AlterNativeArt

In the course of the last 100 years, various liberation movements have fundamentally reshaped the self-perception of marginalized groups, the position of diasporas in Western societies and the relationship of the Occident to the Tricont. Feminisms in the metropolises, anti-colonialist movements in the occupied South and the Civil Rights Movement have managed to initiate radical change. One of the most crucial achievements of these multi-faceted movements was the insight that categories of identity, such as gender, ethnic affiliation, nationality and/or class are not essential. Until very recently, classifications of this kind have been used not only in order to produce social hierarchies within certain groups, but in order to ascribe physical and mental characteristics, as well. Even though efforts are being made to reverse the negative consequences of these categorisations and to deconstruct identity ascriptions through current social discourse and UN-policy oriented laws, the fantasy...