MYRIAM D. DIATTA, BFA, MFA, PhD 


/meer-yam jah-ta/
(b. 1990, Dakar)




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2. CURRENT
3. PAST WORK
4. APPROACH
5. RESEARCH
6. CV





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5. RESEARCH

6. CV



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CURRENT

Currently, my work consists of writing and curriculum development. I am actively seeking a long-term intellectual home for my work—let’s connect.


The work I do is located at the intersection of creative practice and politics:

What do you do?

I offer special resources and guidance for professionals and students working at this intersection.

How do you do this?

I do this in two ways: 1) I publish writing through academic journals and independent presses; 2) I have designed a curriculum and use it to teach creative practitioners who are politically engaged.

What do you focus on?

I study the behind-the-scenes aspects of practices that are critical and creative. 

In other words, my work focuses on first-hand experience, embodied knowing, and private, interior aspects of doing political work. My work focuses on the processes of actual hands-on making that practitioners do. 



What do you produce?

I produce unique evidence showing connections between creative practice and social impact.

Organizations and research groups can interact with this evidence through traditional formats, like the essays, book chapters, and journal articles I publish. They can also experience the evidence by joining my participatory lectures and engaging with the documentation of my teaching.

Why does this matter?

What I produce can inform guiding questions for organizations and the syllabi of educational programs.

For practitioners, my work enables them to name the value in what is intangible, deepen their political commitments, mature their own creative practice, and communicate their impact.


︎︎︎ Above are snapshots of a selection of materials from the curriculum, publications, outputs, and facilitation spaces. Contexts include the New Museum’s NEW INC, Centre for Nordic Otherwise, and Monash University. See more.

WHERE DO YOU WORK?

I work internationally and anti-disciplinarily.

Since 2022, I have been based in Aarhus, Denmark. I have been invited and hired to do my work in four continents and across many fields. See the indexed list of where I’ve worked.


MORE

You can see many examples of what my work looks like and how I do it:

︎︎︎ Through the course I run
︎︎︎ Through the multi-faceted approach I developed
︎︎︎ Through my forthcoming book with Set Margins Press
︎︎︎ Through the academic papers I’ve published
︎︎︎ Through my 15+ professional projects since 2012.