Autore
Orsenigo, Gioacchino

Titolo
Un senso di "obbligazione": a cosa serve fare teoria critica. Intervista a Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Periodico
Studi culturali
Anno: 2025 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 81 - Pagina finale: 108

The interview explores the work of Elizabeth Povinelli, anthropologist, critical theorist, and member of the Karrabing Film Collective. Orsenigo’s introduction traces the key stages of Povinelli’s intellectual elaboration and its connection to a perspective «obligated» to the Indigenous community of Belyuen (Australia). The dialogue reflects on the "meaning" of doing critical theory, examining Povinelli’s personal and theoretical background: from her early steps in academia, during a time when it was being challenged by the seismic shifts of cultural, postcolonial, and feminist studies, to the awareness of some problematics of these fields raised after her engagement with the Belyuen community. The interview delves into limits and possibilities of critical theory, emphasizing the importance of producing concepts that are not only situated but also «at the service» of a specific region of existent, rejecting the abstraction and universalism of Western epistemology, while fostering connections and resonances with other worlds and contexts.



SICI: 1824-369X(2025)1<81:USD"AC>2.0.ZU;2-P
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