Performance of protest: People with learning disabilities march in the streets of Trondheim, Norway, 2019. Chapter 5
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Glørstad, V. (2024). Performance of Protest: People with Learning Disabilities March in the Streets of Trondheim, Norway, 2019. In V. Glørstad, T. P. Østern, T. McCaffrey, K. Chikonzo & N. Chivandikwa (Eds.), Theatre and Performing Arts, Disability Citizenship and Community Development – Perspectives from the Global South and North (pp. 109–130). Cappelen Damm Akademisk. https://cdforskning.no/cdf/catalog/book/226Abstract
Abstract: This chapter addresses how people with learning disabilities in the city of Trondheim, Norway, spoke up regarding the precarity of their living conditions through the demonstration, Life Matters, in 2019. I approach this performance of protest through the lens of performativity and the civil right of freedom of assembly. The research question is: How may the power of assembly strengthen citizen practice and citizen status for people with learning disabilities? Through an illustrative case methodology, I argue that the embodied character of the demonstration created a plural form of agency. The power people have, when coming together, is itself an important political prerequisite, which may also strengthen the position of people with learning disabilities as political subjects and citizens.
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