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(Re)constructing Indigenous Linguistic Refusal Beyond the Settler Gaze: Rebecca Belmore and Jalvvi Niillas Holmberg
No full textIndigenous art, aestheticisms, and other creative expressions represent a critical threat to settler colonial neoliberalism, working within, between, and beyond the parameters, definitions, and conventions of the Western art world. Using the concept of “Indigenous refusal” as a grounding framework, this article complicates the hegemonic relationship between settler fantasy and embodied Indigenous reality, exploring the ways that contemporary Indigenous artists Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe) and Jalvvi Niilas Holmberg (Sámi) foster Indigenous futurity through their artistic engagements with the presence and absence of language. Through a comparative analysis of Belmore’s 2013 performance piece Apparition and Holmberg’s second studio album, Luođik (2024), this paper argues that Belmore and Holmberg’s respective works map distinct geographies of refusal, exercising a sonic sovereignty in the service of disrupting the settler gaze. Building on previous decolonial scholarly work on the politics of refusal, reconciliation, and representation, this comparative approach makes obvious the thread of transnational Indigenous solidarity that links Belmore and Holmberg’s respective works together.En travaillant à l'intérieur, entre et au-delà des paramètres, des définitions et des conventions du monde de l'art occidental, l’art, les esthétismes et les autres expressions créatives autochtones représentent une menace critique au néolibéralisme colonial. S’appuyant sur le concept du « refus autochtone », cet article complique la relation hégémonique entre la fantaisie des colons et la réalité autochtone vécue et incarnée (embodied) à travers une analyse des manières dont les artistes autochtones contemporains Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe) et Jalvvi Niilas Holmberg (Sámi) facilitent la futurité autochtone à travers leurs engagements artistiques avec la présence et l'absence de langage et de langue. À travers une analyse comparative de la performance Apparition (2013) de Belmore et du deuxième album studio de Holmberg, Luođik (2024), cet article soutient que les oeuvres respectives des deux artistes cartographient des géographies distinctes du refus, exerçant une souveraineté sonore au service de la perturbation du regard de colon. S'appuyant sur des théories décoloniaux sur les politiques de refus, de réconciliation et de représentation, cette approche comparative met en évidence le fil de la solidarité autochtone transnationale qui relie les oeuvres respectives de Belmore et de Holmberg
The Together Research : Exploring Substantive Equality in Disability-Led Performing Arts Research in Western Australia
No full textThis article presents case findings from the ongoing Together Research project based in Boorloo/Perth (Western Australia). This co-designed and participatory project is led by artists and researchers of the creative My Studio program at My Place, an organization that supports people living with disability. The project investigates the evolving practices of substantive equality and agency in the Australian arts sector. We do this through workshops that explore concepts of genuine equity for disabled artists, creative control taken by disabled artists, and empowered collaboration with nondisabled allied artists.Here, we first discuss My Studio and then focus on a specific workshop called Movement Together, which was led by My Studio artists in partnership with STRUT Dance in 2024. The workshop facilitated peer-to-peer exchange, accessible co-creation, and dance improvisation involving twelve nondisabled dance artists and eight artists living with disabilities. Co-facilitated by artists Julia Hales and Sam Fox, the workshop served as a platform for interrogating the values, ethics, and methods of the Together Research project.We reflect on the experiences of the Movement Together workshop and envision future implementations of core principles regarding movement creation and dramaturgical approaches to directing that are accessible, collaborative, and disability-led, addressing the distinct area of disadvantage for artists who have not had access to tertiary training due to the barriers of accessibility. The core principles we have developed, which contribute to what Alison Kopit, Ann Marie Dorr, and Maggie Bridger name “access dramaturgy,” emphasize in particular how accessibility means little without creative agency and substantive equality for people living with disability, particularly if attempts to dislodge systemic advantage for the “majority” are not actively made. The findings and examples provided here have been generated with the broader performing arts industry in mind, offering direct and actionable statements made developed by the Together Research artists.Plain Language Abstract (adapted by Kelsie Acton with Daniel Foulds)The Together Research is led by artists and researchers at the My Studio program at My Place. My Place is an organization that supports people living with disability. The Together Research wants artists with disabilities tohave access to the arts, be treated fairly, have control over their work.This essay is about the Movement Together workshop. STRUT Dance created the Movement Together Workshop. Julia Hales and Sam Fox ran the workshop. They used improvisation, where people dance and don’t decide how to move ahead of time. There were eight nondisabled artists and eight artists living with disabilities. Both nondisabled artists living with disabilities led the creation. The workshop was a way of figuring out artists’ shared values. This essay shares what happened at the workshop. We also think aboutaccess dramaturgy, the idea that access should be part of the process of making art; and how access doesn’t mean anything unless disabled artists have control and choices
Une configuration migratoire féministe. Trajectoires de sans-papières africaines
