WEIGHTS AND PRESSURES: Precarity and Democracy's Legislative Subjects.

This short essay introduces the Our Dance Democracy (ODD) project (2018-present) and the contributions to this Forum Kritika, "Dancing Democracy in a Fractured World." The latter includes articles, provocations, and creative responses in visual and poetic forms. Dance is an art form positioned betwe...

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Publicado en:Kritika Kultura no. 40; pp. 58 - 71
Autores principales: Merriman, Victor, Black-Frizell, Sarah
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Publicado: Kritika Kultura Feb2023
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