A tessitura do espectro

catástrofe e fragmentação em Assentamento, de Rosana Paulino

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https://doi.org/10.22409/contracampo.v41i2.52839

Abstract

In this essay, I analyze how the artwork

Assentamento

, by Rosana Paulino, works with archival images l in order to question a visual logic grounded in racialization processes. By intervening in the archive through her masterful use of collage and sewing, Paulino brings to stark relief the continuity of the past through the connection of historical eugenic displayed by the archival photos and our necropolitical present. I also investigate the history of eugenic photographs and the visual representation of black bodies in Brazilian history to then discuss how Paulino's work aims to bend the colonial gaze on itself. Finally, I argue that Assentamento does not deny the precariousness of the portrayed body in the archival picture but illustrates the possibility of evading racializing visual codes through its collages and weaving

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Author Biography

Ricardo Duarte Filho, New York University; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Doutorando em Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures pela New York University e em Comunicação e Cultura pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Mestre em Comunicação e Cultura pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Sua pesquisa atual examina como o extrativismo no Brasil está historicamente atrelado a processos de racialização e discute também a contínua violência perpetrada contra comunidades racializadas diante da aceleração de práticas extrativistas. Seus textos já foram publicados por revistas como o Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, Significação: Revista de Cultura Audiovisual e Imagofagia - Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Estudios de Cine y Audiovisual. E-mail: ricardo.duarte@nyu.edu

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Published

2022-08-31

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2022): Dossiê Corpo, Violência e Trauma nas Dobras do Sul Global II

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Dossiê

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