Calling for Response(s)                            

from Yvonne Billimore
                                                                                                           
An invitation, a proposition, a provocation, an open call: how might I-you-we call attention to
Feminist[i] Collective[ii] Research[iii] Practices[iv]

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In worlds of collective practice there is a fine line between what’s yours and what’s mine. I long to work collectively - to generously practice collectivity - to listen, share and learn without anxiety and suspicion, without holding our cards too close. To support and be supported, without barriers or baggage. Whilst... simultaneously appreciating that the baggage is just as valid as the vibrations and intimate bonds, both are carried together and hold new possibilities. This is a call for Feminist Collective Research Practices. A call that functions as an open carrier bag[1] for the holding of a collection of approaches. You are invited to contribute to its contents.

This is an invitation to formulate, to exchange and to raise the possibilities (and complexities) for Feminist Collective Research Practices. The responses to this call are not intended to form a manifesto, there is not a deadline, contributions can shift, they are not set in stone. As a collection of examples, experiences, methodologies, projects, proposals and half-baked ideas[2] they can be constantly evolving, re-forming and merging, they can be edited and re-edited. I propose a common index where contributions can cross reference and entangle, perhaps it’s a starting point for you…

Please email questions, suggestions, contributions to: f-c-r-p(at)riseup.net



[1] A leaf a gourd a shell a net a bag a sling a sack a bottle a pot a box a container. A holder. A recipient (The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin)

[2] With special thanks to Petronella Grönroos for thinking through half-baked ideas together.



This call for response(s) features in speakerspeaker Journal no.2 collectivity edited and produced by Gentian Rhosa Meikleham and as such is an extension of her desire for collective dialogue composed of a range of voices—a desire that we both share.