Unit 2 State & Statelessness

About the material to prepare:
– Permanent Temporariness (DAAR, Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti): you are reading a selection of 14 concepts they introduce at the beginning of the book, that preludes their projects on statelessness of Palestinians, and its spatial and embodied consequences.

– Conversation with DAAR (Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti), 45 minutes: Conversation with the authors of the book above about a more recent project on refugee heritage, which asks questions about what is heritage and what do we inherit, spaces of refuge compared to urban spaces. It builds on a lot of notions introduced in the previous reading. (you can turn on close captioning on this video)

– The Secret Life of Saeed (Emile Habibi): Satirical fiction novel about the Nakba and Palestine. This one is a funny enjoyable read. How to discuss something so complex and difficult through fiction without minimising the issue?

Assignment to prepare for next Thursday:
1: Read the two readings and listen to the interview.
2: As a group, come up with at least 2 questions about the material. You will share this with the rest of the class next time and we will discuss all the questions.

*you can read as a group, read to each other in your group, watch the interview together, or just read them individually and come together to discuss your ideas and questions.
*think about the relations these readings have with discussion in Unit 1.

Material

Chronicle

Put your class chronicle HERE
- Notes from Thursday 7th October

- Notes from Friday 10th of September - Zoom with Rosa
- Screenshots from the zoom-chat about narratives:

- FDTD (forcible drugging to deport)
- Portfolio_RGlas.pdf

- Analogue notes from Friday 10th of September (before 11:00) - Zoom with Rosa (by Savanna)

THIS TEXT IS CLICKABLE TO GET TO THE FILES :) >

- After break from 11:00 - Zoom with Rosa and Golnar
(lots of back and forth confusing group forming)

Today’s class was very interesting. It started off with transforming the typical classroom setting into a big circle where we later would have a discussion. We started off by going over the “Permanent Temporariness fourteen concepts”. The first topic we discussed was about borders and what they mean. Then there was a fluent and natural discussion throughout the class. Almost all the people got to speak but I mostly like to listen a lot, I like to observe, gather everything that is happening and hearing each other opinions. After a good discussion during most of the time of the class it was time we switched to the other PDF we had to read. This was very briefly in class discussed and mostly Golnar was talking about this matter but here and there, there were some questions and remarks.

Questions that came up during discussion:

Are you a bystander or an upstander?

Are there more bystanders than upstanders? Or vice versa?

Are people being pressured to be activist?

Are activist really activist nowadays?

What does it take to be a real activist?

Is predictability a reason as to why bad things keep happening?

How can we relate to issues happening where we are not?

How complex or simple can an issue be to “correct, fix or change”?

What affect does social media have on our views when it comes to these issues?

Dictionary// Inspiration for writing from the views of a ... (or a combination thereof)


Optimist /ˈɒptɪmɪst/

noun

1.a person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something.

"only an eternal optimist could expect success"

2. PHILOSOPHY

a person who believes that this world is the best of all possible worlds or that good must ultimately prevail over evil.



Pessimist /ˈpɛsɪmɪst/



noun

1. a person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

"the pessimists point to ways in which life has deteriorated"

2. PHILOSOPHY

a person who believes that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over good.

"he finds solace in the writings of pessimist philosophers"

Realist /ˈriːəlɪst/

noun

1.a person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly.

"I am a realist, with no time for your world of make believe"



2.an artist or writer whose style is characterized by the representation of people or things as they actually are.

"Dickens and other nineteenth-century realists"



adjective

1.accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.

"a realist view of the world, its problems, and its future"



2.representing a person or thing in a way that is accurate and true to life.

"a realist drama"

Materials discussed today:

Permanent temporariness fourteen concepts.

The Secret of Saeed.