artan islamaj
about
artan islamaj -- born 1996, based in zurich, switzerland.
works with texts.
he has a background in (anglophone) literary studies and gender studies. throughout his studies, he has been predominantly dealing with (anglophone) literatures from the 20th century examining notions of masculinities, the ‘Other’, migration, class, and violence.
hence, he instrumentalizes lenses and theories from various schools of thoughts: feminism, de- or postcolonialism, deconstruction, intersectionality, anti-classism or -capitalism -- to name a few.
there are also more niche concepts like stickiness or iterability, he employs within his analyses, when suitable.
in his texts -- both written and visual -- he moves through this plethora of theroretical concepts and simulatenously draws from his diasporic experience as a son of immigrants from kosovë in a swiss context.
artan islamaj is also the co-founder and a co-editor of zwischentext
-- a multilingual and interdisciplinary zine based in zurich.
works with texts.
he has a background in (anglophone) literary studies and gender studies. throughout his studies, he has been predominantly dealing with (anglophone) literatures from the 20th century examining notions of masculinities, the ‘Other’, migration, class, and violence.
hence, he instrumentalizes lenses and theories from various schools of thoughts: feminism, de- or postcolonialism, deconstruction, intersectionality, anti-classism or -capitalism -- to name a few.
there are also more niche concepts like stickiness or iterability, he employs within his analyses, when suitable.
in his texts -- both written and visual -- he moves through this plethora of theroretical concepts and simulatenously draws from his diasporic experience as a son of immigrants from kosovë in a swiss context.
artan islamaj is also the co-founder and a co-editor of zwischentext
-- a multilingual and interdisciplinary zine based in zurich.
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