Framework of Otherness | Jonell Logan | TEDxCharlotte

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Published 2016-11-18
I want people to reconsider our notions of culture – who it belongs to; who we regard as outsiders; and why there is no singular definition of ownership. I also really want to encourage people to think about the role that cultural and historical institutions play in framing those conversations, and how we can collectively have an impact to expand those dialogues.

Jonell Logan is an independent curator, arts advocate, and founder of 300 Arts Project, LLC. 300 Arts is an arts management and consulting company that helps museums, colleges, and collectors expand and document their exhibitions, scholarship, and collections. Our mission is to support increased arts engagement, education, and appreciation through the presentation and investigation of contemporary art. To that end, Logan served as the adviser and catalog essayist for the Columbia Museum of Art’s current exhibition, REMIX: Themes and Variations in African-American Art. She is currently organizing exhibitions for the Carrack Modern in Durham, and The Light Factory in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Logan has worked at a number of arts organizations including The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of Art; Studio Museum in Harlem in New York; the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, South Carolina; and the Harvey B. Gantt Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.


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All Comments (9)
  • @jovandavidovic1
    I think today's issues regarding relationships follow from the way we perceive the "other". It is a so called "an alterity problem." People tend to be very individualistic, too focused on their own goals so that they see other as competition, models to emulate, "things" to use for their personal interests.
  • @aentr
    How do we break the framework of otherness is a question worth considering. At least in cultural discources I see us lost without an answer ever since Said's deconstruction of orientalistic approaches. Why? Because the construction of others is the fundament of human interaction. Without the other we can't exist. Museums would stay empty, barber shops silent. Now there are surely more or less adapted frameworks. But what are these? I don't know. What I know is we are all different and noone is equal but we all equally different.
  • @tomaszdobrynin6632
    hello why are ou so big ?are you sick? you talk great things so what wrong with you ? why you are so unhealthy?