Writing Art and Architectural Histories of the Arabian Peninsula: Transdisciplinary Approaches between Visual Culture and Oral History

Hindelang, Laura (16 December 2022). Writing Art and Architectural Histories of the Arabian Peninsula: Transdisciplinary Approaches between Visual Culture and Oral History (Unpublished). In: ARVIMM séminaire “Histoires de l’art au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient XIXe-XXe siècle” 2022-23. Paris. 16.12.2022.

How do we engage with the art and architectural histories of the Arabian Peninsula? How can we see beyond the current focus on contemporary production in order to embed the region within the larger cultural history of the MENA region? In this presentation, Laura Hindelang reflects on the challenges of the field and archival work for her recently published book Iridescent Kuwait: Petro-Modernity and Urban Visual Culture since the Mid-Twentieth Century (2022). She discusses the ways in which visual culture and oral history can offer new perspectives for the research on the urban cultures in the Gulf as part of a "historical media approach" (Gräf/Hindelang 2022). She argues that transdisciplinary approaches have become especially important for reaching a more nuanced understanding of the past while writing the historiography of the Arabian Peninsula for the (futuristic) futures to come.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History > Architectural History and Preservation
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History

UniBE Contributor:

Hindelang, Laura

Subjects:

700 Arts
700 Arts > 710 Landscaping & area planning
700 Arts > 720 Architecture
700 Arts > 740 Drawing & decorative arts
700 Arts > 750 Painting
700 Arts > 760 Graphic arts
700 Arts > 770 Photography & computer art

Language:

French

Submitter:

Laura Katharina Hindelang

Date Deposited:

21 Dec 2022 07:28

Last Modified:

21 Dec 2022 18:42

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/176113

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