Restoration shapes the future of past material evidences according to a partition of the sensible in power. National preservation, often automated and bureaucratic, prevents political negotiation. This paper stems from the observation of persistent plaster decay in some recently renovated buildings of the fascist village Borgo Rizza in Sicily. It raises the question: what if, instead of being considered an issue to be fixed, the crumbling plaster, serves, in agential materialistic terms, as the framework for a demodern/decolonial epistemology committed to social justice, capable of acknowledging colonial legacies and ultimately passing down narratives otherwise excluded?
What is the thickness of Coloniality? Matière Matérialité 36e congrès du Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art 23-28 juin 2024 / Susanna, S.. - (2024). (Matière Matérialité 36e congrès du Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art 23-28 juin 2024, Centre de congrès de Lyon Lione ).
What is the thickness of Coloniality? Matière Matérialité 36e congrès du Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art 23-28 juin 2024
Silvia Susanna
2024
Abstract
Restoration shapes the future of past material evidences according to a partition of the sensible in power. National preservation, often automated and bureaucratic, prevents political negotiation. This paper stems from the observation of persistent plaster decay in some recently renovated buildings of the fascist village Borgo Rizza in Sicily. It raises the question: what if, instead of being considered an issue to be fixed, the crumbling plaster, serves, in agential materialistic terms, as the framework for a demodern/decolonial epistemology committed to social justice, capable of acknowledging colonial legacies and ultimately passing down narratives otherwise excluded?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
