ABOUT THIS EPISODE
*CHAPTERS*
0:00 - Introduction, Daniel
1:52 - What kind of history Daniel works on
4:54 - Napoleon death day, writing a biography
11:23 - What was your ultimate ‘entry point’ for writing this biography?
16:27 - Art history and history and using images/paintings
30:24 - Materiality and biography
33:12 - Yvonne
37:46 - Writing a magazine’s biography
52:21 - Using and leveraging materiality
55:10 - Paratextuality
56:29 - Community building and dissolving in the life of the magazine & visual aspects of the magazine
1:05:58 - The kitchen as a productive space
****** ABOUT LAWHA ******
LAWHA (Lebanon’s Art World at Home and Abroad: Trajectories of artists and artworks in/from Lebanon since 1943) is a research project hosted by the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) of the Max Weber Foundation. LAWHA investigates the forces that have shaped the emergence of a professional field of art in Lebanon within its local, regional and global context. The project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 850760).
****** MOVING BIOGRAPHY ******
Moving Biography was a summer school organised by LAWHA/OIB, the American University of Beirut and the Global (De)Centre in 2022, generously funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. The summer school brought together different perspectives to question disciplinary assumptions and decentre life writing. These podcasts are an outcome of the summer school.
****** ABOUT AFIKRA ******
afikra | عفكرة is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region - past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.
