Situating ourselves in displacement : conditions, experiences and subjectivity across neoliberalism and precarity

Displacement is a key paradigm of our time, for who can afford not to move, to shift, to change, to develop and improve - or to be moved, shifted, displaced? Situatedness is a key condition for solid and sustainable practices, in politics, arts, research or otherwise. Yet situatedness is not something we can take for granted today. What is the meaning of situatedness within displacement? In this book we address conditions, experiences and subjectivity as shaped by the tension(s) between displacement and situatedness. Neoliberalism and precarity are the main contexts we depart from in developing concepts, tools and tactics that stem from our collective and individual lives. What do politics and ethics mean in the context of frequent displacements? How do we understand and give account of our positionality and trajectory as itinerant subjects? What tools do we have for orienting ourselves in new contexts, for mapping out stakes, problems and possibilities of relating? Contributions: Alan Moore, Amit S. Rai, Bue Rübner Hansen, Claire English, Claudia Delso, Cristina Ribas, Esquizo Grupo Barcelona, Jara Rocha, Julius, Laura Lapinskiene, Manuela Zechner, Marc Herbst, Ninaha, Sara Larsdotter Hallqvist, Paula Cobo-Guevara Situating Ourselves in Displacement 4 Contents 5 1. Conditions 11 Situating ourselves collectively, and the problem of displacement: by way of an introduction. by Manuela Zechner and Paula Cobo- 13 Some motions and meditations on displacement by Laura Lapinskiene 27 Colonial and Cannibal Orientations by Bue Rübner Hansen 41 Petrol Series by Manuela Zechner 73 2. Situatedness 81 Re-situating Precarity in Times of Crisis: Interdependence and Displacement across City-sites by Manuela Zechner 83 Figures of Fragility in Displacement: Situating Ourselves in Displacement by (some) Grupo Esquizo 103 Memory Is The Virtual Is Duration by Amit S. Rai 117 Where is Home by Julius 133 3. Displacement 137 Displacement: A Molecular Map of Discomforts by Paula Cobo-Guevara 139 Fragments from Conversations on Leaving, Staying and Claiming Space by Ninaha 147 I’m Out the Door by Alan W. Moore 169 Syncretic Space and Transversal Parties: Friday night with Calais Migrant Solidarity by Claire English 173 Making a Parallel Society Visible through Community Theatre by Sara Larsdotter Hallqvist 181 4. Tactics 193 f-r-a-g-m-e-n-t-o-s periféricos y reflexiones Atlánticas by Claudia Delso 195 An Inventory of Presence by Jara Rocha 199 Humor and Displacement by Marc Herbst 207 Score for Movement by Cristina Ribas 213 Protocolo para movimento by Cristina Ribas 217 Appendix 222