Compliance with Maysam Ghani
About this Event
Making our way through the world - we all undertake strategies to help make the task of doing so easier - throughout our third session we will interrogate the idea of compliance and trace its aftereffects. The violences that uphold the world order are constituted by myths - the central one being, that its brutalities are justified and necessary - to believe is to comply. To usurp the ways in which we accept or are coerced into accepting the status quo, or become numb to it, we must first recognize the limits of our own imagination. Compliance can be a survival strategy or a means of surrender or protection - the ability to make choices and resist is weaponized against the most marginalized. Insurgent grammars refute these beliefs and expands our thinking against the stultifying qualities of empire - to think differently, we must first understand how our thinking itself became compromised.
This session will be facilitated by featured poet, Maysam Ghani and Tender Possibilities’ founder, Farhia Tato alongside an installation by featured visual artists Soledad Fátima Muñoz and Nala Haileselassie.
Maysam Ghani is a Palestinian educator, grassroots organizer and poet based in Toronto. In her research, she is interested in the intersections of counterinsurgency, cultural resistance, popular poetry and popular education rooted in a long lineage of Palestinian resistance culture.
This series is made possible with support from: Toronto Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and Scarborough Arts. With special thanks to our community partners: East Scarborough Storefront, East End Arts and Riverdale Hub.
Transit reimbursement:
As part of the summer sessions, we’re offering fare reimbursement for public transit riders (PRESTO 2-Ride Tickets in person, and up to $10 in reimbursement for GO Transit or other regional transit fares prior to the sessions). If you’d like to opt in, please email [email protected] with the best email address or phone number for e-transfer and the amount of reimbursement requested.TTC service is available via the 28 Bayview South bus from Davisville subway station. The free Evergreen Shuttle Bus also runs seven days a week, year-round, between Broadview Station and Evergreen Brick Works. It departs every 30–45 minutes from the Broadview Subway Station Parkette, located on Erindale Avenue next to Broadview Station.
Childcare support:
During each session we can have up to two people who can provide on-site childcare services to support parents and caregivers if requested. Depending on the day, this may include an arts and crafts activity inside or around the Children’s Garden which is the meet up point for the session and/or a walking tour of Evergreen Brick Works which will end at the location of the session. If you need this type of support, sign up here or e-mail [email protected]!
Agenda
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Snacks and refreshments
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Session begins!
Where is it happening?
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