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About Me
Teach, Learn, Share
What is it "to occupy"? What is this charged word that is spreading like wildfire and inciting us to reclaim public space? It reminds some of us of invasion, colonization-as in "an occupied nation." At the same time, the Occupy Movement is pointing toward a different sense of the word: something more like a taking back, a holding of space in order to open it up toward new collective possibilities. From its Latin roots, "to occupy" can, in fact, mean to seize a space against the status quo and to turn it towards something new. To occupy is to construct a space in which we can engage in the craft-the occupation-of enacting the world we long for.
Countries I’ve Visited
Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain
Countries I’ve Lived In
France, Spain, United Kingdom