SARChi Research Chair. Professor Ruth K Simbao: Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa (2016-present)

Department of Fine Art. The NRF SARChI chair, Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa is run by Professor Ruth Simbao, and grows out of the Visual and Performing Arts of Africa (ViPAA) Humanities Focus Area that was founded in 2011. The research of this team focuses on the arts in relation to the African continent, ‘global Africa’ and the ‘global south’. Research sub-themes include: ‘Place’, site and art Globalisation and the geopolitics of art The curatorial turn, biennialisation and the ‘south’ Placing ‘Africa’/Writing ‘Africa’ The production of knowledge and the construction of discourse The reorientation of privilege in the artworld Agency, diversity and democratisation South Africa’s relationship to the African continent https://www.ru.ac.za/fineart/nrfresearchchair/