I think we live at a point of extreme darkness and extreme brightness. Extreme darkness, because we really do not know from which direction the light would come. extreme brightness, because we ought to have the courage to begin anew.
Michel Foucault in a dialogue with Baqir Parham.
Iranian Revolution, September 1978.

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Paris Couleurs

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Pascal Blanchard, Éric Deroo. 2005. France. vo French _ subt spanish. 54’.

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Paris Couleurs se centra en los Zoos Humanos que se celebraron en Francia, y concretamente en Paris. Como una consecuencia y un reforzamiento de los estereotipos racistas y eurocentricos: “el negro divertido, dócil, siempre con ritmo en el cuerpo; el oriental trabajador y enigmático; el árabe fanático, valiente, en permanente reivindicación”. Hacia ellos, desconfianza, control o paternalismo, pero también demanda constante para que formen parte de las tropas de choque que defiendan las conquistas del Imperio, las agresiones a una “madre patria”, los trabajos más duros, el erotismo reprimido. De todos ellos el árabe, el musulmán, representa el ejemplo más irreductible, un desafío cultural en las fronteras, un peligro interno. Lentamente se forja la etiqueta mediática del terrorismo. Mientras, el extrarradio urbano y los barrios marginales van creciendo. La represión salvaje empieza a ser una necesidad. 

Paris Couleurs, a compilation of archival film material, deals with the image of the migrant in cinema and television throughout the century. From ”Zoos Humains” to the mythical ”Black-Blanc-Beur” of the year 1998, the film follows a history of representation, clichés and stereotypes. With this film Pascal Blanchard and Eric Deroo present a new audiovisual version of their research program “from the native to the immigrant” and their point of view of the relation between colonial history and the history of immigration. 

Paris Couleurs es centra en els zoos humans que es celebraven a França i concretament a Paris, com una conseqüència i un reforçament dels estereotips racistes i eurocènctrics: el negre divertit, dòcil, sempre amb ritme al cos; l'oriental treballador i enigmàtic; l'àrab fanàtic, valent, en permanent reivindicació. Cap a ells desconfiança, control o paternalisme, però sol·licitud constant per a que formin part de les tropes de xoc que defensin les conquestes de l'Imperi. Les agressions a una “mare pàtria”, els treballs més durs, l'erotisme reprimit. De tots ells l'àrab, el musulmà, representa l'exemple més irreductible, un desafiament cultural a les fronteres, un perill intern. Es forja lentament l'etiqueta mediàtica del terrorisme. Mentrestant, l'extraradi urbà i els barris marginals van creixent. La repressió salvatge comença a ser una necessitat.

The Invention of the Savage: Colonial Exhibitions and the Staging of the Arab Spring

by Muriam Haleh Davis

Muriam Haleh Davis is a graduate student in the Department of History at New York University. Her research interests focus on race and decolonization in Algeria.

published at:
www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/4744/the-invention-of-the-savage_colonial-exhibitions-a 
 


Watching a popular uprising in real time was indeed a dramatic experience. As viewers tuned in (or streamed in) to the violence, courage, and uncertainty of events in North Africa this year, many of them had the impression of witnessing the “actual” events, free from the framing tactics and analytical bias often found on the six o’clock news. A host of new media celebrities became household names as they reported live from Tahrir, and news outlets such as Al-Jazeera saw an unprecedented rise in viewership. Spectators were made to believe that a return to the event “itself” was once again possible after decades of being locked into what Jean Baudrillard called the hyper-real. The revolution in-and-of-itself seemed to unfold before our eyes, creating a fetish for real-time revolt.


[An image from

[An image from "The Invention of the Savage" exhibit in the Quai Branly Museum in Paris depicting a Zoological Garden of Acclimation. Image by the author.]