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POLITICS, IDENTITY

AND PUBLIC SPACE

CRITICAL REFLECTIONS IN AND


THROUGH THE PRACTICES OF
CONTEMPORARY ART

MIKA HANNULA

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CONTENT

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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
SOCIAL IMAGINARIES
ETHICS OF LISTENING
QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY
PERFORMING PUBLIC SPACE
SOCIAL IMAGINATION
CONCLUSION (SOCIAL HOPE)
LITERATURE

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IT IS ABOUT HEARTS AND MINDS


NOT EITHER/OR, BUT IN IMMEDIATE,
DIRECT AND INTENSIVELY TIGHT
COMBINATION. IT IS ABOUT THE
NEED TO KEEP GOING ON TWO
DIFFERENT BUT ALWAYS CONNECTED
PATHS OF INQUIRY, LINKING AND
GENERATING THE INTERPLAY
BETWEEN ADDRESSING THE SAME
ISSUE FROM THE MORE THEORETICAL
PERSPECTIVE (MINDS) AND THEN
AGAIN AT THE SAME TIME FROM
A MORE EXPERIENCE-BASED VIEW
(HEARTS) AND NOT ONLY CREATING
SITES WHERE THEY CO-EXIST, BUT
INSISTING ON THE WAYS EACH SIDE
AFFECTS THE ANOTHER.

INTRODUCTION

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AS EVER, IT IS NOT WHAT YOU DO


BUT HOW YOU DO IT. TAKE WHATEVER
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