World Records Vol. 4 – Our Violent Commons \ The Territory of Listening

I am so pleased to have contributed a short piece to this issue of WORLD RECORDS Vol. 4: “IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS,” edited by Nicholas Gamso and Jason Fox, published by Union Docs.

My essay Our Violent Commons \ The Territory of Listening is one of the responses to a chapter from Ariella Aïsha Azoulay’s new book Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism and I discuss the wonderful film A Magical Substance Flows Into Me by Jumana Manna through this lens.

About this issue via Union Docs:

Our latest issue of World Records investigates how documentary film and video, performance art, curatorial frameworks, digital social media platforms, genetic mapping, and photojournalism can provide the grounds for collective action in the pursuit of a world worth having. 

Featuring an incredible lineup of contributors including: 

Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, Arab Image Foundation, Tania Bruguera, Nitasha Dhillon, Rayya El Zein, Irmgard Emmelhainz, Kareem Estefan, Jason Fox, Nicholas Gamso, Josh Guilford, Bonnie Honig, Jonathan Kahana, Helene Kazan, Toby Lee, Martin Lucas, MTL Collective,The Nakba Archive, The New Negress Film Society, Mariya Nikiforova, The Noncitizen Archive, Jenny Reardon, Warren Sack, Gregory Sholette, Cecilia Sjöholm, Rachel Stevens, Miriam Ticktin.