[Reader-list] pause at Kabul | 16th October | Sunday | Page Turners | 5:00-7:30 pm

[francesca recchia]

For those of you who are in Bangalore.
Cheers
francesca
 
>PAUSE -
IN TIMES OF CONFLICT
>maraa presents PAUSE: in times of conflict, a monthly forum for reflection on creative practices in places of conflict.So far, we have paused to discuss Palestine, Iraqi Kurdistan and this month we are pausing at Kabul.
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>We bring to you The creative face of Kabul - a talk by Francesca Rechhia. 
>16th October, Sunday | Page Turners, MG Road | 5:00-7:30 pm
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>About the talk
>In
a country destroyed by decades of succeeding wars, creativity can become a tool
for survival, a strategy of political subversion and a means to preserve and
protect the past. The voices of artists and cultural practitioners from
different backgrounds are combined to depict a portrait of the city of Kabul,
which emerges through the contradictions of war economy, political upheaval,
physical destruction and hidden spaces of resistance. The artistic practices of
Rahim Walizada and Aman Mojadidi and the multi-faceted activity of the
Turquoise Mountain are the main focus of the article. They become the lenses
through which we explore the relation between conservation/conservatism and
innovation, tradition and modernity, the quest for beauty and the destruction
of war, the idea of statehood and that of heritage.
>About the speaker                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Francesca
Recchia currently consults with maraa on the Arts Programme: Spaces for Diverse
Publics. She is also an independent researcher and lecturer, who has worked in
several different countries: Iraq, India, Afghanistan, Holland, Italy, Sweden,
Pakistan, Palestine among others. She is mainly interested in the relations
between social and creative practices, cultural identities and transformation
of places. Her work focuses on the geo-political dimension of cultural
processes and mainly deals with the connections between power, space design and
social conflicts. Her approach is constructed on a strong interdisciplinary
ground intersecting the fields of Social, Postcolonial, Visual and Urban
Studies. She has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Bartlett School of
Planning, University College of London, holds a PhD in Cultural Studies at the
Oriental Institute in Naples and a MA in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College,
University of London. Her publications include ‘Within the Circle of Fear.
Field notes from Iraqi Kurdistan’ in Sarai Reader 08: Fear; ‘Memory and Place.
Perspectives from Iraqi Kurdistan’ in Third Text Asia and ‘Radical Territories
of Affection” in Art and Activism in the Age of Globalization.16th October, Sunday | 5.30 - 7:00 pm | Page Turners, Next to Canara Bank, MG Road, Opposite Pillar No. 198.
>The event will conclude with a conversation with the audience on the 
examples of creative practice based on the talk. Please find attached a 
note which provides more details about the project. Please confirm your 
participation. 
>Please print (in black and white) the poster and put it up in your neighbourhood, offices, streets. Help us spread the word. 
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>Entry Free. All are welcome. Bring a friend along.
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