detournement

Meanings

• noun

  The act of altering or misappropriating a text, image, or other cultural artifact to create a new work with a different meaning.

  - "The graffiti artist's detournement of the billboard turned it into a powerful political statement."
  - "The Dadaist movement is known for its detournement of everyday objects and concepts."

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Variants

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dethrone , dethroned , dethronement , dethronements , dethroner , dethroners , dethrones , dethroning

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Etymology

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Derived from the French word 'detourner,' meaning 'to turn aside' or 'to divert.'

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Trivia

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1. Detournement was a favorite technique of the Dadaist artist Marcel Duchamp.

2. The term 'detournement' was popularized by the Situationist International, a group of radical European intellectuals in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Related Concepts

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1. appropriation: A related concept to detournement, it refers to the use of pre-existing materials in a new work, often without attribution or permission. Detournement, however, involves a more transformative and subversive use of the source material.

2. Dadaism: An artistic movement that originated in Europe during World War I, characterized by its rejection of logic and reason and its use of irrational and nonsensical elements, including detournement.

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Culture

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Detournement has been a significant concept in various artistic movements, particularly in Dadaism and Surrealism. It involves the deliberate manipulation and subversion of existing texts, images, or objects to challenge societal norms and provoke thought.

How to Memorize "detournement"

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   - Imagine an artist taking a famous painting and adding unexpected elements to it, changing its meaning entirely.

2. associate
   

   - Associate detournement with the idea of subverting or challenging the norm.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember DETOURN as an acronym for 'Deliberately Extracting Texts, Overturning Norms'.

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