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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15877
dc.contributor.author	Ruffini Rosaria
dc.title	The Walk: A Participatory Performative Action Across the Borders of Europe
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The chapter analyses the artistic action The Walk, performed across 9 borders by an international network of artists and citizens in support of asylum seekers. At the core of the performance is a giant puppet representing a little girl who walks 8,000 km from the Syria-Turkey border to the United Kingdom. Through this participatory march, The Walk attempts an act of spatial and urban decolonisation, designing an alternative public space. This paper analyses the case study by applying a practice-led approach combining Performance Studies and Migration Studies, and focusing on three main issues: the performative praxes of spatial politics, the relational process of creation, and the theatrical languages for a counter-narrative about migration.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi e ricerche
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-01-26
dc.dateAccepted	2022-10-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-07-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-678-7/the-walk-a-participatory-performative-action-acros/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-677-0/010
dc.identifier.issn	2610-993X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9123
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-678-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-677-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Borders
dc.subject	Participatory art and public spaces
dc.subject	Performance and spatial politics
dc.subject	Theatre and refugees

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The Walk: A Participatory Performative Action Across the Borders of Europe

Rosaria Ruffini Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The chapter analyses the artistic action The Walk, performed across 9 borders by an international network of artists and citizens in support of asylum seekers. At the core of the performance is a giant puppet representing a little girl who walks 8,000 km from the Syria-Turkey border to the United Kingdom. Through this participatory march, The Walk attempts an act of spatial and urban decolonisation, designing an alternative public space. This paper analyses the case study by applying a practice-led approach combining Performance Studies and Migration Studies, and focusing on three main issues: the performative praxes of spatial politics, the relational process of creation, and the theatrical languages for a counter-narrative about migration.

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Jan. 26, 2023

Accepted

Oct. 21, 2022

Submitted

July 13, 2022

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978-88-6969-678-7

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978-88-6969-677-0

Keywords: Participatory art and public spaces • Performance and spatial politics • Theatre and refugees • Borders

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-677-0/010

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