displaced into
ِDoes "displaced into" mean "entered and introduced into"?

Context:

As such, claims to a discrete space of art and ‘finality of objecthood’ are displaced into a performance that is both elusive and ephemeral as well as contingent upon the context of the city.

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displaced into
ِDoes "displaced into" mean "entered and introduced into"?

Context:

As such,  claims to a discrete space of art and ‘finality of objecthood’ are displaced into a performance that is both elusive and ephemeral as well as contingent upon the context of the city.

Answer

it is a subtle difference -- displaced means put into a different space -- for example, when water overflows a cup, it is called "displacement".  It suggests a different space than the one it was originally in/part of.

This paragraph that you quoted is highly theoretical, by the way.  It is "graduate school theory" -- people normally do not talk this way in normal conversation -- it is very "academic."

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