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Abstract
In The Arcades Project, Walter Benjamin suggests that a kind of “productive disorder” is the canon of both the collector (Sammler) and involuntary memory. This chapter investigates how this “productive disorder” can apply to the conceptual figure of the atlas. Following closely – although
with some detours – Georges Didi-Huberman’s Atlas, or the Anxious Gay Science and its characterization of the atlas as a visual form of knowledge, it explores a thought space in which fragmentation and reconfiguration emerge as fully operative notions. The different sections complement each other and unfold the “essential dialectic” of the atlas: on the one hand,
a materialist dimension linked to the sovereign individuality of things; on the other hand, a psychic dimension linked to association, memory and imagination. The atlas takes part in a struggle against dispersion and chaos and makes productive certain principles of observation linked to
morphology and physiognomy. In addition, it entails various forms of exercise related to aesthetic and political issues, to correspondances and to the infinite interplay between childhood and adulthood. Two features make up the ambivalence of the atlas and threaten its productivity: the risk of the ever-new and the risk of forgetting the ragpicker (Lumpensammler), a figure whose spirit of “collection” becomes an intrinsically economic and urban matter.
with some detours – Georges Didi-Huberman’s Atlas, or the Anxious Gay Science and its characterization of the atlas as a visual form of knowledge, it explores a thought space in which fragmentation and reconfiguration emerge as fully operative notions. The different sections complement each other and unfold the “essential dialectic” of the atlas: on the one hand,
a materialist dimension linked to the sovereign individuality of things; on the other hand, a psychic dimension linked to association, memory and imagination. The atlas takes part in a struggle against dispersion and chaos and makes productive certain principles of observation linked to
morphology and physiognomy. In addition, it entails various forms of exercise related to aesthetic and political issues, to correspondances and to the infinite interplay between childhood and adulthood. Two features make up the ambivalence of the atlas and threaten its productivity: the risk of the ever-new and the risk of forgetting the ragpicker (Lumpensammler), a figure whose spirit of “collection” becomes an intrinsically economic and urban matter.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Conceptual Figures of Fragmentation and Reconfiguration |
Editors | Nélio Conceição, Gianfranco Ferraro, Nuno Fonseca, Alexandra Dias Fortes, Maria Filomena Molder |
Place of Publication | Lisboa |
Publisher | IFILNOVA |
Chapter | 5 |
Pages | 131-154 |
Number of pages | 24 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-989-97073-6-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |
Event | Seminário Figuras Conceptuais da Fragmentação e Reconfiguração - FCSH – UNL, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 22 Jan 2019 → 27 Jun 2019 https://www.experienciadacidade.com/seminars |
Seminar
Seminar | Seminário Figuras Conceptuais da Fragmentação e Reconfiguração |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Lisbon |
Period | 22/01/19 → 27/06/19 |
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Keywords
- Atlas
- Productive Disorder
- Exercise
- Involuntary Memory
- Childhood and Adulthood
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Seminário Figuras Conceptuais da Fragmentação e Reconfiguração
Nélio Conceição (Organiser) & Alexandra Dias Fortes (Organiser)
19 Jan 2019 → 27 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course