The panel discussion on the application of intersectional methodology towards different forms of international collaborative art practices and interdisciplinary collaborations in particular was part of the on-going research on how interdisciplinarity in art, science and technology constitutes an essential element of cultural and social liberation. The panel discussion placed special attention on how different cultural regions produce different standpoints resulting from biased knowledge production. The panelists investigated how the perception of inequalities varies in different regions, on how this affects international collaborations (case-studies will cover the US, Russia, Japan and Singapore). Therefore every collaborative practice has to be set according to traditional culture and cultural emancipation, and its impact on the shape of society. People’s identities in different cultures represent a multiplicity of contexts; and intersectional research should be a normative part of interdisciplinary art projects; rooted in a desire to improve society.

Participants:

• Natalia Fuchs (ARTYPICAL)

• Irina Aristarkhova (Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan)

• Maurice Jones (MUTEK.JP)

Moderator: Osman Khan (Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan)