Neighbors/enemies: encode the other as a threat. Exploring the film The man next door
We will analyze the film The Man Next Door (Cohn y Duprat, 2009), which crudely exposes the impossibility of coexistence of two neighbors who territorially dispute an adjoining wall, in order to problematize the notion of border and think about the dense variables that order dissimilar imaginaries....
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I10-R367-article-357882022-11-15T13:46:28Z Neighbors/enemies: encode the other as a threat. Exploring the film The man next door Vecinos/enemigos: codificar al otro como amenaza. Recorriendo el filme El hombre de al lado Saint Bonnet, María Virginia borders differences violence interculturality imaginary fronteras diferencias violencia interculturalidad imaginarios We will analyze the film The Man Next Door (Cohn y Duprat, 2009), which crudely exposes the impossibility of coexistence of two neighbors who territorially dispute an adjoining wall, in order to problematize the notion of border and think about the dense variables that order dissimilar imaginaries. We will work from the contributions of Bachelard (2000), Castoriadis (2004), Grimson (2005) and Trigo (1997) which give us to reflect on the borders that separate spaces and imaginary, and that are normalized as power tensions (Donda, 2003) devoid of negotiation and leading to violence. The disputed window is a border and a nexus, this paradox is not alien to the liminal problem that faces nations, ethnic groups, and genders. Proximity becomes contradictory, bringing two parties closer together, but in that cohabitation irreconcilable differences are enhanced; the neighbor is coded as enemy. The film stresses reciprocity, the absence of negotiation, the failure of politics as a mechanism of social organization and the suppression of the other as a response learned for centuries. Coding the other as a threat is a normalized response, but it is always possible to bet on new codifications, a communal and reciprocal political vision, which enables the opening of intercultural “windows” without implying an invasion or extermination. Analizaremos el filme El hombre de al lado (Cohn y Duprat, 2009), que expone crudamente la imposibilidad de convivencia de dos vecinos que se disputan territorialmente una pared colindante, con el objeto de problematizar la noción de frontera y pensar las densas variables que ordenan imaginarios disímiles. Trabajaremos desde los aportes de Bachelard (2000), Castoriadis (2004), Grimson (2005) y Trigo (1997) para reflexionar acerca de las fronteras que separan espacios e imaginarios, y que se normalizan como tensiones de poder (Donda, 2003) carentes de negociación y conducentes a la violencia. La ventana en disputa es frontera y nexo, esa paradoja no es ajena a la problemática liminal que enfrenta a naciones, etnias, géneros. La proximidad se vuelve contradictoria en tanto acerca a dos partes, pero en ese cohabitar se potencian diferencias irreconciliables; el vecino se codifica como enemigo. La película tensiona la reciprocidad, la ausencia de negociación, el fracaso de la política como mecanismo de organización social y la supresión del otro como respuesta aprendida por siglos. Codificar al otro como amenaza es una respuesta normalizada, pero siempre es posible apostar por nuevas codificaciones, una visión política comunitaria y recíproca que habilite la apertura de “ventanas” interculturales sin que eso implique una invasión o un exterminio. Departamento de Cine y TV, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2021-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/toma1/article/view/35788 10.55442/tomauno.n9.2021.35788 ark:/s22504524/8f76w9spc Toma Uno; No. 9 (2021): Politics, the political, policies, in Cinema and Audiovisual Arts TOMA UNO; Núm. 9 (2021): La política, lo político, las políticas, en el Cine y las Artes audiovisuales 2250-4524 2313-9692 10.55442/tomauno.n9.2021 ark:/s22504524/qoi0z31ty spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/toma1/article/view/35788/36011 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/toma1/article/view/35788/36012 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/toma1/article/view/35788/36013 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ |
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We will analyze the film The Man Next Door (Cohn y Duprat, 2009), which crudely exposes the impossibility of coexistence of two neighbors who territorially dispute an adjoining wall, in order to problematize the notion of border and think about the dense variables that order dissimilar imaginaries. We will work from the contributions of Bachelard (2000), Castoriadis (2004), Grimson (2005) and Trigo (1997) which give us to reflect on the borders that separate spaces and imaginary, and that are normalized as power tensions (Donda, 2003) devoid of negotiation and leading to violence.
The disputed window is a border and a nexus, this paradox is not alien to the liminal problem that faces nations, ethnic groups, and genders. Proximity becomes contradictory, bringing two parties closer together, but in that cohabitation irreconcilable differences are enhanced; the neighbor is coded as enemy.
The film stresses reciprocity, the absence of negotiation, the failure of politics as a mechanism of social organization and the suppression of the other as a response learned for centuries. Coding the other as a threat is a normalized response, but it is always possible to bet on new codifications, a communal and reciprocal political vision, which enables the opening of intercultural “windows” without implying an invasion or extermination. |
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