No full textUne configuration migratoire féministe est décrite au prisme d’un « groupe femmes » créé en 2019 dans un collectif de soutien aux personnes sans-papiers d’une ville française. L’approche féministe matérialiste et la relation ethnographique sont d’abord analysées en intégrant des alertes intersectionnelles et décoloniales. Puis, à partir d’entretiens et d’observations, l’auteur montre que l’exposition aux violences en contextes migratoires fait l’objet de résistances « individuelles » et d’expériences « féministes » en amont du « groupe femmes ». Il retrace ensuite la manière dont le groupe a été clivé par une division racisée du travail militant, un retrait des militantes-soutiennes dans l’expression des violences, un rapport hétérogène à la classe des femmes et au féminisme majoritaire. Enfin, il détaille les innovations du groupe dans le travail militant et les effets de la non-mixité. Un groupe de sans-papières africaines s’est cristallisé et a fait bouger les lignes des divisions de sexe/race dans le collectif mixte.A feminist migration configuration is examined through the lens of a women’s group created in 2019 as part of a collective supporting undocumented migrants in a French city. The materialist feminist approach and the ethnographic relationship are first analyzed by incorporating intersectional and decolonial considerations. Based on interviews and observations, the author shows that exposure to violence in migration contexts is the subject of « individual » resistance and « feminist » experiences prior to the women’s group. He then traces how the group became divided by a racialized division of activist labor, a withdrawal of activist supporters in expressing violence, and a heterogeneous relationship to the women’ class position and mainstream feminism. Finally, the author details the group’s innovations in activist work and the effects of non-mixed gender groups. A group of undocumented African women crystallized and shifted the lines of gender/race divisions within the mixed collective.Se describe una configuración migratoria feminista a través de la perspectiva de un « grupo mujeres » creado en 2019 dentro de un colectivo de apoyo a migrantes indocumentados/as en una ciudad francesa. Primero se analiza el enfoque feminista materialista y la relación etnográfica, incorporando perspectivas interseccionales y decoloniales. Posteriormente, con base en entrevistas y observaciones, el autor muestra que la exposición a violencias en contextos migratorios es objeto de resistencias « individuales » y experiencias « feministas » previas a la formación del « grupo mujeres ». Después, el autor rastrea cómo el grupo se vio escindido por una división racializada del trabajo activista, un retiro de las activistas-seguidoras de la expresión de violencias, una relación heterogénea con la clase de las mujeres y el feminismo dominante. Finalmente, el autor detalla las innovaciones del grupo en el trabajo activista y los efectos de su estructura unisexual. Un grupo de mujeres africanas indocumentadas cristalizó y desplazó las líneas de las divisiones de género/raza dentro del colectivo mixto
Collaboration entre maisons d’hébergement, services de la protection de la jeunesse et mères immigrantes victimes de violence conjugale : analyse intersectionnelle d’une revue systématique de la littérature
No full textL’expérience des mères immigrantes qui vivent de la violence conjugale est marquée par diverses formes de vulnérabilité. Les interventions concomitantes pour les soutenir en maison d’hébergement et pour assurer la sécurité de leurs enfants par la protection de la jeunesse sont associées à de nombreux défis.Les autrices appuient leur article sur une revue systématique de la littérature portant sur la collaboration entre mères immigrantes, services spécialisés en violence conjugale et services de la protection de la jeunesse. Elles en proposent une analyse intersectionnelle à partir de quatre domaines de pouvoir (hégémonique, structurel, disciplinaire et interpersonnel).Cette analyse permet d’éclairer différents défis auxquels peuvent être confrontés des mères immigrantes qui vivent de la violence conjugale et les intervenant·es qui agissent avec elles dans ces deux types de services. L’article propose des pistes pour (re)penser l’accompagnement et la recherche afin de tenir davantage compte de la complexité des rapports de pouvoir à l’intersection desquels ces défis se trouvent.The lives of immigrant mothers who experience domestic violence are characterized by different forms of interlocking vulnerabilities. Concomitant interventions aimed at supporting them in shelters and ensuring the safety of their children through youth protection services present numerous challenges.The authors based their article on a systematic review of the literature on the topic of collaborations between immigrant mothers, specialized domestic violence services, and youth protection services. They present an intersectional analysis of this literature based on four domains of power : hegemonic, structural, disciplinary, and interpersonal.This analysis highlights the various challenges that may be faced by immigrant mothers who experience domestic violence and by the case workers who accompany them in these services. The article identifies ways to (re)think support and research to account for the complexity of power relations at the intersections where these challenges arise.La experiencia de las madres inmigrantes que viven con violencia doméstica se caracteriza por diversas formas de vulnerabilidad. Las intervenciones simultáneas para apoyarlas en casas de alojamiento y garantizar la seguridad de sus hijos a través de los servicios de protección infantil se asocian a numerosos desafíos.Las autoras basan su artículo en una revista sistemática de la literatura sobre la colaboración entre madres inmigrantes, servicios especializados en violencia doméstica y servicios de protección juvenil. Ofrecen un análisis interseccional basado en cuatro dominios de poder (hegemónico, estructural, disciplinario e interpersonal).Este análisis arroja luz sobre los diversos desafíos que enfrentan las madres inmigrantes que experimentan violencia doméstica y los/as profesionales que trabajan con ellas en estos dos tipos de servicios. El artículo sugiere maneras de (re)pensar el apoyo y la investigación para comprender mejor las complejas dinámicas de poder en la intersección de estos desafíos
