There Is a There There: Place in African Cityscapes

Autor:	Carol Magee
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Oríkì History Visual Arts and Performing Arts Literary theory Aesthetics Yoruba language Sense of place language.human_language Oral literature
Zdroj:	Photography and Culture. 7:41-62
ISSN:	1751-4525 1751-4517
DOI:	10.2752/175145214x13936100122327
Popis:	This essay proposes a theoretical framework, based in the philosophy and aesthetics of Yoruba people (Nigeria), for interpreting urban photographic series. To do so I look at oriki, a form of Yoruba oral literature, and the ways in which it resonates and intersects with Western philosophical conceptualizations of place and urban and literary theory to engender a rich and complex sense of place. I argue this by exploring two series of cityscapes: Akinbode Akinbiyi's “Lagos: All Roads,” which depicts Lagos Nigeria, and Mouna Karray's “Murmurer,” depicting Sfax, Tunisia.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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