The Art of Being Many: Towards a New Theory and Practice of Gathering

ISBN-13: 9783837633139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 250 str.

Martin J. Sch?fer; Vassilis S. Tsianos;Geheimagentur

Opis

We are witnessing new ways of assembling that have made the word "democracy" take on renewed importance. These events might not have led to the political changes many hoped for. Nevertheless, their importance cannot be denied. This book wants to acknowledge them as a starting point for a new art of being many: the "many" invoke new concepts of collectivity by renegotiating their modes of participation and (self-)presentation and by rewriting rhetorical, choreographical, and material scripts of assembling. This volume is inspired and informed by the square-squattings and neighborhood assemblies of the "real democracy" movements as well as by recent explorations of the assembly form in performance art and participatory theater.

Recenzje

Besprochen in: Zivilgesellschaft Info, 30.03.2017

O autorze

geheimagentur is an open collective working in Performance Art, Cultural Studies, and activism.Martin Jörg Schäfer teaches modern German literature and theatre at Universität Hamburg. His research examines literature, theatre and theory from the 18th century to the present with a focus on the (historical, theoretical and praxeological) relationships between theatre and text.Vassilis Tsianos is professor of sociology at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences. From 2010 to 2013 he was project coordinator of the research focus »Border crossings" in the EU project "MIG@NET transnational digital networks, migration and gender« of the University of Hamburg. From 2002-2005, he participated as a research member in the transdisciplinary research project TRANSIT MIGRATION of the Institute of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Frankfurt am Main. Vassilis Tsiano's research interests include racism analysis, Autonomy of Migration, sociology of postmigrant society, European border regimes and biometric border control.