Periagoge
Scenario

Why geographic assumptions shape artistic categorization

My mixed media work about migration gets labeled as African diaspora art even though I have never left Cameroon and am commenting on internal displacement

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The creator confronts how work is interpreted through presumed rather than actual biographical circumstances.

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Mura
Mura works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African aesthetics — across the continent?”

Peri

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