Ruins, rhizomes, palimpsests, and traces-mémoires
Guadeloupe’s Mémorial ACTe and the art(s) of representation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18964458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renée Gosson (Bucknell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 415-438 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary French Civilization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-9156 • E-ISSN: 2044-396X |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/cfc.2021.24 |
| OpenAlex | W4200550973 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 10 |
This study examines the degree to which the world’s largest slavery memorial and arts center enacts emerging theorizations of postcolonial memory to connect the Caribbean’s colonial history to legacies of human exploitation both transnationally and transtemporally. Situated literally on top of the former Darboussier sugar factory site, the Mémorial ACTe is a lieu de mémoire that invites a palimpsestic approach to its symbolic location, architecture, and museography. Through a consideration of contemporary art, first in the ephemeral occupation by artists of the Darboussier ruins pre-demolition and then in the MACTe’s permanent and temporary exhibitions, we argue that artists are not only uniquely positioned to preserve the memory traces of lesser-known histories, but that their work is particularly adept at articulating interconnections between various moments of racialized violence
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Collective memory · Colonialism · Ephemeral key · Exhibition · Representation (politics) · Situated · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Anthropology · Architecture · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |