All Outputs (5)

Parasitic projects and the politics of research-creation. (2024)
Book Chapter
CLARKE, J. 2025. Parasitic projects and the politics of research-creation. In Sansi, R. and Tinius, J. (eds.) The trouble with art: an anthropology beyond philistinism. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 9, pages 171-190. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003283683-13

This chapter considers the possibility of a 'symmetrical' anthropology by examining three 'parasitic' projects – collaborative, public projects at the borders of art and anthropology, which address the politics of authorship, intimacy and knowledge –... Read More about Parasitic projects and the politics of research-creation..

The generative nature of parasites: an experimental essay on parasites and autotheory. (2024)
Journal Article
CLARKE, J. 2024. The generative nature of parasites: an experimental essay on parasites and autotheory. International journal of education and the arts [online], 25(special issue 1): art for the sake of care, article number 1.2. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26209/ijea25si1.2

This visual and poetic essay draws on the concept of the parasite from French philosopher Michele Serres, evolved into an artistic methodology within the author's ongoing project Feminist Hospitalities (2020-). Situated within the context of ongoing... Read More about The generative nature of parasites: an experimental essay on parasites and autotheory..

Field/works II: generating ecologies of trust. [Exhibition] (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Field/works II: generating ecologies of trust. [Exhibition]. Exhibited from 18 July 2024, [online exhibition]. Hosted on EASAonline [online]. Available from: https://fieldworks.easaonline.org/

The theme of this exhibition is inspired by Isabelle Stengers and Didier Debaise's call to rebel against the "suspicion-based" epistemology of modern sciences, and to fight back with what Félix Guattari called the "polyphonic arts", building trust-ge... Read More about Field/works II: generating ecologies of trust. [Exhibition].

Jen Clarke on Phoebe Banks' "Girl in a pub toilet". [Blog post] (2024)
Digital Artefact
CLARKE, J. 2024. Jen Clarke on Phoebe Banks' "Girl in a pub toilet". [Blog post]. Posted on LUX Scotland [online], 31 May 2024. Available from: https://luxscotland.org.uk/programme/writing/jen-clarke-on-phoebe-banks-girl-in-a-pub-toilet

In this blog post, the author responds to "Girl in a Pub Toilet" (2024), by Phoebe Banks - a moving image artwork that explores grief and the fleeting intimacies of stranger-friendships.

Feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites. (2024)
Journal Article
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

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 researc... Read More about Feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites..