CONTEKST is an academic research project that explores the Image-Law relationship, in both theoretical and practical fields. The intersection of Law and the Image, or broadly speaking, ‘thinking’ and ‘seeing’, is examined, directly or otherwise, by several philosophers and thinkers such as Heraclitus, Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, C. G. Jung, and others. The nexus between ‘text’ on the one hand, and —what may be categorized as— ‘context’ on the other is of critical importance, yet oddly absent from academic curricula, notably from ‘the discipline of law’. Juxtaposing images with legal definitions creates unique opportunities for seeing and thereby applying innovative legal modalities and forms, in both research and practice. CONTEKST, as an educational, non-for-profit, and public research project, is a window towards ‘what can be seen’ rather than ‘what can be said’, that regards images, and their stories, indispensable from legal research and practice.
Contekst, and its partners, disseminate, publish and present artworks, such as political cartoons, as a means of diversifying the discourse on human rights and contributing to the corpus of literature on social justice and human rights issues. All pieces of publication and forms of dissemination, online or otherwise, are for educational, fair, and noncommercial purposes. The creators of artworks enjoy all rights associated to their creation. Contekst shows diverse artistic views on various sociopolitical matters such as human rights and freedoms, peace and well-being, as well as education.