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A virtual museum of Islamic art. Does the online museum “Discover Islamic Art” contribute to cultural decolonization?

The article discusses the historical and cultural exchanges between Europe and the Islamic world, highlighting the Discover Islamic Art virtual museum’s role in showcasing this connection, while criticizing the Western portrayal of Islam as primarily associated with violence. It underscores the complexities of cultural appropriation and the need for a nuanced understanding of Islamic art, challenging stereotypes and promoting appreciation of shared heritage.

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Gods, Monsters, Hybrids – An encounter with intermediate automotive creatures at the Paris Motor Show 2006

Fabian Kröger shows how automobile design is changing from functional to symbolic elements by taking up mythological influences and animalistic elements. The Paris Motor Show 2006 revealed this trend, showcasing concept cars that merge divine, demonic, and zoomorphic references. Renault, Citroën, and Peugeot infuse vehicles with totemic significance, embodying human dreams, fears, and aspirations. Automobiles are transformed into symbolic, ritualistic artifacts that blur the lines between man, machine, and nature. These creative stagings embody anthropomorphic dreams, fears and self-images and the ritual charge of the automobile as a transcendental object beyond purely functional utility.

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Racing car or telemobile? A history of automotive visions of the future

Translated (02/25) by the author. Originally published in German: Fabian Kröger. Rennreiselimousine oder Telemobil? Eine Geschichte automobiler Zukunftsvisionen: Von den Trends der Herstellung bis zum Ende der Lust am Fahren im unfallfreien Verkehr mit Auto-Mobilen”: in: Telepolis, March 8, 2005. The contradictory “futures of the automobile” were the subject of a recent conference at the

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