Dialogic Materialism ─ Bakhtin, Embodiment and Moving Image Art

Revising her doctoral dissertation in visual art at the University of Western Ontario, Jordan-Haladyn demonstrates the importance of Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin's (1895-1975) dialogism in analyzing moving image art forms. She argues for a conception of active observership that is predicated on embodiment, which is the key to Bakhtin's understanding of aesthetics. Her topics include dialogism and its material context, Stan Douglas subject to a different response, chronotopic bodies and the we of aesthetic discourse, and Chris Marker and embodied memory. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Miriam Jordan-Haladyn is a First Nations writer and artist. She received her PhD in art and visual culture from The University of Western Ontario and is currently a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art and Visual Studies Department at Cornell University. Her writings on art, film and culture have appeared in numerous publications, including the collections Visual Representations of Native Americans: Transnational Contexts and Perspectives (2012), Cultivating Canada: Reconciliation through the Lens of Cultural Diversity (2011) and Stanley Kubrick: Essays on His Films and Legacy (2007). With Julian Haladyn she co-authored The Films and Videos of Jamelie Hassan, a publication that accompanied their curated project that brings together for the first time the moving image works of Hassan, a prominent Canadian artist of Arabic background.