Epistemic Disobedience: Institution-Building as Artistic Practice

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dc.contributor.authorGurney, Kim
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-13T07:48:02Z
dc.date.available2023-09-13T07:48:02Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-16
dc.description.abstractThis paper posits the Nafasi Art Space in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as a paradigmatic example of independent art spaces in Africa. These spaces, known as offspaces, challenge the status quo by creating divergent infrastructures through creative refusals and re-imaginations. The author conducted a prior study called Platform/Plotform, which identified key working principles of offspaces, such as horizontality, performativity, elasticity, convergence, and second chance. The study visited five African cities to examine the correlations between artistic strategies and urban life. The paper focuses on the Nafasi Academy for Contemporary Art, Expression, and Inclusion, launched in 2020, and explores its curriculum and pedagogical domains that may, like the institution itself, build cultural infrastructures while functioning like a work of art.
dc.description.librarianCR2023
dc.facultyHumanities
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.54223/10539/35901
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/35901
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherArts Research Africa
dc.rightsThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
dc.schoolSchool of Arts
dc.titleEpistemic Disobedience: Institution-Building as Artistic Practice
dc.typeArticle
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