In 2013, Jumana Manna and Sille Storihle completed The Goodness Regime, an experimental documentary examining how the image of goodness has been constructed in Norway, and the way it has enabled the country to become a “humanitarian superpower,” often involved in conflict resolution and peacemaking in developing countries such as Palestine. The Goodness Regime publication expands more concretely upon the pitfalls and aftermath of the Accords, in the form of essays by a selection of writers with whom the artists were in dialogue with during the creation of film. The texts presented addresses various issues contingent to The Goodness Regime, such as the contradictions between Norway’s fables of innocence in the humanitarian rights industry abroad and its conservative immigration policies at home; the repercussions of the Oslo Accords on the Palestinian struggle for historical justice and self-determination; and the unsettling parallels between diplomatic work and the practice of contemporary art.
Editor
Jumana Manna and Sille Storihle
Design
Nell May
Distribution
Online
Contributors
Hanan Ashrawi, Bashir Bashir, Jacob Burns & Nicola Perugini (DAAR) Marit Paasche, Ron Pundak, Tirdad Zolghadr, Hilde Henriksen Waage, Nina Witoszek
Financial Support
The Fritt Ord Foundation, Arts Council Norway
