Project description DEENESFRITPL A collective demand for care: paving the way for a new ethical approach If a collective whole acknowledges vulnerability as a condition that all individuals embody, would this not promote practices of care as an essentially shared task? The EU-funded ChoreoCare project, in support of this argument, aims to form a new public ethics of care theory. To achieve this goal, it will use the newly defined concept of "choreographies of care" as well as collective performances such as the feminist strikes organised in Argentina and Mexico in March 2020, the "Wall of Moms" public demonstration in Portland, Oregon in July 2020, and ancient Greek theatre. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The project assumes the “vulnerability paradigm” as a theoretical framework that enables an innovative understanding of collective social, political, health-related, and economic phenomena, including the protests against structural racism that have been organized inside and outside the United States after George Floyd’s death on May 25th. ChoreoCare aims to shape a new ethical approach by framing an argument in favour of it situated in political theory. The argument is that, if a collectivity recognizes vulnerability as a condition that all individuals embody, although each one in a different way and with different resources, it will also promote practices of care as a necessarily shared task. I have coined the notion of “choreographies of care”, which identifies the public and concerted mode of acting together performed by subjects who recognize their own and the others’ social embeddedness, embodied vulnerabilities, and mutual dependencies. ChoreoCare adds to feminist theorists who have remarked the importance of how a bodily political performance is narrated and acted out in public discourse, insisting on the urgency of counter-narratives. It takes into consideration the aesthetics of different collective efforts in the name of care. I have selected several scenes in which vulnerability is exhibited and, I claim, a collective demand for care is in place. I will compare and connect the political discourse related to feminist collective actions, ranging from the feminist strikes organized in Argentina and Mexico in March 2020 with the aim to protest violence against women, to the “Wall of Moms”, a public demonstration that took place in Portland, Oregon in July 2020 in support of the Black Lives Matter protests. We can find examples of this kind of collective performances also in the ancient Greek theatre. I will dedicate a specific portion of this research to my own interpretation of Sophocles’ Antigone, which is a staple in feminist theory. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical communicationsocial sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiesracial inequalitysocial sciencessociologygender studieswomen’s studieshumanitiesartsperforming artsdramaturgyhumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophypolitical philosophy Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-GF - Global Fellowships Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA Net EU contribution € 251 002,56 Address VIA DELL ARTIGLIERE 8 37129 Verona Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Verona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 251 002,56 Partners (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. DE PAUL UNIVERSITY United States Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 1 E JACKSON BLVD 60604-2287 Chicago See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 165 265,92
