Between a 'Rok' and a Dark Place

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Between a 'Rok' and a Dark Place

LAVIOLETTE, Patrick a Anna ŘIČÁŘ LIBÁNSKÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Between a 'Rok' and a Dark Place

Autoři

LAVIOLETTE, Patrick a Anna ŘIČÁŘ LIBÁNSKÁ

Vydání

MINING THE “HEART OF DARKNESS” : Historical Legacies, (Anti-)Colonial Imaginary, and Contemporary Perspectives, Belgrade 26–27 September 2025, 2025

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60401 Arts, Art history

Stát vydavatele

Srbsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/25:00144522

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

African exploration; Czechoslovakia; Decolonisation; Vehicle technology

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 18. 3. 2026 15:19, Mgr. et Mgr. Stanislav Hasil, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

n Czechoslovak representations of Africa, motorised road vehicles became a literal and symbolic embodiment of colonial modernity. They offered a means of exploring, controlling and aestheticising various African landscapes, whilst reinforcing the idea of a clear divide between modern, mobile Europeans and “static/backward” African people. Travelling to Africa during the (long/short) 20th century reveals more about Czechoslovak travellers than the people they encountered. The continent served as a projection screen – a performative manifestation for staging Central European modernity, nationalisms and other ideologies/identities, which were articulated through contrast and imagined “conquest.” The motorcar’s aesthetic and technological prowess for rapid (almost limitless) mobility has mediated many of these imaginaries, often into boundless roadscapes. Drawing on examples from book and magazine sketches/photographs, across exhibitions and pop-culture imagery, the “multi-media” presentation outline will, among other things, highlight: 20th-century colonial systems and Czechoslovakia; Adventure, science and propaganda: Historical-political context; Imagined contrasts between modernity and backwardness: Vehicles & visual culture...

Návaznosti

GX25-15630X, projekt VaV

Název: Češi a koloniální svět: Design a vizuální kultura od roku 1848

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Češi a koloniální svět: Design a vizuální kultura od roku 1848

Citovat

LAVIOLETTE, Patrick a Anna ŘIČÁŘ LIBÁNSKÁ. Between a 'Rok' and a Dark Place. In MINING THE “HEART OF DARKNESS” : Historical Legacies, (Anti-)Colonial Imaginary, and Contemporary Perspectives, Belgrade 26–27 September 2025. 2025.

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