Book Review Aminata Cairo: Holding Space 2021

"A Storytelling Approach to Trampling Diversity and Inclusion"

Alexandra Loembé werd gevraagd om te performen bij het evenement. Dit was een improvisatie op de voorgelezen tekst door Aminata Cairo.

"In Holding Space Aminata Cairo presents her own, unique vision in the promotion of inclusion that far surpasses the standard diversity & inclusion approach. She grounds her work in Indigenous knowledge, the blues aesthetics, holy hip hop, and Caribbean and black feminist theories. She engages her audience utilizing storytelling, with the ultimate goal of creating a new story, collectively. Her book presentation utilizes readings, song, and dance to challenge the audience to take a closer look at themselves and each other, raising the question what it really takes to collectively create an environment of equality and validation. It is about us, all of us, is her message, as she forces us to feel, hear, and own that. Her book presentation is not a reading, it is" an experience."

8 juni 2021. Pakhuis De Zwijger.