Public session of reading group PLUG, which aims to raise awareness of media representations of racial stereotypes.
PLUG is an initiative of Bel Parnell-Berry & Egbert Martina
The main objective of this reading group session will be to instigate an aesthetic analysis of how and when racialised bodies become edible bodies.
How do characters perpetuated in the media embody an edible state? How far is it arguable that this ‘edible state’ of the Other fulfils the nourishment and consumption of an audience? From this session, the organisers hope that participants will appreciate a more critical observation of the media and also that PLUG can contribute in a meaningful manner.
For those in or around Amsterdam today, this is the last session of the season for the PLUG reading group. It’s open to the general public and everyone can join the conversation. There will be a presentation by Egbert Martina (one of the group founders, together with Bel Parnell-Berry) and a panel discussion (you can hear my usual rants with the added bonus of screeching tone inflexion).
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