Find out more about how The Lecture List works.
Coronavirus situation updateOur lecture organisers may or may not have had time to update their events with cancellation notices. Clearly social gatherings are to be avoided and that includes lectures. STAY AT HOME FOLKS, PLEASE. |
Find out what you can do to keep The Lecture List online
 |
|
Tom Hickey will discuss representations of Islam in response to 'Retake', a video installation by Egyptian artist Maha Maamoun
Tom Hickey discusses representation and misrepresentation.
In imagery, as much as in language and in theory, Islam and its followers are patronised or demonised in equal measure as forms of explanation and justification for the unjustifiable. The consequences range from erosion of civil liberties, through xenophobic attacks on immigration and asylum, to wars and other imperial adventures. The caricatures of Muslims, of Immams, and of the belief system itself, are weapons in this project.
Is there a method for subverting the semiological content of this imagery? What role can representation play in the struggle against misrepresentation?
Tom Hickey is Principal Lecturer in Philosophy and Critical Theory, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Brighton.
Speaker(s): |
Tom Hickey | talks |
|
|
Date and Time: |
14 October 2004 at 6:00 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour |
|
|
Venue: |
Fabrica |
|
|
Tickets: |
Free |
Available from: |
|
Additional Information: |
Booking recommended, further info from Chloe Hoare, 01273 778646. |
Register to tell a friend about this lecture.
If you would like to comment about this lecture, please register here.
©2003-2006 Niminim Limited. Created by 
Any ad revenue is entirely reinvested into the Lecture List's operating fund
