The conclusion I draw from these compelling ethnographic studies is that we need to move our focus from cultural, religious, or ethnic diversity to a focus on HUMAN diversity and to see that human thought and action are never entirely reducible to the terms with which we classify, categorize, and conceptualize it
Do not let the stones stop the spirit
We are the New Temple, the Spiritual Jerusalem. Each one of us and all together
Not the animal world, not the plants’ world, not the miracle of the spheres, but man himself is now the crucial mystery. Man is the alien presence (…) in whose image society is to be transformed.
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From Brazil: Visibility. Entitlement. Self-representation. Horizontal respectful relationship. Awareness of the complexities of contemporary self-representation. Suggesting the possibility of a collective consciousness rooted in individual action. Careful not to moralize the subject, not to inscribe the work into a pre-established discourse or theory.
FROM FRANCE: Non-linear layout. The audience is given the active role of finding the route. Numerous points of view, varied perspectives, different paths. Every choice is a step ahead. Getting lost becomes the opportunity of retracing, not the same as regretting, your steps.
FROM INDIA: Art as truth and performative experience, passive resistance, peaceful protest, minimal consumption. Space for self-reflection. Call for attentiveness. Invocation to shared futures.
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If I really believe in one human race, containing equally every human being, I might look around purposefully and intentionally. Invite people into my life who don’t look/think/act like me, don’t come from where I come from. They will challenge my assumptions and offer powerful new insights.
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This world deserves to exist in a diverse way, where all of the wisdom of all peoples can contribute to our collective well-being.
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The answer to the shared question of what’s the meaning of being human and being alive would be ideally an evolving image.
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The differentiation of sex, age, and occupation are not essential to our character, but mere costumes which we wear for a time on the stage of the world.
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DNA ties us all together. Written in our DNA, our genetic code, we have a historical document that takes us back in time to the very earliest days of our species.
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Diverse, panoramic, polychromatic world VERSUS Monotonous, binary, monochromatic world
