- Title
- Flotation Devices Re-stor(y)ing Haunted South African Ocean Herstories through Mending as a Decolonial Love Language
- Creator
- McGarry, Dylan K, Droomer, Cleo
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/483389
- Identifier
- vital:78750
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2433073
- Description
- This paper engages in a dialogical meaning ∞ making between South African Story-tailor Cleo Droomer and sociologist/artist Dylan McGarry, exploring Droomer's creation of “floatation devices” or “Life(Jackets).” Using a “pedagogy of echolocation” that surfaces the living archival memory of Droomer's artworks, the authors navigate the haunted entanglements implicit with our relationships with the ocean. Their tactile research, rooted in personal and intergenerational trauma, utilizes heirloom fabrics to craft social wearable sculptures. These pieces facilitate a dialogue with his ancestors, from the apartheid-induced removal of his grandparents from the ocean to his enslaved forebears. Droomer's work highlights the ocean's role in the transatlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades, underscoring the need for recognizing it as a site of remembrance and intangible heritage. This contrasts with the acknowledgment of other sites of human suffering, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the ocean's historical significance.
- Format
- 16 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Environmental Communication, McGarry, D. and Droomer, C. (2024) ‘Flotation Devices Re-stor(y)ing Haunted South African Ocean Herstories through Mending as a Decolonial Love Language’, Environmental Communication, 19(1), pp. 29–44. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2024.2433073, Environmental Communication volume 19 number 1 29 44 2024 1752-4040
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