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Exploring Visual Cultures - Newsletter #16

Exploring Visual Cultures - Newsletter #16

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Dear readers, supporters, contributors and friends of EVC,

 

The past months have brought many meaningful discussions, projects, and new perspectives across our network. This issue of the newsletter offers an insight into recent activities, ongoing initiatives, and what lies ahead for the EVC community.

 

Read on to explore what’s new!

 

Avi & Mina 

‍📝 New Contributions on the Website

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We are enriching our EDU section with examples of how EVC resources can be incorporated into art education and community engagement. 👉 Explore these contributions in our EDU section! One example is particularly interesting in the context of the call mentioned below:

 

Decolonisation as Sankofa: Dialogues in Decolonising Art Education

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By Patrique deGraft-Yankson (August 2025)

 

This essay explores decolonisation in art education through the lens of Sankofa, an Akan philosophy of reflective reclamation. It situates decolonisation as a critical, deliberate, and constructive process beyond performative...


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🔔 Decolonization in Art Education. Call for Contributions - A gentle reminder

EVC invites art educators, researchers, and artists to contribute (written or visual) statements to the upcoming publication Mapping Postcoloniality and Decolonisation in Art Education.

 

📅 Key deadlines

 

  • Confirm participation / submit abstract (max. 300 words): 20th November 2025

  • Notification of acceptance: 1st January 2026

  • Submission of final contributions: 30th April 2026

 

đŸ–‹ïž Contributions should reflect on what “decolonisation” or “postcoloniality” means in your own context and discuss examples.


📧 Please submit to: publication@explore-vc.orgï»ż

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October 2025: Decolonization in Art Education - Call for Contributions

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Mapping postcoloniality and decolonisation in art education. Perspectives from Africa and Europe (working title)

Today, we can see a broad variety of understandings of postcoloniality and of decolonisationin art education internationally, not only in theories but also in...


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🌐 Stay Enganged! 

‍Visit our website to stay updated on our latest projects, events and publications! Thank you for being part of the EVC-Community. Together, we continue to explore the profound intersections of art, culture and society.

 

💡 Ideas or contributions for the next newsletter?

‍If you have any news, ideas, or materials that you would like to publish in future newsletters, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to receiving your contributions!

‍Exploring Visual Cultures (EVC) is an open, transnational network of stakeholders in the field of art, art education, visual cultures studies, and cultural anthropology founded in 2018. EVC promotes global dialogue with respect to global citizenship and sustainable development. EVC’s activities are funded by its member institutions.

 

www.explore-vc.org

Contact: info@explore-vc.orgï»ż

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