Post-Colonial Negotiations: Visualising the Franco-Algerian Relationship in the Post-War Period

该项目将考虑自阿尔及利亚战争（1954-62）爆发以来，法国和阿尔及利亚之间的殖民和后殖民关系是如何表现的，并将追踪在此期间法国对“阿尔及利亚”的概念或神话的构建、描绘和理解方式的变化。该项目的中心假设是，特别是视觉表现模式（如电影、录像、摄影和电视）在法国-阿尔及利亚关系的调解中发挥了至关重要的作用。它将研究视觉图像在非殖民化期间和之后的主要理解模式的构建和竞争中所发挥的作用，并将通过调查大众视觉媒体内外的一系列材料来实现这一目标。阿尔及利亚战争的记忆和遗产继续主导着法国历史，阿尔及利亚仍然是法国大都市的重要参考点。最近的政治辩论，比如2006年的电影《indig<e:1>》引发的讨论，以及它对法国无视阿尔及利亚士兵在第二次世界大战期间所做贡献的批评，清楚地表明，法国仍然在接受非殖民化的创伤和后果，尤其是它与阿尔及利亚的痛苦分离。该项目以两大目标为指导：首先，它将着手确定自阿尔及利亚战争以来，“阿尔及利亚”的概念是如何在法国境内构建的，阿尔及利亚的冲突、阿尔及利亚及其与法国的关系的哪些愿景占据了主导地位，以及为什么。其次，它将探讨这些主导范式是如何在当代法国和阿尔及利亚的视觉文化中被重新配置和竞争的，因为战后一代阿尔及利亚人和法国-阿尔及利亚人开始审视两国之间的关系。该项目将代表对法国和英国当前关于后殖民政治和文化、移民、定居以及欧洲和北非之间联系的辩论的及时干预。在其提议的产出中，有一个展览旨在展示该项目的发现和一些当代视觉艺术家的作品，它将讨论。这次展览将标志着该项目的结束，并使其能够促进对法国-阿尔及利亚关系的复杂性的理解，以及在后殖民时代更广泛的观众中视觉表现的政治。

This project will consider how colonial and post-colonial relations between France and Algeria have been represented since the outbreak of the Algerian War (1954-62), and will track the shifting way in which the idea or myth of 'Algeria' has been constructed, portrayed and understood in France during that time. The project's central hypothesis is that visual modes of representation in particular (such as film, video, photography and television) have played a crucial role in the mediation of the Franco-Algerian relationship. It will examine the role played by the visual image in constructing and contesting dominant modes of understanding both during and after decolonisation, and will do so by investigating a range of material from both within and outside mass visual media.The memory and legacy of the Algerian War continue to dominate French history, and Algeria remains a vital reference point in metropolitan France. Recent political debate, such as the discussion sparked by the 2006 film Indigènes, and its criticism of France's disregard for the contribution made by Algerian soldiers during World War II, makes clear that France is still coming to terms with the trauma and consequences of decolonisation in general, and its painful separation from Algeria in particular.The project is guided by two broad objectives: firstly, it will set out to establish how the idea of 'Algeria' has been constructed within France since the time of the Algerian War, what visions of the conflict, of Algeria, and of its relationship with France have come to dominate, and why. Secondly, it will explore how these dominant paradigms have been reconfigured and contested in contemporary French and Algerian visual culture, as a post-war generation of Algerians and Franco-Algerians begin to examine the relationship between the two countries. The project will represent a timely intervention into current debates within France and the UK on post-colonial politics and culture, migration, settlement and links between Europe and North Africa. Among its proposed outputs is an exhibition designed to present both the project's findings and the work of some of the contemporary visual artists it will discuss. The exhibition will mark the end of the project, and enable it to promote understanding of the complexities of the Franco-Algerian relationship and of the politics of visual representation within the post-colonial era among a wider audience.