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Durant la période qui a accompagné la fin de la dictature et le passage postérieur à la démocratie, on a pu observer, tant en Argentine qu’au Chili (même si les conditions sociopolitiques de cette transition ont été bien différentes), une grande prégnance de la problématique du deuil lié aux circonstances traumatisantes de la pratique de la disparition orchestrée par les juntes militaires au pouvoir. Le présent article entend interroger cette problématique telle qu’elle résonne encore chez des écrivains plus jeunes, qui étaient enfants durant la période dictatoriale et n’ont pas été eux-mêmes acteurs, témoins directs ou victimes. Dans le corpus choisi, Cineraria (2008) de Juan Soros (1975), Nombres propios (2010) de Yaki Setton (1961) et El país de las larvas (2001) de Silvio Mattoni (1969), on met en évidence le tressage délicat entre deuil privé et deuil collectif. À l’inverse d’une écriture volontiers allégorique typique de la première post-dictature, cette poésie plus récente explore des voies nouvelles, comme on le voit avec la recherche à la fois intimiste et nourrie par la tradition (Virgile) de Mattoni, l’écriture culturaliste de Soros et l’exploration métahistorique et rituelle de Setton.

El presente estudio ilustra, a través del análisis de algunos poemas de Néstor Ponce (La Plata, 1955), como las actuales prácticas poéticas en Europa y América Latina desbordan el restringido marco de lo que se ha entendido por ‘poesía lírica’ y adoptan elementos y registros propios de otros géneros, en particular, de la narrativa. Estas prácticas parecen asociarse con las experiencias migratorias y la globalización. Por encima de la subjetividad del sujeto romántico y su emotividad sentimental la poesía actual ha dejado de ser una categoría estable y bien delimitada. Al contrario, esa expresión poética que algunos denominan ‘no lírica’ prioriza, frente al sujeto en primera persona, la hibridación enunciativa, la heteroglosia y el uso de recursos propios de otras modalidades artísticas, hasta el punto de poner en cuestión el tradicional sistema de géneros largo tiempo en vigor en nuestra disciplina. La obra poética de Ponce, constituida por tres títulos, comparte la temática común de la resistencia contra el olvido; y establece un diálogo con tradiciones literarias anteriores (Quevedo, Vallejo, Neruda, Gelman) al tiempo que confirma la diversidad de las prácticas discursivas utilizadas por la poesía, algo menos lírica, de nuestro tiempo.

What is the role of art in the reinforcement or rejection of current models of public space management in our cities? To answer this question, we must attend to the ties of all artwork with public institutions, and whether or not it questions the dominant order. In this article, I will focus on the works of the Ana Botella Crew, a group of artists from Madrid, as an example of “artivism” that challenges the City Council’s management of public spaces in Madrid. My aim is to explore how useful internet tools can be to articulate artistic interventions that challenge the hegemonic uses of public space, in what Sassen has called the global city.

In this article we try to show how the work of the Portuguese writerLiberto Cruz establishes a compromise between the poem as text freeof any ideological imposition and the poem as social and politicalaction; between the internal and personal experience of the authorand his commitment to the history of the country; between the selfsufficiency of the poem and its links to the larger world; betweencommunication and elevation; between the work’s expansion ofimage and semantics and the communication of feelings, emotionsand ideas; and between the textual “I” and the biographical “I”.

Poeta, romancista, cronista, dramaturgo e autor de livros destinados ao público infantil e juvenil, Valter Hugo Mãe (Saurimo, Angola, 1971) é um dos escritores mais importantes do atual panorama literário português. A sua obra, lida em Portugal e no estrangeiro, reconhecida pela crítica especializada mas ainda não suficientemente estudada, solicita cada vez mais, pela sua riqueza e complexidade, um estudo de conjunto. Com este livro, que reúne trinta e oito ensaios de estudiosos da literatura portuguesa, proponho-me contribuir para a divulgação e o conhecimento de uma obra que, já consideravelmente extensa, se distribui por diversos géneros do discurso e alcança por isso um público amplo e diversificado.

A poesia oral não pode ser compreendida fora da estrutura social em que vive, nem o funcionamento da comunidade pode ser integralmente apreendido sem um conhecimento da sua poesia de transmissão oral. Por isso, neste estudo, influenciado pelo pensamento de José de Almeida Pavão Júnior e Paul Zumthor, procuramos demonstrar que uma abordagem séria da poesia oral não pode fixar-se unicamente no âmbito do literário, nem apenas nos seus aspectos culturais, antropológicos e sociológicos. A poesia oral, como as tradições em geral, só existe porque cumpre funções. Refletir sobre este aspecto é também pensar sobre o contexto social e cultural da performance literária, a idiossincrasia dos poetas-intérpretes e do grupo social, as diferentes espécies, a linguagem e o estilo, as circunstâncias da composição, da transmissão e da recepção dos textos.

