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dramaturgies within the educational institution I was part of as a student.
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dramaturgies within the educational institution I was part of as a student.
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I was curious about educational bureaucratic mechanisms being driven by
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I was curious about educational bureaucratic mechanisms being driven by
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smaller-scale paperwork struggles and peers’ narratives, stories and
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smaller-scale paperwork struggles and peers’ narratives, stories and
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experiences. However, unexpected emergencies - due to my eviction on the
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experiences. However, unexpected emergencies - my eviction on the
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31st of January 2024 - placed centrally my personal struggles unfolded
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31st of January 2024 - made central my personal struggles which then unfolded
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in parallel with the making period. I ended up conducting accidentally
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in parallel with the making period. I ended up conducting accidental
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auto-ethnography as the project was dynamically being reshaped due to
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auto-ethnography as the project was dynamically reshaped due to
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the material constraints of the bureaucratic timeline.</p>
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the material constraints of a bureaucratic timeline.</p>
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<p>Talking Documents are performative bureaucratic text inspections that
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<p>Talking Documents are performative bureaucratic text inspections that
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intend to create temporal public interventions through performative
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intend to create temporal public interventions through performative
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readings. I utilized the paperwork interface of my smaller-scale story
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readings. I utilised the paperwork interface of my smaller-scale story
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in order to unravel and foreground questions related to the role of
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in order to unravel and foreground questions related to the role of
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bureaucracy as less material border and as a regulatory mechanism
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bureaucracy as a less material border and as a regulatory mechanism
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reflecting narratives, ideologies, policies.</p>
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reflecting narratives, ideologies, policies.</p>
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<p>Central element of this project is a seven-act scenario that
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<p>A central element of this project is a seven-act scenario that
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construct my personal paperwork story, unravelling the actual struggles
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constructs my personal paperwork story, unravelling the actual struggles
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of my communication with the government. The body of the text of the
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of my communication with the government. The body of the text of the
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“theatrical” script is sourced from the original documents, email
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“theatrical” script is sourced from the original documents, email
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threads as well as recordings of the conversations with the municipality
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threads as well as recordings of the conversations with the municipality
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of Rotterdam, I documented and archived throughout this period. I
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of Rotterdam that I documented and archived throughout this period. I
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preserved the sequence of the given sentences and by discarding the
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preserved the sequence of the given sentences and by discarding the
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graphic design of the initial forms, I structured and repurposed the
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graphic design of the initial forms, I structured and repurposed the
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text into a playable scenario.</p>
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text into a playable scenario.</p>
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infrastructures. How can these re-enactments be situated in different
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infrastructures. How can these re-enactments be situated in different
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institutional contexts and examine their structures? I organized a
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institutional contexts and examine their structures? I organized a
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series of performative readings of my own bureaucratic literature in
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series of performative readings of my own bureaucratic literature in
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different spaces and contexts, pubic and semi-public WDKA, Art Meets
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different spaces and contexts, pubic and semi-public WDKA, the Art Meets
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Radical Openness Festival in Linz, the City Hall of Rotterdam where I
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Radical Openness Festival in Linz, the City Hall of Rotterdam where I
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invited people to perform the play together, like a tiny theatre.</p>
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invited people to perform the play together, like a tiny theatre.</p>
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<figure>
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<figure>
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enacting a role. “The speech does not only describe but brings things
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enacting a role. “The speech does not only describe but brings things
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into existence”(Austin, 1975). My intention was to stretch the limits of
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into existence”(Austin, 1975). My intention was to stretch the limits of
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dramaturgical speech through vocalizing a document and turning individual
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dramaturgical speech through vocalizing a document and turning individual
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administrative cases into public ones. How do the inscribed words in the
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administrative cases into public ones. How are the inscribed words in the
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documents are not descriptive but on the contrary “are instrumentalized
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documents not descriptive but on the contrary “instrumentalized
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in getting things done”(Butler,1997). Words as active agents. Bodies as
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in getting things done”(Butler,1997). Words as active agents. Bodies as
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low-tech “human microphones”. A group of people performs the
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low-tech “human microphones”. A group of people performs the
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bureaucratic scenario in chorus, out loud, in the corridor of the
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bureaucratic scenario in chorus, out loud, in the corridor of the
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