“Orientalism” and Islamophobia are key components of coloniality. In this workshop, we’ll consider how to countervisualize war zones and refugees via the exemplary question of the Palestinians, the most “invisible” people in the current world order.
Background on migrants, see the catalog We Shout and We Shout But No-One Listens.
Consider here: How To See Palestine.
And the statement “Decolonizing Architecture” from the Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency in Beit Sahour.
Then look at this project from the Beirut-based collective Visualizing Palestine: Freedom Bound
Consider the work of Forensic Architecture in Rafah, Gaza