Description
This paper takes inspiration from Ailton Krenak’s reflections on ‘affective alliances’ that presuppose bonds between worlds that are not equal, calling upon us to slow down as we ponder the radical inequality of both ‘people and beings’ as we inhabit our daily lives and think about world politics. Following Krenak, I explore what it might mean to be ‘in constellation’ with human and more-than-human others, in proximity and at a distance, as ethical, political, academic, and creative practice. Zooming in on ways of knowing, being and co-creating that affirm interdependence rather than disconnection I glean resources from reflexive writing, critical pedagogy, and art-based research to encourage more plural sensibilities to selfhood, otherness, and our embeddedness in the more-than-human world.
