLASS 02/10 - PABLO
READINGS
CARMEN WINANT
TOGETHERING
MARIA LLOPIS
GUIDE TO A DIY QUEER MATRIARCHY
ROSALYN BAXANDALL & LINDA GORDON
THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT
REFERENCES
MEET THE ARTISTS
MICKALENE THOMAS
Mickalene Thomas (lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) makes paintings, collages, photography, video, and installations that draw on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power. Blurring the distinction between object and
subject, concrete and abstract, real and imaginary, Thomas constructs complex portraits, landscapes, and interiors in order to examine how identity, gender, and sense-of-self are informed by the ways women (and “feminine” spaces) are represented in art and popular culture.
PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FOCUS
CATHERINE OPIE
Catherine Opie is an influential contemporary American photographer. Best known for her color portraits, Opie’s work explores the strata of our society by focusing on particular groups such as high school football players, S&M leather participants, and LGBT communities. Often politically charged, her photographs feature a central figure occupying a flattened space, highlighting her subject’s inner life through the removal of external detail.
Image Atlas investigates cultural differences and similarities by indexing top image results for given search terms across local engines throughout the world.
IMAGE ATLAS
TARYN SIMON AND AARON SWARTZ
CLASS 09/10 - PABLO
READINGS
MARCOS GONSALEZ
PARIS DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE BURNING
ZACH BLAS
QUEER TECHNOLOGIES
SUSAN STRYKER
TRANSGENDER HISTORY
ESSAY RESEARCH
After two parents decide to raise their baby as gender neutral, they discover that gender-creative parenting comes with its own set of worries and challenges.
- a lot of stigma from other parents, implying the parents 'will mess up their lives'
LANCET
GENDER INEQUALITY AND RESTRICTIVE GENDER NORMS
NOTES
RAISING A GENDER-
NEUTRAL CHILD
RAISED WITHOUT GENDER
In Sweden, the gender neutral pronoun “hen” has been in the national dictionary since 2015 and is now commonly used by most Swedes, the Swedish government’s school plan has since 1998 forbidden enforcing gender stereotypes, and government funded gender neutral kindergartens with gender aware teachers has made it possible for families to raise their children without a set gender identity, something that often sparks controversy in the foreign press.
CLASS 30/10 - PABLO
JUDITH BUTLER
WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT GENDER IS PERFORMATIVE?
PAUL MPAGI SEPUYA
MEET THE ARTISTS
DEANA LAWSON
GUGGENHEIM HUGO BOSS PRIZE
CLASS 06/11 - PABLO
WHY WHITE PEOPLE DON'T USE WHITE EMOJI
Color Film Was Designed to Take Pictures of White People, Not People of Color: The Unfortunate History of Racial Bias in Photography (1940-1990)
In the history of photography and film, getting the right image meant getting the one which conformed to prevalent ideas of humanity. This included ideas of whiteness, of what colour — what range of hue — white people wanted white people to be.
CLAUDIA RANKINE
CITIZEN
NOTES
- gender norms substain a hierarchy of power and privilege, that typically favours that which is considered male or masculine over which is female or feminine
= systemic inequality that undermines rights of women and girls, gender minorities
- gender norms bend and transform under social pressure, macro-level forces, and the daily choice of individuals
THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF GENDER
- PARENTAL behaviour changes as soon as their babys sex is known or assigned
- by the age of ten, children have already absorbed restrictive norms about acceptable gendered conduct, which tend to be tightly policed BY PARENTS and peers.
- boys are encourage to be 'strong' and 'independent'
- girls are seen to be 'vulnerable' and in need of 'protection'.
EXPECTANCIES: 10-14 YEARS OLD
EXPECTANCIES: DURING PUBERTY
- boys are expected to prove their 'toughness' and 'sexual prowess'
- boys' opportunities and freedoms expand
- girls are responsible of attracting male attention -> concerns about female sexuality and reputational risk -> parents control daughter's behaviours and freedom of movement
- girls' horizons become increasingly restricted
IN CASE OF NON-CONFORMITY
- boys that do not achieve expected masculinity often get bullied by peers
- girls who transgress local norms of sexual property are shamed and severely sanctioned
MARK BRYAN
CLOTHES HAVE NO GENDER
he/him • I am just a straight, married guy, that loves Porsches, beautiful women, and incorporating high heels and skirts into my daily wardrobe
HOW DO SOCIAL NORMS CHANGE?
1 / LEGAL APPROACHES
- advantageous because of scale, BUT depend on successful execution and enforcement, which is frequently inadequate
- legislative effort can backfire if they attempt to impose a new norm thart is too distant from the status quo.
2 / SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & CITIZEN ACTION
- throughout history, movements have successfully challenged discriminatory social norms
- for example #MeToo movement and efforts to advance the rights of LGBTQ+
3 / WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES
- shift norms and behaviours through critical reflection and deliberation on values
- individuals and groups must first learn to recognize a norm as collectively constructed and therefore open to change
- sessions to shift norms must be problem-posing rather than didactic and provide new alternatives
- programmes should cultivate role models and exemplify those who deviate from the norms in a positive way! -> people must witness that the beliefs and behaviours of others are changing
- frequently, it is easier to promote a new positive norm than to dismantle a negative one
GENDER NORMS
- particularly resistant to change
- trigger deeply entrenched cognitive schemas that associate to different roles, mannerisms, and status with different genders
- reinforced on daily basis
- stereotypes and implicit bias are learnt from birth onwards
- deviations from the norms and efforts to transform existing gender relations can evoke backlash from those who benefit from the status quo
GENDER HEALTH BEHAVIOURS: HAZARDOUS MASCULINITIES AMD TOXIC FEMININITIES
Many societies define manhood in ways:
- that fuels violence
- encourages sexual dominance, skill and experience, which can lead to sexual risk-taking (seeking multiple partners, not using condoms, ..)
Feminine norms:
- promote ill health (sexually transmitted diseases, violence, eating disorders,...)
- female apprearance is strongly emphasised in a patriarchal system -> use of toxic beauty products -> associated with low self-esteem
- affect sport participation -> study showed that athletic girls were considered lesbians amongst high school students in Managua, Nicaragua
REFERENCES
ARIELLA AZOULAY
'Photography threatens reality' - Taryn Simon
THE CIVIL CONTRAST OF PHOTOGRAPHY
CLASS 06/11 - PABLO
ARTIST
ALICIA FRAMIS
- we are selling our privacy for our ego
- we are no longer the owners of our images
- we have notions of privacy related to our personal experiences
- social constructs force us to be apart of this public world and alienates those who are not connected
IS MY BODY PUBLIC
BYUNG-CHUL HAN
Byung-Chul Han (born 1959) is a South Korean-born Swiss-German philosopher and cultural theorist. He was professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and still occasionally gives courses there.
Framis frequently quotes Byung-Chul work within her pieces.
THE WALKING CEILING
- how do males fit into the walking ceiling, what preconceptions do they need to give up or what weight do they need to carry to be apart of it. It's not about raising the ceiling higher, but adapting.
- Nowadays success is determined by money and not by how good we are as a mother or father, happiness, etc.
-> It is time for us to re-evaluate success for ourselves but also within society.
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