Mutual Aid Around the World
This workshop seeks to explore the emerging global phenomenon of mutual aid in the pandemic era. We invite mutual aid practitioners and researchers from Italy, China, and Argentina. They will share observations from the ground as well as offer insights about the embedded structural issues. How do we measure the benefits and risks of mutual […]
This workshop seeks to explore the emerging global phenomenon of mutual aid in the pandemic era. We invite mutual aid practitioners and researchers from Italy, China, and Argentina. They will share observations from the ground as well as offer insights about the embedded structural issues. How do we measure the benefits and risks of mutual aid? What is the relationship between mutual aid assistance and state assistance? How might mutual aid in the pandemic differ from that in other circumstances? With connections and comparisons between different countries, we hope to altogether reimagine and move towards a future full of new possibilities of care.
SPEAKERS
Elia Zaru: PhD candidate in Cultures and Societies of Contemporary Europe at the Scuola Normale Superiore; activist of “Radio Onda d’Urto”;
Maisa Bascuas & Ana Julia Bustos: feminist and popular activist from Buenos Aires, Argentina;
ZHIZHU: independent filmmaker; mutual aid practitioner in the Wuhan quarantine.
MODERATOR
Tania Rispoli