Relational, Political, Exposed: A Reflection on Embodied Subjectivities and Public Space
This paper focuses on the link between bodies and public space, proposing a reflection on embodied subjectivities and embodied practices of performing in public space. It takes into account bodies as political means and sites of resistance, revolt, reinvention, and creation, following an embodied an...
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| description | This paper focuses on the link between bodies and public space, proposing a reflection on embodied subjectivities and embodied practices of performing in public space. It takes into account bodies as political means and sites of resistance, revolt, reinvention, and creation, following an embodied and feminist approach. This paper aims to underline the fact that bodies are political and that an embodied approach to public space is fundamental in order to re-think contemporary democracies. It will show how the embodied and feminist approach can provide essential tools to undo the modern idea of an absolute individual subject that lies at the heart of the neoliberal vision, pinpointing dependency, relationship, and vulnerability as defining attributes of being human. This approach has been giving life to new visions of politics, such as those we have seen embodied in a number of protests and political practices of dissent marking the latest years, here investigated in their political potential for a reshaping of the democratic public space. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cabf2e176b74384aca5d1ad27c8b6122022-12-22T03:09:13ZengHelsinki University PressRedescriptions2308-09142018-09-0121216718010.7227/R.21.2.57Relational, Political, Exposed: A Reflection on Embodied Subjectivities and Public SpaceFederica Castelli0University of Roma TreThis paper focuses on the link between bodies and public space, proposing a reflection on embodied subjectivities and embodied practices of performing in public space. It takes into account bodies as political means and sites of resistance, revolt, reinvention, and creation, following an embodied and feminist approach. This paper aims to underline the fact that bodies are political and that an embodied approach to public space is fundamental in order to re-think contemporary democracies. It will show how the embodied and feminist approach can provide essential tools to undo the modern idea of an absolute individual subject that lies at the heart of the neoliberal vision, pinpointing dependency, relationship, and vulnerability as defining attributes of being human. This approach has been giving life to new visions of politics, such as those we have seen embodied in a number of protests and political practices of dissent marking the latest years, here investigated in their political potential for a reshaping of the democratic public space.https://journal-redescriptions.org/articles/6bodiespublic spaceembodied subjectivitiesfeminismsfeminist theory |
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| title | Relational, Political, Exposed: A Reflection on Embodied Subjectivities and Public Space |
| title_full | Relational, Political, Exposed: A Reflection on Embodied Subjectivities and Public Space |
| title_fullStr | Relational, Political, Exposed: A Reflection on Embodied Subjectivities and Public Space |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relational, Political, Exposed: A Reflection on Embodied Subjectivities and Public Space |
| title_short | Relational, Political, Exposed: A Reflection on Embodied Subjectivities and Public Space |
| title_sort | relational political exposed a reflection on embodied subjectivities and public space |
| topic | bodies public space embodied subjectivities feminisms feminist theory |
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