Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH) header
Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH) profile picture

Decolonizing Italian Culture

@DecolonizingBH

Decolonizing Italian Visual and Material Culture: From Nation Building to Now. Research Unit of the Bibliotheca Hertziana Max Planck-Institute for Art History

 Rome, Latium
biblhertz.it/3230510/Decolonizing-Italian-Visual-and-Material-Culture
Joined May 2022
  • Tweets28
  • Following187
  • Followers141
11Media
Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)Photo by Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Stamattina, durante il workshop dedicato alle collezioni dell'ex museo coloniale del @museocivilta abbiamo presentato i primi risultati delle ricerche condotte nelle collezioni del museo, esaminando gli oggetti nella loro dimensione materiale e visuale...
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
1
2
512
Nello spazio creato dall'installazione di DAAR - Sandro Petti e Sandi Hilal, abbiamo parlato di nazionalismo transmedialità, opacità, partendo da medaglie e bozzetti che hanno veicolato la retorica coloniale italiana @BiblHertz @crmnbelmonte @GiuliaBeatrice7 @sara_vith
1
2
732
...Nello spazio creato dall'installazione di DAAR - Sandro Petti e Sandi Hilal, abbiamo parlato di nazionalismo transmedialità, opacità, partendo da medaglie e bozzetti che hanno veicolato la retorica coloniale italiana @BiblHertz @crmnbelmonte @GiuliaBeatrice7 @sara_vith
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
1
120
Stamattina, durante il workshop dedicato alle collezioni dell'ex museo coloniale del @muciv, abbiamo presentato i primi risultati delle ricerche condotte nelle collezioni del museo, esaminando gli oggetti nella loro dimensione materiale e visuale... – at Florence, Tuscany
1
365
Throwback to the amazing lecture by prof. W. D. Mignolo, that we co-organised together with @museocivilta followed by DAAR's decolonial activation... – at L'Aquila, Abruzzo
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
1
4
402
Tomorrow, our fellows Giulia Beatrice @GiuliaBeatrice7 and Sara Vitacca @sara_vith will present their research at the interdisciplinary conference "Ugly Modernity: its Unseen Sides". Follow their presentation online! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/… – at Rome, Lazio

Ugly Modernity - 2023 - Programme

Please notice that we're following the British Summer Time zone. Thursday, 8 June 2023 from 11:30 to 16:05 (BST) Friday, 9 June 2023 from 10:00 to 16:15 (BST)

sites.google.com
1
1
4
1,373
Carmen Belmonte and Giulia Beatrice presented our Research Unit at the "Art and Power" summer school organized by the Bibliotheca Hertziana @BiblHertz, the department of Art History of the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, sponsered by the Getty Foundation @GettyMuseum – at Paris, France
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
1
6
749
Don't miss our RS with Ting Chang (University of Nottingham): "Imperial Games: Visuality, Tactility and Synaesthesia" on Tuesday, May 23 at 11 AM, in presence and online! biblhertz.it/events/34363/22…
Imperial Games: Visuality, Tactility and Synaesthesia

Imperial Games: Visuality, Tactility and Synaesthesia

This research seminar examines the role of boardgames, toys and optical devices in the construction of an imperial subjectivity in the nineteenth century.

biblhertz.it
4
5
1,138
Don't miss our RS with Elvan Zabunyan - From the Epic Poem to the Postcolonial History of Art, Fragments of a Reflection - at the @BiblHertz and on vimeo! biblhertz.it/events/34352/26…
From the Epic Poem to the Postcolonial History of Art, Fragments of a Reflection

From the Epic Poem to the Postcolonial History of Art, Fragments of a Reflection

Starting from the film Notes for an African Orestes (1970) by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elvan Zabunyan proposes a reflection in the form of a comparative analysis between the epic poem, colonial history,...

biblhertz.it
299
Decolonizing Italian Culture retweeted
Bibliotheca Hertziana (@BiblHertz) profile picture
Bibliotheca Hertziana@BiblHertz11 Apr 2023
Hal Foster looks back at the last few decades of modernist studies from a personal perspective, touching on the challenges of both contemporary art and decolonial critique. 🎥👇vimeo.com/815565680
Research Seminar with Hal Foster (Princeton University)

Research Seminar with Hal Foster (Princeton University)

In this talk Hal Foster looks back at the last few decades of modernist studies from a personal perspective, touching on the challenges of both contemporary art and decolonial critique. He also...

vimeo.com
1
1
8
998
We are delighted to share more about the work @KendraLyimo is doing for our research group youtu.be/uTZnVeVttXc
1
1
1
761
We are proud to introduce our new intern: @KendraLyimo. Kendra Lyimo is a third year Art History student at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame. Her research focuses on multiculturalism and identity in contemporary art of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
2
2
5
572
During her time at the Bibliotheca Hertiziana she hopes to explore the impact of Italian colonialism in Africa pictured in the work of Ethiopian artists.
1
1
106
Decolonizing Italian Culture retweeted
Sara Vitacca (@sara_vith) profile picture
Sara Vitacca@sara_vith27 Feb 2023
Intense research day at @MuseoCivilta : unraveling the history and iconography of Italian colonialism through medals and material culture, with the precious help of the museum team and of our intern @KendraLyimo! New project in the framework of the research unit @DecolonizingBH
Image from Sara Vitacca (@sara_vith)
Image from Sara Vitacca (@sara_vith)
Image from Sara Vitacca (@sara_vith)
3
13
683
Decolonizing Italian Culture retweeted
Sara Vitacca (@sara_vith) profile picture
Sara Vitacca@sara_vith16 Feb 2023
Sports, cafés chantants, balls, fairs, amusement parks...their artistic representation and the way they shaped italian multiple and contradictory identities in term of class, race and gender...send us your proposal and share the call! biblhertz.it/3325293/230125_…
9
11
1,259
Decolonizing Italian Culture retweeted
Sara Vitacca (@sara_vith) profile picture
Sara Vitacca@sara_vith30 Jan 2023
🎭 CFP : New Leisure for a New Nation. Art and Entertainment in Italy, from Nation-building to Liberation (1861-1945) 🎭 we are waiting for your contributions at @BiblHertz ! biblhertz.it/3325293/230125_…
3
6
332
Vi aspettiamo stasera al Trenta Formiche per la presentazione del numero "Giù le maschere" della rivista "Zapruder" al quale ha partecipato la nostra fellow Giulia Beatrice 👏 @BiblHertz – at Rome, Lazio
Zapruder / SIM (@rivistazapruder) profile pictureZapruder / SIM@rivistazapruder27 Jan 2023
📆 Ci vediamo alle 19 a Trenta formiche a Roma per parlare di “Giù le maschere“, il numero 59 di «Zapruder». Non mancare! storieinmovimento.org/2023/0… @30Formiche

"Giù le maschere" in tour - StorieInMovimento.org

Inizia il giro di presentazioni di "Giù le maschere". il numero 59 di «Zapruder»

storieinmovimento.org
362
Two days of discoveries and discussions at the workshop "Collezioni in tumulto/Collections in turmoil" @MuseoCivilta with artist Adelita Husni-Bey – at Rome, Lazio
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
Image from Decolonizing Italian Culture (@DecolonizingBH)
1
6
Decolonizing Italian Culture retweeted
Anna Dumont (@AnnaAMDumont) profile picture
Anna Dumont@AnnaAMDumont25 Jul 2022
The many sweet hounds of Giuseppe Mazza’s grand bronze reliefs of the life of San Domenico in SS Giovanni e Paolo.
Image from Anna Dumont (@AnnaAMDumont)
Image from Anna Dumont (@AnnaAMDumont)
Image from Anna Dumont (@AnnaAMDumont)
Image from Anna Dumont (@AnnaAMDumont)
1
1
9
Decolonizing Italian Culture retweeted
Carmen Belmonte (@crmnbelmonte) profile picture
Carmen Belmonte@crmnbelmonte25 Jul 2022
Questa settimana su @LeftAvvenimenti la prima recensione del mio libro "Arte e colonialismo in Italia" @MarsilioEditori @FulvioCervini
Image from Carmen Belmonte (@crmnbelmonte)
Image from Carmen Belmonte (@crmnbelmonte)
1
3
18
Load more