Category: Terrorism
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Talking about Terrorism – Part 3 – The relationship between Art and Terrorism
In a world shaped by uncertainty and violence, the relationship between terrorism and art provides a compelling yet contentious area of exploration. Art, often viewed as a tool for expression and understanding, can shed light on the complexities of terrorism while challenging dominant narratives. However, this intersection raises dilemmas about representation, commodification, and memory. This…
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Talking about Terrorism – Part 2 – A tentative definition
The next part of this series is breakdown the introduction PowerPoint Presentation we got in class which i found really interesting in thinking about what terrorism is and what art has to do with it all. The presentation began with a game on determining whether something was terrorism or not. So we will begin with…
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Thinking about Terrorism – Part 1 – Commodification, Media and Memory
I revisited material from one of my undergraduate courses, Art and Terror, which deeply challenged my thinking on a critical issue of our time. Before the course began, we read the introduction and first chapter of Crimes of Art + Terror by Frank Lentricchia and Jody McAuliffe. These sections explore the unsettling parallels between terrorism…