{"product_id":"errant-journal-issue-8-against-visibility-or-the-right-to-opacity","title":"Errant Journal Issue #8: Against Visibility (or, the Right to Opacity)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErrant Journal is a cultural\/political publication loosely inspired by Édouard Glissant’s notion of the Poetics of Relation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErrant, meaning both ‘deviating from an accepted norm’ and ‘wandering,’ rejects the universal and challenges the idea that the world is transparent and explainable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe eighth issue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"italic\"\u003eErrant Journal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003equestions the ways in which hegemonic culture and discourse tends to prioritize the ideal of openness, access, transparency, and visibility. Delving into topics such as face coverings, ‘coming out’ in queer discourses, the use of opacity in transformative justice, and different strategies of (visual) resistance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"italic\"\u003eAgainst Visibility\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecan be read as a proposition of refusal of the paradigm of visibility and access that permeates all areas of western thinking. At a moment in which representation and uncovering ‘lost’ histories are trending, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"italic\"\u003eErrant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks what is being erased in a world where everything must always be visible. When Édouard Glissant proclaimed the right to opacity, he sought not to be reduced or to be measured against an ideal scale in order to be understood and accepted. Expanding from this, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"italic\"\u003eAgainst Visibility\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e looks into the ways in which unlearning imperialism also includes unlearning the ideal of visibility itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublished by Errant Journal\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e170 x 240 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9789083404417\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Errant Journal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57006151860555,"sku":"EJAV","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/ErrantJournalAgainstVisibility_1024x1024_427accd2-307b-45fa-b7ee-e6ec2139aba5.webp?v=1775918986","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/de\/products\/errant-journal-issue-8-against-visibility-or-the-right-to-opacity","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}