Bodies of knowledge

Ondertitel:public space as a forum for the exchange of repressed or underexposed knowledge

This artistic doctoral project- ‘bodies of knowledge- how to claim public space as a platform for the exchange of non-dominant or suppressed knowledge’(2018-2022) - includes the research on embodied knowledge by non-dominant voices, as well as the performative action of claiming public space for the exchange of that knowledge. Initial research questions were: How can public space be activated, via artistic intervention, for the transmission of non-dominant knowledge? How to create a ‘safe space’ within public space for the exchange of different forms of suppressed knowledge, between diverse members of civil society? What are artistic and political strategies to reverse existing knowledge/power relations within the public domain? Which forms of performative knowledge transmission can contribute to a more just, equal, emancipated civil society? The artist understands education as art and knowledge transmission as a performative act. Drawing upon methodologies developed in previous works, she formalizes and ritualizes a place for oral knowledge exchange, together with different collaborators and co-creators, within different frames and formats. The practice-based research took place in Brussels between 2020-2022 and is currently ongoing. The thesis is an artistic work in the form of a “BOK box” including different levels of reflection and documentation on the research and practice. The BOK box – originally a cardboard box that can be unpacked, but digitalized for the occasion, contains several items documenting and reflecting the PHD research on ‘bodies of knowledge’ The items are organised in a non-hierarchical manner; it’s up to the reader to create their own dramaturgy for exploring the work on BOK.

Jaar van publicatie:2022

Trefwoorden:Doctoral thesis

Toegankelijkheid:Closed