Weights and Pressures: Precarity and Democracy's Legislative Subjects

• Main Authors: Merriman, Victor, Black-Frizell, Sarah
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: bureaucracy; choreography; Creative Industries; dance; democracy; home; human flourishing; identity; nation
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss40/5; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/2015/viewcontent/KK_2040_2C_202023_205_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Dancing_20Democracy_20in_20a_20Fractured_20World_20__20Merriman_20and_20Black_Frizell.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

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...