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POYESIS · Perspectives on Yiddish Cultural Evolution and Its Legacy: Visual Arts, Theatre, and Songwriting Between Assimilation and Identity. A Case Study

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2022-09-01 → 2025-08-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 265 099 €
Участници: 2
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GF

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Накратко на български

Еволюцията на идиш културата се проследява чрез творчеството на Норман Рейбън и неговото влияние върху личности като Боб Дилан и Стела Адлер. Това помага да се разбере как изкуството съхранява паметта и пресъздава идентичността след миграция и асимилация.

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Perspectives on Yiddish Cultural Evolution and Its Legacy: Visual Arts, Theatre, and Songwriting Between Assimilation and Identity. A Case Study

After the Russian pogroms of the early 20th century, many Jewish people emigrated from Russia to Europe and the US, a phenomenon that caused the decline of entire communities and the dissolution of much of their culture. In just a decade, several Jewish artists, writers, and actors moved to New York and started to gain recognition. Why was their contribution so essential? To shed light on this aspect, one must first address even more complex problems: what has remained of that culture? How did it meld with New York culture and society reshaping itself? Writer Sholem Aleichem wrote about the dissolution of the Yiddish world and its rebirth in the US in his final novel, modeling his main character, Motl, on his youngest son, Numa, later known as artist Norman Raeben. Even more so than Motl, Raeben can serve as a case study to understand the evolution of Yiddish culture and art from the early 20th century to now. The reasons for Raeben to be a reference point for the Jewish American circles lie in his conception of art as an act of “poiesis”. With this word, Raeben summarized the idea that the creative process can be both a transdisciplinary artistic method and a means to (re)discuss and (re)create identity and memory. POYESIS studied such poetics and how they were translated and brought forth by Raeben’s students and collaborators in their field, with a specific focus on Stella Adler, Bob Dylan, and Roz Jacobs. The impact of this interdisciplinary method offers a common thread suitable for further deepening the knowledge of Yiddish cultural evolution, linking visual arts, music, literature, theater, and cinema. POYESIS achieved this objective by creating and disseminating the Norman Raeben collection through a digital catalog, various essays and paper presentations, and organizing an international conference and a painting exhibition.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The Pogrom of Odessa was a turning point in Yiddish history, alimenting a complex emigration phenomenon marked by various, controversial phases. What has remained of that culture? How did it evolve and meld with New York culture and artistic milieu? Why was the contribution of Jewish artists and thinkers so important? How can we better understand this process, its paradigms and stages? This project addresses these problems by studying the work of artist Norman Raeben as a case study. Though many scholars highlighted the importance of his figure, especially for his influence on Stella Adler and Bob Dylan’s careers, his work, ideas, and legacy have yet to be studied. Such a bibliographic lack is directly related to the absence of editions of his writings and paintings, which are still in the hands of students and collectors, often risking damage. Thus, the project aims to: create the collection of Raeben’s materials and a digital archive of his papers and works; study his influence on first, second, and third-generation Jewish American artists, actors, and songwriters (focusing on Stella Adler, Bob Dylan, and Jacques Levy); open new perspectives on Eastern Yiddish culture and its rebirth and evolution in New York, addressing and questioning the problems of identity, assimilation, gender, and cultural and artistic paradigms till the present day. Due to my markedly multidisciplinary research experience, my profile is particularly suitable to carry out this project, which can allow me to increase my research expertise in a trans-disciplinary way. While learning how to realize digital archives and curate exhibitions can make me a more all-round academic, collaborating at Columbia University and Ca’ Foscari University with leading scholars in different fields – including Yiddish studies, theatre, music, visual arts, and digital humanities – will significantly improve my knowledge and increase my networks and chances to obtain other research positions and an ERC grant.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA · VeneziaКоординаторИталия
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK · New YorkСъединени щати