In this chapter I look at the emergence of countercultural performance poetry in Britain in the 1960s. The chapter introduces the poetry performance and its main characteristics. I then engage in greater detail with the work of the Mersey Poets during the 1960s as part of a countercultural scene embedded in the culture of Liverpool; with the International Poetry Incarnation in London as a specific event which was crucial to the emergence of the 'London Underground'; and end on a reflection on how the poetry performance invites a 'listening differently' - an invitation that we still need to fully take it up on.

This working paper will unfold the methodological design of the PhD research project, Behind The Murals – A Participative Webdocu on the Motivations and the Reclamations of Street Art, with a focus on the incident when BLU repainted his murals at Berlin’s Cuvrybrache completely black. In contrast to BLU’s strategy – to erase his art so that it can no longer be made profitable by the investor of the lot or even by Berlin’s city marketing – I aim to investigate what other strategies against the reclamation of street art are imaginable. The main methodological question is, how is it possible to carry out this research in such a way that its results support the communities (potentially) affected by gentrification/touristification to gain a voice? The experimental methods of participatory video and digital storytelling will be applied with the target of producing a participative webdocu accompanied by a locally exhibited video installation.

This article primarily investigates the city of Berlin on two levels: as a totalizing vision in which a specific perspective of urban space is imagined and built into the city and as a layered and disparate space in which urban objects are catalysts for associative narratives for rethinking the urban environment. It concentrates on two primary areas of Berlin: the Kulturforum and Bebelplatz. Looking to a creative experience of the city, the author collaborates with the artist Knut Eckstein to explore the idea of subversive space based on a performative transgression of barriers in architecture.

The phenomenon of urban art is one of the forces shaping contemporary urban spaces. Historically fought as vandalism in its “writing” component (the “black sheep” of the urban actors performing in the contemporary city), urban art has recently become more appreciated as an artistic expression, especially when regarded as a stage in the historical evolution of muralism. As several examples worldwide have shown, in the context of urban renewal, urban art can set off positive dynamics. Focusing on the Italian scene, I recognize the importance of past Italian interventions realized both in big cities, such as Rome, Turin and Bologna, and in small cities, such as Grottaglie (Taranto), Gaeta (Latina), Catanzaro, and Dozza (Bologna). In addition, the growing number of urban art festivals and public interventions seems to voice the citizens’ will to take the streets back, particularly where institutions are unable to intervene effectively in the urban domain due to political short-sightedness or lack of financial resources. The first aim of this paper is to illustrate and analyze some collective projects and informal actions through which citizens, associations, and institutions have given added value to the urban space. I will focus particularly on Turin, which has become one of the most interesting and rich urban art territories, thanks to public projects such as Murarte, Picturin, Nizzart and B.Art: Arte in Barriera. This study offers insights on how, by way of artistic deeds and apparently “weak” transformation systems, urban art may take innovative action so as to regenerate the city’s architectural heritage. The second aim of this paper is to propose a methodology for architectural surveying techniques applied to urban art. isIn current critical analysis, as well as in the representation and documentation of this type of work, the fundamental importance of the physical, architectural and urban environment in which the work is placed is often overlooked, if not completely omitted. In acknowledgment of these limitations, this paper proposes a documentation methodology that respects both the values of the process and the work itself. In this regard, painted walls must be considered as inseparable from the space in which they are located, from the material substrate supporting them, and from the time conditions in which they were realized. The process of examination and documentation therefore requires observation in situ, new digital and traditional survey techniques, and a variety of representations at different scales; with a view to understanding the reasons that led to the selection of a particular place in the city, and the way in which artistic action arises in relation to the historical environment and the social and political system that influenced its creation.

This article addresses the interaction between urban regeneration and cultural policies. Planning and developing urban transformation may foster positive and experience design through the experience economy, targeting a cohesive cultural narrative and identity. The discussed case study discussed here concerns the reuse of the AXA Building in the historic center of the city of Porto, in Portugal, as an alternative to classical integrated urban cultural policy and the promotion of free access dynamic leisure activities. In this case, the reuse of a historical building resulted from a hybrid project. Characterized by fusion, the design combined urban rehabilitation, heritage conservation and maintenance, cultural institutions, environments and experiences, social interaction, recreation, and programs aimed at improving the quality of life of both residents and visitors.