WHERE: Grassy area outside Senate Building and Rutherford College
WHEN: Sunday, 15:00-16:00
During the recent occupations of Wall Street in New York and outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, public order restrictions made it impossible to electronically amplify speeches to the gathered crowds. In response to this, the occupiers developed the technique of mass repetition of the speaker’s words so that everyone could hear what was being said. This technique has a long history, and was used in large public addresses by Gandhi.
We are re-enacting this method of amplification, and are encouraging all visitors to the festival to take part! Join us at 15:00 as we give voice to members of the refugee communities based in Canterbury and East Kent, and try to project our voices towards the city centre. The more people taking part, the further our sound will carry.
Project/Resist is made up of Chris Henry, Iain MacKenzie, Hannah Richter, Stefan Rossbach; all members of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent and connected to the MA in Political Theory and Practices of Resistance.