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The debate on cultural globalization also often involves so-called postcolonial theory. What does this encompass? According to Ruth Frankenbert and Lata Mani (1993, 292), postcolonialism refers to a specific "conjuncture" of social force fields and a type of political positioning in relation to local conditions. Geopolitical power gradients strongly influence these social relations. They influence the emergence of certain subjectivities - and thus also the production of art and the formation of the aesthetic and cognitive categories of its perception. Since global power relations structure living conditions all over the world today, according to Frankenberg and Mani's definition the place where postcolonial power relations are in effect, is therefore equally ubiquitous. This place is neither outside social practices nor beyond the borders of western societies, but is rather reproduced within them as a social relationship of simultaneous inclusion and exclusion.

Hito Steyerl: Can the Subaltern speak German? | translate.eipcp.net Beyond Culture: The Politics of Translation transversal | calendar | concept | thematic strands | actions | publications | cooperation | mailing list | contact translate > thematic strands > beyond postcolonialism: the ... 01 05 02 Can the Subaltern speak German? Postcolonial Critique Translated by Aileen Derieg Hito Steyerl The debate on cultural globalization also often involves so-called postcolonial theory. What does this encompass? According to Ruth Frankenbert and Lata Mani (1993, 292), postcolonialism refers to a specif

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