Grammers of Disorientation

A pluralistic engagement in knowledge systems

In their contribution, Ivana Pilić and Myassa Kraitt explore different knowledge cultures in curatorial arrangements, taking relational differences as the starting point of their work(s) and practices. The lecture (performance) focuses on the imagination of the East and West (for example, frontier orientalism) and processes of othering. Which conditions and parameters in the establishment of knowledge must be expanded in order to create space for ‘minoritised’ persons and those affected by exclusions?

How can methodological and conceptual approaches be taken to subvert hierarchical arrangements in the representation of knowledge? Ivana Pilić and Myassa Kraitt contribute to deconstructing the historical devaluation and exploitation of marginalised bodies, putting struggles against cultural domination at the centre of their practice.