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SUMMARY:Enchantment and the Soft Activism of Attention: An Ethnography of 
 Environmental Dance Practices in the UK - Andrew Sanger (The Place)
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CONTACT:María Inés Hernández
DESCRIPTION:The relationship between artistic and activist practice in the
  UK is a complicated field made more tremulous through navigation of the c
 onstraints and expectations of funding bodies\, political suppression of a
 ctivist groups and the social value of artistic practice\, and the compoun
 ding urgency and frequency of contemporary crises. Despite these impedimen
 ts\, the UK is home to a strong lineage of practitioners who espouse movem
 ent practices and performances to promote more sustainable ways of living 
 and dying together. For these artists\, dance is not a frivolous response 
 to the climate crisis and instead offers potent opportunities for encounte
 ring a sense of enchantment - reframing the familiar and mundane as wondro
 us or awe-inspiring. This talk outlines an activism of attention to articu
 late the activistic potential of enchanting experience and other methods u
 sed by movement artists to advocate for more environmentally conscious rel
 ationships with each other and the planet.
LOCATION:Department of Geography\, Small Lecture Theatre
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