i would advocate that for some people, it is a radical act to learn how to look at the world through your own eyes. And i think you're suggesting that we need to be willing to make ourselves uncomfortable in order to do that. Rather than too stay in our positions and projecting, we need t be able to do something more radical. A because most people don't know how to use their eyes, don't. One of the tasks, and and a thought a games that does help to train that, is to ask yourself, is there any emotion, any phenomena, any feelings i have experienced, seen or perceived? That don't have any word in any language that i know of
Language is expressive, a way of opening doors or a tool for creating new dialogue. But a tool so powerful can also take us to unforeseen or unintended places. It can create narratives that become fixed, unhelpful, or exclusionary. Kübra Gümüsay is a writer and activist focusing on social justice and public discourse. Her new book is Speaking and Being, which looks at the power of words, asking whether language creates freeing new spaces or plays a part in walling them off. Our host for the discussion is Danielle Sands, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway University in London, where she works across disciplines bridging philosophy, literary studies and critical theory.
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