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DECONFINING – Anthology

Narratives of closeness and distance from Central-Eastern Europe and South-Eastern Africa – a multicontextual patchwork

DECONFINING is a four-year project funded by the European Union that facilitates connections between cultural practitioners, artists, policymakers, and art audiences from two continents – Europe and Africa. Its goal is to better understand the patterns of constraints (social, political, and economic) in intercontinental artistic and cultural cooperation from diverse perspectives, as well as to explore and develop new approaches (policies) for such cooperation. The project also aims to improve access to information related to intercontinental mobility and collaboration.

By bringing together artists, scholars and practitioners from diverse contexts and countries (Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia) who search for common points and connections in intercontinental history, memories, art, science and fine literature, we were searching for innovative ways of looking at that which is near and far, while exploring the world of Central and Eastern Europe (i.e. Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) and South-Eastern Africa (i.e. Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia).

Edited by: Urszula Markowska-Manista & Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda

Authors: Karolina Bieniek, Paulina Brelińska-Garsztka, Shilika Chisoko, Chiteu Kasongo, Kamil Kawalec, Urszula Markowska-Manista, Karolina Marcinkowska, Mwaka Siluonde, Nyimbili Suzyika, Klara Wojtkowska

Publisher: Art Transparent

Co-publisher: Pro Progressione

Proofreading: Ian Maloy

Translation: Karol Waniek Graphic

design: Oleg Šuran

The publication is also available in simplified versions in the following languages: Polish, French, Kiswahili, Hungarian.