Bird Song in Bijlmermeer: The Poetry and Politics of Intimate Entanglements
Talk by Nadia Christidi (writer, artist, PhD researcher at MIT), Q&A
What can bird singing competitions organized by Surinamese-origin communities in Bijlmermeer tell us about colonialism, indentured labour, and transnational migration? Drawing on Donna Haraway’s notion of “naturecultures,” anthropologist Anna Tsing’s emphasis on “friction” in global connections, and Susan Stewart’s writing on the miniature, this talk explores intimate entanglements in southeast Amsterdam and beyond as a lens onto the lived realities of glocal forces and an entry point for their narration.
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