Transculturalism - Minneapolis Institute of Art
Transculturalism is defined as "seeing oneself in the other".Transcultural is in turn described as "extending through all human cultures" or "involving, encompassing, or combining elements of more than one culture".
According to Richard Slimbach, author of The Transcultural Journey, transculturalism is rooted in the pursuit to define shared interests and common values across cultural and national borders. Slimbach further stated that transculturalism can be tested by means of thinking "outside the box of one's motherland" and by "seeing many sides of every question without abandoning conviction, and allowing for a chameleon sense of self without losing one's cultural center".
According to Jeff Lewis, transculturalism is characterized by cultural fluidity and the dynamics of cultural change. Whether by conflict, necessity, revolution, or the slow progress of interaction, different groups share their stories, symbols, values, meanings and experiences. This process of sharing and perpetual 'beaching' releases the solidity and stability of culture, creating the condition for transfer and transition. More than simple 'multiculturalism', which seeks to solidify difference as ontology, 'transculturalism' acknowledges the uneven interspersion of Difference and Sameness. It allows human individuals groups to adapt and adopt new discourses, values, ideas, and knowledge systems. It acknowledges that culture is always in a state of flux, and always seeking new terrains of knowing and being.
This exhibition has been inspired by this concept.
According to Richard Slimbach, author of The Transcultural Journey, transculturalism is rooted in the pursuit to define shared interests and common values across cultural and national borders. Slimbach further stated that transculturalism can be tested by means of thinking "outside the box of one's motherland" and by "seeing many sides of every question without abandoning conviction, and allowing for a chameleon sense of self without losing one's cultural center".
According to Jeff Lewis, transculturalism is characterized by cultural fluidity and the dynamics of cultural change. Whether by conflict, necessity, revolution, or the slow progress of interaction, different groups share their stories, symbols, values, meanings and experiences. This process of sharing and perpetual 'beaching' releases the solidity and stability of culture, creating the condition for transfer and transition. More than simple 'multiculturalism', which seeks to solidify difference as ontology, 'transculturalism' acknowledges the uneven interspersion of Difference and Sameness. It allows human individuals groups to adapt and adopt new discourses, values, ideas, and knowledge systems. It acknowledges that culture is always in a state of flux, and always seeking new terrains of knowing and being.
This exhibition has been inspired by this concept.
