In a get-together recorded as a podcast (with video) in the new collection presentation of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, renowned cultural theorist Mieke Bal took part in a conversation about interdisciplinary research on the basis of the concepts of narratology, migratory aesthetics, and politics versus the political. These terms broaden the scope for thinking about individual artworks, collections, and exhibitions by providing a gateway to a more fundamental and epistemological set of questions: How do we know what we know about art history, and moreover: What don’t we know and don’t address within art historical frameworks? Without excluding frameworks, but rather by bringing together various knowledge domains to create discourse and discussion, Mieke Bal offers us additional modes of thinking. Mieke Bal is the first woman, first humanities scholar and first UvA professor to be appointed a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was the co-founder of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) at the University of Amsterdam. The guiding principle in her work is that cultural objects can be best approached from multiple disciplines. With her lauded work on feminism and gender (women’s studies), migratory culture, psychoanalysis, and the critique of capitalism, she has coined terms and introduced research perspectives that have aided cultural and visual analyses for generations.

• Trefwoorden
  Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam [Activiteiten/Lezingen/Muziekuitvoeringen], kunsttheorie, feminisme, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam [Collectie], beeld- en/of geluidsdrager
• Persoonstrefwoord
  Mieke Bal, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam