Layered wanderings: epistemic justice through the art of Wangechi Mutu and Njideka Akunyili Crosby

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Acknowledgment

My thanks to Catherine Baker, Egle Cesnulyte, Debbie Lisle, and the Conversations Editors Natália Maria Félix de Souza and Catia C. Confortini for helpful comments and suggestions in connection with this project.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes on contributor

Elspeth Van Veeren is a Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol.

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Elspeth Van Veeren http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2582-9486

Notes

1 As much as it can be argued that these artists work through queer epistemologies, there are important queer critiques of both Akunyili Crosby's and Mutu’s work: Akunyili Crosby often reproduces heteronormative relations of power even while she presents more sex-positive imagery; Mutu has been interpreted as reproducing discourses of “sex negativity” (Hernandez 2017).

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Funding

This work was supported by Brigstow Institute, University of Bristol (Seedcorn Funding Scheme, 2018).