What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to understand how events like 9/11 reshaped avant-garde studies and scholarly methods.

April 10, 2026

T he A vant -G arde and the C hallenges of R esisting P arochialism

Key Points

The aim is to understand how events like 9/11 reshaped avant-garde studies and scholarly methods.
Analyzed historical and contemporary events influencing avant-garde perception.
Examined ethical and epistemological shifts in scholarly work.
Reassessed archival materials in the context of power dynamics.
Events like 9/11 prompted a reevaluation of avant-garde ideology.
Scholarly methods shifted to accommodate new political realities.
Power and knowledge reconfiguration altered the focus of avant-garde studies.

Abstract

Abstract: My understanding of the avant-garde—and the state of avant-garde studies—was cast in stark relief by the social, political, military, and legal events that coincided with the period during which I was revising the manuscript of my first book. What those events were is no surprise: 9/11 and its various aftermaths. Many of this journal’s readers have experienced a similar shift in perspective on their work—be it ethical, epistemological, or archival—leading them to reassess both their scholarly subjects and their methods in the face of what may well be a profound reconfiguration of power and knowledge.

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