I have just been reading Molly Hankwitz's text regarding her visit to
ISEA, worth a read...
marc:-)
-actually knowing the local.
knowing lots about the local area which one inhabits is so much more
important than efforts, conscious or unconscious to import and implant
universals, grafting them onto a place and applying them to the
surroundings without respect for context. to engage in the latter is
colonialism and reproduces the discomfort which colonialism has always
done. i guess one could argue that its interesting how the two go
together, or intersect, local with universalist overlay, but i think the
process of interaction must be done very carefully. the worst thing
about the mainstreaming of situationism into a middle class "playground"-
more...
http://mollyhankwitz.blogspot.com/
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