Art and Postcolonial Studies

This course offers students the opportunity to study a wide range of cultural fields connected to art, identity, conservation, and tradition in a global context with the purpose of promoting social justice. Such analysis is conducted within an intersectional framework and employs tools from postcolonial and decolonial theories and practices. The program also introduces key approaches in museum studies, addressing how institutions collect, interpret, and display objects; and how these practices shape narratives of cultural heritage, memory, and power. Attention is given to processes of cultural production; examining the roles of artists, curators, cultural mediators, and communities in creating and disseminating meaning. As the body holds a central position in the arts (visual, dance, performance), the course will further consider artistic languages through the lens of gender and the social construction of sexuality; exploring how embodied expression negotiates identity, representation, and agency.