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Website Launch
My new website nurshkembi.com designed by the awesome team at Osmium (www.osmium.com.au) has been launched. Please feel free to check it out and connect with me….
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Re-thinking the museum as a contemporary space – part I
Contrary to the stagnated and fixated social imagery surrounding the traditional museum, the contemporary museum setting can in fact be a transformative and dynamic environment, particularly if it is enacted as such through the social agency of minority communities. This … Continue reading
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Pseudo-spatial justice
With experiences that occur within a certain space also comes the experience that happens outside of that space. From the sanctity of diversity where no one majority is present to the spaces where diversity becomes distilled, in the places where … Continue reading
Spatial Trialetics
Political geographer and urban planner Edward Soja, by building on Henri Lefebvre’s concept of the spatial triad, offers the theory of spatial trialectics which includes his reference to the thirdspace. Soja’s theory of thirdspace acts as “an-Other way of understanding … Continue reading
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Art, culture, presence and Spatial Justice
When considering art, culture and cultural development within the realm of contemporary society, grasping a basic understanding of this notion of spatial justice through the conceptual, experiential and imagining of spaces becomes an essential starting point. The premise of justice, … Continue reading
About The Word EmPress
Welcome to my blog, The Word EmPress Here you will find words about all things art and culture, by me, The Word EmPress. The great 12th century poet, Rumi often described words as getting in the way of the heart; … Continue reading
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