Stitching the Social Fabric against Violence and Oblivion. The Embroidering for Peace and Memory Initiative Revisited through the Lens of Caring Democracy.
Since the summer of 2011, solidary people from around the world have gathered in the open air to embroider handkerchiefs commemorating the victims of the war on drugs in Mexico and to welcome willing passersby to join in the activity for as long as they wish. In this article I draw on the Ethics of...
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Artelogie
2020
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Since the summer of 2011, solidary people from around the world have gathered in the open air to embroider handkerchiefs commemorating the victims of the war on drugs in Mexico and to welcome willing passersby to join in the activity for as long as they wish. In this article I draw on the Ethics of Care approach to argue that this collaborative project resorted to the technical specificities and constructive/healing character of handmade embroidery, as well as to the bodily posture and the temporality entailed by this activity in order to urge passersby to care about the humanitarian crisis in Mexico. Furthermore, I pose the possibility that these embroidery sessions create favourable conditions prompting participants to engage in democratic caring practices. |
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