Pakistan and Beyond: The Art of Partition and Confederation
Building an internationalist framework for the study of art and architecture in postcolonial Pakistan and surrounding regions
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- Years 2018 – 2019
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This project addressed art and architecture in Pakistan and the Indian subcontinent after partition in 1947. It contended that Pakistan, as a newly created nation-state, embodied the desire for a Muslim state as well as a postcolonial one. The research explored how various media engendered competing ideological concerns, such as those related to the Cold War and the Non-Aligned Movement. Accordingly, this study foregrounded the concept of “Pakistan” as a methodological tool to expand postcolonial research of South Asia.