Themes

LJP is designed as a collaborative, participatory project that is grounded in research justice.

Embodied Social Justice Defined

Our Humanity

ESJ, very broadly, includes a range of healing modalities, also referred to as “politicized somatics”* (link to somatics def/quotes?): “Somatics can remind us that we are human, connected to a much wider fabric of life. Objectification of others and disconnection from the land and our living environments require us to numb, separate, and dissociate. Sadly, we as a species are fairly good at this. Not feeling ourselves allows us to not feel others. Opening to our own senses, perceiving, and aliveness allows us to develop and remember our empathy and interdependence.” (Haines 2019: 22- confirm)

The following videos are clips in which Living Justice collaborators responded to this question. We invite you to watch, listen, or review the transcripts here.

As you do, we invite you to keep in mind that….

Definitions are not fixed: These answers were offered in the context of the Living
Justice Time Capsule, which was conducted between July and December 2022. by
the time you are viewing these clips, collaborators’ answers will have developed, shifted,
or changed.
Conversation is always emergent and situated: These are all impromptu,
unscripted answers that arose in the context of situated co-investigations between
Sonya Pritzker, Baili Gall, and 1-3 other collaborators. For this reason, all videos are
shown in gallery view.
Meaning is intimate: All of these clips depict moments of vulnerability, investigation,
and experimentation as collaborators responded to the question of what embodied social
justice meant to them at the time.

Deep Gratitude,
Sonya