Today's guest speaker, Teya Sepinuck's work at the intersection of peacebuilding and performance was fascinating. The excerpts from Living with Life brought up a lot of questions. The question of race came up in class and it makes me wonder if structural violence played a part in the races of the participants. Similarly, I wonder if and how and structural violence played a role in the fact that there were no women "lifers". Was that because the piece was structured around men and as a result limited the participation of women or was it because there simply weren't female "lifers" to have participate due to structural violence? I also wonder if these performances have an impact beyond the healing process that is evident. Are there ever policy changes or formal actions taken by authoritative bodies as a result of the performances?
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