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To be in a liminal space together as a summer camp, willing to create in group a notebook about the Southern Question, isnt in contrast with the old anthropological practice to investigate at the margin. Nevertheless, we arent here to do research, so I'm wondering what should be highlighted at this stage. Looks like political activism, academic knowledge, and Arts are the keywords so far, also they are equipment and territory of action to collectively realize something. To be in a liminal space together as a summer camp, willing to create in group a notebook about the Southern Question, isnt in contrast with the old anthropological practice to investigate at the margin. Nevertheless, we arent here to do research, so I'm wondering what should be highlighted at this stage. Looks like political activism, academic knowledge, and Arts are the keywords so far, also they are equipment and territory of action to collectively realize something.
In the first two nights at MACC we assisted two scholars' lectures. Brutal summarization: both Habib Ayed and ![](author:iainchambers.md) in the lectures were scholars doing speeches about some political injustices in a museum: Habib spoke about how Tunisine “crop substation" was colonized and transformed in “crop market”; ![](author:iainchambers.md) spoke about the hegemony of west in the Mediterranean area. In addition to this, they decided to use the ingredients of art in their lectures: cinema and music. In the first two nights at MACC we assisted two scholars' lectures. Brutal summarization: both Habib Ayed and ![](author:iainchambers.md) in the lectures were scholars doing speeches about some political injustices in a museum: Habib spoke about how Tunisine “crop substation" was colonized and transformed in “crop market”; ![](author:iainchambers.md) spoke about the hegemony of west in the Mediterranean area [^1]. In addition to this, they decided to use the ingredients of art in their lectures: cinema and music.
We are facing complexity, so I conclude with a suggestive quote to skip it at this stage. ![](author:marthanussbaum.md), in her book *The Monarchy of Fear* (2018)[^1] claims that emotion have an important role in society: We are facing complexity, so I conclude with a suggestive quote to skip it at this stage. ![](author:marthanussbaum.md), in her book *The Monarchy of Fear* (2018)[^2] claims that emotion have an important role in society:
> emotions can destabilize a community and fragment it, or they can produce better coAoperation and more energetic striving toward justice - (![Nussbaum](author:marthanussbaum.md), 2018: 53) > emotions can destabilize a community and fragment it, or they can produce better coAoperation and more energetic striving toward justice - (![Nussbaum](author:marthanussbaum.md), 2018: 53)
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> is not about authoritative pronouncements. It is not about one person claiming to be deeper than others or making allegedly wise assertions. It is about leading the “examined life, with humility about how little we really understand, with a commitment to arguments that are rigorous, reciprocal, and sincere, and with a willingness to listen to others as equal participants and to respond to what they offer - ![Nussbaum](author:marthanussbaum.md), 2018: 46-47. > is not about authoritative pronouncements. It is not about one person claiming to be deeper than others or making allegedly wise assertions. It is about leading the “examined life, with humility about how little we really understand, with a commitment to arguments that are rigorous, reciprocal, and sincere, and with a willingness to listen to others as equal participants and to respond to what they offer - ![Nussbaum](author:marthanussbaum.md), 2018: 46-47.
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