THE VERA LIST CENTER FOR ART AND POLITICS EXPLORES “CORRECT HISTORY*” IN 2024 FORUM TOPIC

NEW SCHOOL NEWS
DECEMBER 12, 2024

“A performance lecture about the Puerto Rican collections held at the Smithsonian Institute. A Community Dinner featuring a collaboration between a performance artist and a Jazz composer about the ways in which history and technology have defined our understanding of the present A conversation that explores the foundational narratives of the so-called United States and centers Indigenous figures, events, and experiences in its re-telling.

All these events, and more, were part of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics 2024 Forum entitled Correct History*. Forum participants delved into how history and historiography inherently involve processes of correction and revision while also uncovering the ideological forces that shape them. Over three days, students, artists, and the broader public questioned how historical accounts are constructed, revised, and contested—including through historical revisionism, whitewashing, and rehabilitation by state and other hegemonic political actors—spanning regions from Turtle Island to Latin America, Bangladesh, and beyond.”

—Will Wilbur, New School News