Migration, féminisme communautaire et agentivité de femmes autochtones du Chiapas, au Mexique : une analyse intersectionnelle
No full textAccéder à une vie sans violence pour soi et ses enfants entraîne de nombreux défis pour toutes les femmes qui doivent quitter un conjoint violent. Les violences communautaires poussent de nombreuses familles du Chiapas, au Mexique, à effectuer des déplacements forcés. Sur la route de l’émancipation, la quête de scénarios sécuritaires devient souvent intergénérationnelle et implique le tissage de relations solidaires entre des femmes appartenant à différents groupes ethniques et classes sociales.Les autrices abordent cette question à partir d’une démarche méthodologique ancrée dans une perspective féministe décoloniale d’accompagnement psychosocial. L’approche intersectionnelle et celle des parcours d’agentivité rendent possible de mieux aborder les enjeux contextuels ainsi que les obstacles et les besoins pragmatiques d’un féminisme matérialiste.Survivre sans toit, pour ces femmes marquées par des traumas infligés par des violences indicibles et dans un climat d’insécurité économique, physique et psychologique, exige des efforts de reconstruction sociale tangibles et un féminisme communautaire favorisant l’organisation de réseaux qui renforcent l’agentivité de toutes les femmes.Achieving a life free from violence, for oneself and one’s children, poses significant challenges for all women who must leave an abusive partner. In Chiapas, Mexico, as in many other regions around the world, community violence is a key driver of forced displacement for numerous families. Within this context, the pursuit of safety and autonomy becomes an intergenerational endeavor, one that is sustained through networks of solidarity among women across ethnic and social boundaries.In their study, the authors, adopt a methodological approach grounded in a decolonial feminist framework of psychosocial support. An intersectional approach enables a nuanced analysis of the contextual dynamics, material conditions, and structural obstacles that shape women’s lived experiences. This framework allows them to explore diverse dimensions of their pursuit of agency through a feminist sisterhood informed by situated knowledge, as articulated through three experiential narratives.For these women – marked by trauma inflicted by unspeakable violence and in a climate of economic, physical and psychological insecurity – surviving without a roof over their heads requires tangible social reconstruction efforts and a form of community feminism that fosters the organization of networks to strengthen the agency of all women.Alcanzar una vida libre de violencia para sí mismas y sus hijos presenta numerosos desafíos para todas las mujeres que deben dejar a una pareja abusiva. Las violencias comunitarias obligan a muchas familias en Chiapas, México, a realizar desplazamientos forzados. En el camino hacia la emancipación, la búsqueda de escenarios seguros se vuelve a menudo intergeneracional e implica construir solidaridad entre mujeres de diferentes grupos étnicos y clases sociales.Las autoras abordan este tema mediante un enfoque metodológico basado en una perspectiva feminista decolonial de apoyo psicosocial. El enfoque interseccional y el de las trayectorias de agentividad permiten una mejor comprensión de los desafíos contextuales, así como de los obstáculos y las necesidades pragmáticas de un feminismo materialista.Sobrevivir sin techo, para estas mujeres marcadas por traumas infligidos por violencias indecibles y en un clima de inseguridad económica, física y psicológica, requiere esfuerzos tangibles de reconstrucción social y un feminismo comunitario que promueva la organización de redes que fortalezcan la agentividad de todas las mujeres
Publishing Thoughts from the Bed Sorbonne: Toward A Crip Publishing Manifestx
No full textIn this piece I draw on my experiences as a neuroqueer editor of the peer-reviewed, intersectional, and intermedia independent journal Feral Feminisms and on disability justice to hone a short manifestx on crip publishing. While peer-reviewed journals often demand free, invisible, and feminized labor along with high-speed efficiency, I imagine crip approaches to publishing as necessitating such principles as slowness, anti-fascism, recognition, care, failure, multiple mediums for knowledge-making, and community building. The piece begins with a reflection from the “Bed Sorbonne” or academic’s bed office, and moves into a consideration of how thinking sustainable publishing with lichen can enliven our publishing praxes. Finally, I outline the nine part manifestx as a starting point for imagining crip informed publication models. The hybrid and art-based piece engages with the theme of sustainable publishing by thinking about how to make publishing sustainable—as in doable, feasible, possible, limitless— both for crip authors/creators and crip journal editors
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No full textTaken Boys and Mistaken Benevolence in the Early Modern English Theatre and the Virginia Company
No full textThis article analyzes overlooked evidence concerning the conscription of boys by early modern English choirs and theatre companies, arguing that legal and cultural representations depicted these abductions as benevolent while violating consent. It further speculates that points of contact between the theatrical economy and the Virginia Company may have prompted authorities to use a parallel mode of impressment to take Powhatan children to populate Henrico College. I argue that the practices of coercion and abduction on the English stage can provide a useful framework for understanding the rhetoric of benign subservience that the English authorities cultivated in an Atlantic context