Everyday resistance: Thinking, making, and living in the material world

An exploration of intertwining histories, cultures and materials

What does resistance mean? How can individuals and communities resist hegemonic social orders? Can resistance occur without new forms of subjugation, transgression without the (re)institution of new norms (Michel Foucault, 1977; Ephraim Das Janssen, 2017)? Does resistance ever have an end goal? These questions are repeated in the fields of philosophy, political theory, history and beyond.

This two-day conference aims to centre resistance as it is already lived and embodied, including in practices that do not appear immediately “political” , and through materials and forms of making historically subjugated (Kirsty Robertson, 2011; Roszika Parker, 1984).

Co-organised by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics and the Design Activism research strand of the Centre for Design History, this interdisciplinary encounter aims to join theoretical research and historical inquiry. Together, we will explore practical and material ways by which people resist hegemonic orders, remake social structures, and challenge other oppressive systems.

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