Dr Malaika Cunningham
@malaikaeliza
Practice researcher with @Artsadmn @CUSP_uk. Theatre maker with @TheBareProject. Democracy, participatory performance, land justice etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
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The Sheffield Creative Guild has been such an important part of the creative ecology in the city over the past 7 years. Building a much needed democratic infrastructure to support & connect freelancers and small orgs. Such upsetting news. Another covid causality.
Theatre of the Oppressed folks: let's support Escola de Teatro Popular Escola de Teatro Popular ETP in Brazil right now as they launch a massive street theatre campaign to help take down Bolsonaro! This matters to all of us: pls give/share! gofund.me/0de18e6c
You're invited to a potluck at Toynbee Studios! Over food, conversation and toasts, we will explore the politics and importance of Rest & Slowness. Co-hosted by Dr Malaika Cunningham and Luncheonette for #SayYesToWhoOrWhatTurnsUp Free, booking required: artsadmin.co.uk/events/rest-an…
Loved sharing the #PeoplesPalaceofPossibility with @CCScotland in Glasgow last night. Some stellar new contributions to the Palace Archive! Glaswegians: keep your eyes peeled for some utopian vandalism around Many Studios. @TheBareProject #GreenTease Citizen Participation - [email protected] Claire Dufour
We have arrived at St. Andrews House and are getting ready to perform From Pillar to Post! Thank you Open Government Scotland for inviting us. Wonder what civil servants will make of Forum Theatre?! #dramafordemocracy
Last month, Luncheonette and Dr Malaika Cunningham co-hosted a potluck at Artsadmin, featuring a series of toasts from Jennie, Malaika and zoe laureen palmer. Here is an abridged collection of these beautiful reflections on Rest & Slowness: artsadmin.co.uk/rest-and-slown… 📸Photos by Christa Holka
Speaking to our addiction to #productivity, to usefulness, about how this feeds #capitalism, colonial violence, environmental and personal destruction, Dr Malaika Cunningham argues that rest and slowness might actually be the most important act of #resistance. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/a/blog-…
This Thursday (10am - 12pm) I'll be joining CollectiveEncounters to explore performance, democracy & civic engagement. If you're interested in the ways in which performance practice can intersect with democratic innovations - this is for you! Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/democracy-ci…
'Its utopian energy was an explicit expression that within rot, decay and sludge new worlds metabolise...' Read the last in Dr Malaika Cunningham's blog series 'Real Utopias', exploring performance practice, radical hospitality and participatory democracy: artsadmin.co.uk/the-utopian-sp…