Dominant Narratives and Epistemic Violence in Argentine Dances Historiography: Possibilities of Disobedience
Abstract: The article examines epistemic violence in Argentine dance historiography and offers a path towards epistemic disobedience. The dominant or common narrative of Argentine dance history centers around “Dance (with a capital letter) ‘in’ Argentina.” This epistemic statement implies a particul...
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Abstract: The article examines epistemic violence in Argentine dance historiography and offers a path towards epistemic disobedience. The dominant or common narrative of Argentine dance history centers around “Dance (with a capital letter) ‘in’ Argentina.” This epistemic statement implies a particular political, ideological, and aesthetic point of view that emphasizes a colonialist perspective. Thus, through the critical analysis of key texts in Argentine dance history, this article focuses on two key points for a decolonial epistemic change. First, it challenges the concept of dance implied in the previous statement —i.e. concert dance and specifically modern ballet, modern, and contemporary dance from Europe and the US— which hides its universalism and Eurocentric point of view. Secondly, it interrogates the meaning of “in Argentina” —which implies an identity based on dance as an imperial import and avoids defining what Walter Mignolo would call a locus of enunciation—, and its political, racial, and aesthetic consequences. This way, the article offers an epistemic delinking. Lastly, the article states some key points for epistemic disobedience, such as “placeism”; the problem of “presentism” and temporal linearity tending to the modernist teleology; the visualization of Others throughout questioning the archival logic through the concept of “repertoire” and “montage”. The article addresses: How are genealogies constructed? How is the canon created? What is the hegemony in Argentine dance studies? Which archives are privileged? Which voices and bodies are silenced through this narrative? What are the keys to epistemic disobedience in Argentine dance or dances historiography? |
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I10-R10-article-245072020-02-07T19:40:46Z Dominant Narratives and Epistemic Violence in Argentine Dances Historiography: Possibilities of Disobedience Narrativas dominantes y violencia epistémica en la historiografía de las danzas argentinas: posibilidades de desobediencia Cadús, Eugenia dance history argentina epistemic violence epistemic desobedience danza historia argentina violencia epistémica desobediencia epistémica Abstract: The article examines epistemic violence in Argentine dance historiography and offers a path towards epistemic disobedience. The dominant or common narrative of Argentine dance history centers around “Dance (with a capital letter) ‘in’ Argentina.” This epistemic statement implies a particular political, ideological, and aesthetic point of view that emphasizes a colonialist perspective. Thus, through the critical analysis of key texts in Argentine dance history, this article focuses on two key points for a decolonial epistemic change. First, it challenges the concept of dance implied in the previous statement —i.e. concert dance and specifically modern ballet, modern, and contemporary dance from Europe and the US— which hides its universalism and Eurocentric point of view. Secondly, it interrogates the meaning of “in Argentina” —which implies an identity based on dance as an imperial import and avoids defining what Walter Mignolo would call a locus of enunciation—, and its political, racial, and aesthetic consequences. This way, the article offers an epistemic delinking. Lastly, the article states some key points for epistemic disobedience, such as “placeism”; the problem of “presentism” and temporal linearity tending to the modernist teleology; the visualization of Others throughout questioning the archival logic through the concept of “repertoire” and “montage”. The article addresses: How are genealogies constructed? How is the canon created? What is the hegemony in Argentine dance studies? Which archives are privileged? Which voices and bodies are silenced through this narrative? What are the keys to epistemic disobedience in Argentine dance or dances historiography? Resumen: El artículo analiza la violencia epistémica en la historiografía de la danza argentina y ofrece un camino hacia la desobediencia epistémica. En tanto la narrativa dominante de la historia de la danza argentina se centra en la idea de “La Danza (con mayúscula) ‘en’ Argentina”, se asume que esta declaración epistémica implica un punto de vista político, ideológico y estético particular que enfatiza una perspectiva colonialista. En primer lugar analizamos la concepción de “Danza” (con mayúscula) que refiere a la danza escénica como práctica dominante —principalmente danza moderna y contemporánea, y ballet— en cuanto oculta un posicionamiento eurocéntrico y universalista. Por otra parte, analizamos la preposición “en” que implica una identidad basada en la danza concebida como una importación colonial y evita definir lo que Walter Mignolo denomina como locus de enunciación. A través del análisis crítico de esta frase, fundamentado en el examen de textos centrales en la historiografía de las danzas argentinas, el artículo propone un “desenganche epistémico”. En segundo término, se exponen ciertas claves para un cambio epistémico decolonial tales como la “lugarización”, el cuestionamiento del “presentismo” y la linealidad temporal tendiente a la teleología del modernismo, y la inclusión de Otredades a partir del cuestionamiento de la lógica de archivo dominante por medio del concepto de “repertorio” y de “montaje”. El texto aborda los siguientes interrogantes: ¿Cómo se construyen las genealogías en la historia de la danza argentina? ¿Cómo se crea el canon? ¿Cuál es la hegemonía en los estudios de danza argentina? ¿Qué archivos son privilegiados? ¿Qué voces y cuerpos son silenciados a través de esta narrativa? ¿Cuáles son las claves para una desobediencia epistémica en la historiografía de la danza o las danzas argentinas? Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2019-12-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/intersticios/article/view/24507 Interstices of politics and culture. Latin American interventions; Vol. 8 No. 16 (2019): Racism, Negritude and Gender: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean; 143-166 Intersticios de la política y la cultura. Intervenciones latinoamericanas; Vol. 8 Núm. 16 (2019): Racismo, negritud y género: África, América Latina y el Caribe; 143-166 Intersticipações de política e cultura. Intervenções na América Latina; v. 8 n. 16 (2019): Racismo, Negritude e Género: África, América Latina e Caribe.; 143-166 2250-6543 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/intersticios/article/view/24507/29061 Derechos de autor 2019 Intersticios de la política y la cultura. Intervenciones latinoamericanas |