#social justice # activism #politics of longing #performance #conflicts
How heavy is a longing (in comparison to others) and what does the weight do to us and others? In this exercise, we will explore situations where we are confronted with competing and conflicting longings, as well as with social injustices or personal dilemmas that reveal themselves through these tensions. In a performance we will be trying to assess the weight of longings subjectively from different perspectives within the community, and through the lens of power and capital.
Literature:
•Abram, S. and G. Weszkalnys (2011) Introduction: Anthropologies of planning— Temporality, imagination, and ethnography. Focaal—Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology 61, p. 3–18.
•Boal, A.,Jackson, A. (1994). The Rainbow of Desire. London: Routledge.
•Massey, D. B. (2005) For Space (Ch. 13). London: SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 149-162.