Collective creation blog #2
As we move through this creative space, I realize not
only are we talking in terms of space we share publicly, we have to think in
terms of space in time in space and time. We are a group of people who span
many years and have lived in different countries, because of this we see space
and time differently. Even on a simple level, in Montreal there is an Anglo
space and a French space, As gender we occupy space differently ( take a look at how much space some men occupy on a bus compared to
some women) go to a public event and see the lines of women wanting to utilize the
washroom, while men, So, who is afforded space? think of People with disabilities
who cannot participate in activities because of accessibility. I started thinking
of this while listening to CBC this morning, they were talked about the
segregated Canada, there were Indian hospitals, towns like Dresden Ontario which would
not allow black people to eat in restaurants or use bowling lanes etc. and who
could forget viola Desmond being removed from the cinema in Nova Scotia. I
think how older folk look at and use public space, I certainly do look at it differently from
the younger participants. In Quebec women could not
even acquire a bank account, lease a house or get hydro hook up without the signature of a male.. so an
exercise, as marginalized folk, either by gender, race, sexuality, religion,disability
etc;
Could you jump in a time travel machine and go randomly to anywhere in
the past? As for that matter we can never tell what the future has for us. As for the other space, cyberspace, I have to look to the young, I have to
look for them because they are too busy texting or tweeting or face booking to
look up. In many ways they share public space in a greater way over continents,
time zones, semi publicly in places and in languages I can’t even begin to
comprehend. In that sense we have to
talk about what is private in cyberspace? and how can they be so private in public?
I am cheating I think because this will be posted on our collective site which I urge you to go to
