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1. 1. In the Shadow of Monumentum... The War on Statues

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Anna Fernsten Nilén; [2023]
   Keywords : Public Monuments; Affective Economy; Iconoclasm; Cultural Memory; Statue Trashing; Black Life Matter; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : In the Shadow of Monumentum... the War on Statues explores the last decade's violent protests on colonisation and institutional racism leading to the vandalisation, defacing and in some cases removal or toppling of public monuments. READ MORE

3. 2. The Making and Breaking of an Icon

   University essay from Kungl. Konsthögskolan

   Author : Nada Ali; [2021]
   Keywords : Iconoclasm; icon; narrative; grief; care; magic; reparation; war.;

   Abstract : This essay is an effort to write my thoughts and reflections on my art practice, focusing on the work to-be-realized for my solo show in March 2021 at Galleri Mejan in Stockholm. I’ve had the intention to complement and stabilize my imagined-artwork with my writing, only to realize such a task’s difficulty. READ MORE

4. 3. From Ancients to Dust... : Through Veneration and Condemnation: Exploring of the role of Cultural Heritage and Iconoclasm

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Simon Åkerlund; [2017]
   Keywords : Systems Theory; Binary Code; Iconoclasm; IS; UNESCO; Inherent value; Human rights; Outstanding Universal Value; Critical Discourse Analysis; Content Analysis.;

   Abstract : This essay attempts to discover a correlation between a perceived veneration of an inherent value of the cultural heritage which is enlightened in the face of the iconoclastic acts of IS (Islamic State). Firstly, the essay establishes how UNESCO could be perceived as a Social System which educates its central binary codes through communication. READ MORE