What can medieval art teach us about the politics of work and representation?

In this episode of Podcast or Perish, I talk with Dr. Lamia Balafrej, Associate Professor of Art History at UCLA. Her research focuses on image-making, materiality, and labor in premodern Islamic art. We explore how artistic practices reflected hierarchies of craft, race, and gender, and what those histories reveal about value and creativity.

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Full transcript, photos, and related resources:

https://www.podcastorperish.ca/episodes/episode-024-lamia-balafrej

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