Despite Dispossession: An Activity Book

Name: Despite Dispossession: An Activity Book
Brand: K. Verlag
Price: 26.0 EUR
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Anette Baldauf, Janine Jembere, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, and et al. (Eds.)

K. Verlag

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2021

9783947858163

Softcover and spiral bound

28 x 24 x 4

258 pages

26,00 €

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As transnational extractivism, neo-fascist politics, and economies of abandonment and disposability expand around the world, can we facilitate situated practices of storytelling and worldmaking that enliven futures propelled by the forces of indignation, desire, and relationality? Despite Dispossession: An Activity Book extends an invitation to restore and reinvent bonds of reciprocity with the land, humans, and non-humans, while envisioning transformative and shared horizons. This collaborative endeavor takes as its point of departure the contested realities and public struggles of the dispossessed. Bringing together seven site-sensitive engagements, the contributors develop their artistic works, as well as speculative tools and activities, to conjure worlds to come in the ruins of dispossession. The result is a combination of subtle theoretical reflection, pluriversal modes of inquiry, and unruly epistemic intervention. Drawing its inspiration from decolonizing methodologies, Black aesthetics, and epistemologies of the South, the project gathers these influences for a novel experiment that demonstrates how arts-based researchers confront dispossession through itinerant practices of resistance.

With contributions by Anette Baldauf, Berhanu Ashagrie Deribew, Sílvia das Fadas, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Ruben Gaztambide-Fernandez, Elizabeth Giorgis, İpek Hamzaoğlu, Janine Jembere, and Rojda Tuğrul. Design by K. in collaboration with Wolfgang Hückel & Katharina Tauer. [DE] In Städten so verschieden wie Addis Abeba, Istanbul, Mexico City und Berlin ist das Konzept der „dispossession“ für Aktivist*innen, Wissenschaftler*innen und Künstler*innen derzeit eine zentrale Referenz im Hinblick auf die gewaltsamen Aneignungen von Land, Körpern und Beziehungen im Kontext von kolonialem Raub, korporativem Landgrabbing, vom Staat geleiteter, großflächiger Umsiedlung, urbaner Gentrifizierung, usw. Die Realitäten der damit verbundenen Kämpfe und öffentlichen Revolten bilden den Ausgangspunkt des künstlerisch-kollektiven Arbeitsbuchs Despite Dispossession. Es liefert Reflexionen, Anregungen und Übungen für informelle und ephemere Taktiken der Beanspruchung und epistemischen Intervention. Das Projekt findet Inspiration in den Epistemologien des Südens, dekolonialisierenden Methoden sowie Black Aesthetics und postuliert, dass eine kunst-basierte Forschung, die Wissen, Tun und Fühlen zu vereinen versucht, die Komplexität von Enteignungsprozessen erfassen und mit Widerstand und Resilienz aufladen kann. https://vimeo.com/515079678