Thursday, 11 October 2007

THE MEANING OF 'HISTOIRES...'/(HI)STORIES

In French, the meaning of the word 'histoire' is both 'history' and 'story'; a productive conjunction of meanings, and a suitable title for a series of work which explores historical events (more specifically the basis of these events; what made them possible), by alluding to the situations when two 'cultures' come into contact.
The field encompasses all instances of inter-cultural contacts and clashes which occurred in the course of human history (up to now), and those that will occur in the future...

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