Calling All Denizens: Resource Book
Calling All Denizens: Resource Book
Calling All Denizens is a participatory research project that facilitates conversations, workshops, and programs that aim to cooperatively imagine the new political practice of denizenship as an alternative to the notion of citizenship. “Denizen,” derived from Latin deintus, literally means “from within,” but has historically been used in reference to foreign residents who are granted limited rights in the states in which they reside. Calling All Denizens partners with individuals and organizations to explore the notions of “from within” and “from without” as they pertain to the nuances of citizenship, sovereignty, migration, exile, and diasporas. In response to a history of race-based exclusion to citizenship and processes of identity-erasing assimilation in the United States, Calling All Denizens aims to give rise to a more compassionate, ethical, and genuine vision of a liberated society that holds its denizens dear. The resource book compiles research on the history of American citizenship and a workshop plan that the project draws from. It was originally published by the Women's Studio Workshop as an artist book, and this trade copy is independently published by Kimi Hanauer.
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