Feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites.

Clarke, Jennifer

Abstract

This essay emerges from an anthropological and artistic exploration of the concept of the parasite or para-sitic used as a developing methodology, in the context of a long-term, ongoing project I call "Feminist Hospitalities" (2020-). In this research report, I do not present a traditional ethnographic account of research activity, and instead outline anthropological and philosophical concepts (feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites) that underpin my hybrid "art-anthropology" approach, which I introduce and reflect on here as a form of autotheory, interspersed with a selection of the 20 visual works I created. This entanglement of theory, life and artistic practice involves transformations of form, across image, language and indeed across languages performatively "translated", filtered and rendered through a variety of digital tools, performative events and visual art making. Finally, I share a small example of this work: a para-sitic poem, published alongside art works, entitled "Parasites".

Citation

CLARKE, J. 2024. Feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites. Northeast Asian studies [online], 28, pages 91-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.50974/0002000664

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 28, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Feb 28, 2024
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2024
• Deposit Date: Oct 18, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 18, 2024
• Journal: Northeast Asian studies
• Print ISSN: 1343-9332
• Publisher: Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Pages: 91-105
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.50974/0002000664
• Keywords: Feminism; Feminism and art; Feminism and anthropology
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2531930