Shared experiences of state violence can forge convivial bonds among differently racialised people.

Evidence

By contrasting structural dynamics of coercive domination with everyday investments in multi-ethnic identifications, I demonstrate that the social and political implications of conviviality can be better registered when placed in relation to various forms of state violence and state racism. More specifically, I am concerned with how experiences of coercive state power can themselves encourage convivial connections, especially when people of different ethnicities encounter state violence together. I ask, how do shared experiences of heavy policing and everyday bordering create forms of ‘fellow feeling’ among differently racialised people? — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 14

Categorization

  • XREF: Inverts the usual ADDENDUM-familiar casting of conviviality as a soft sphere of everyday tolerance by relocating it inside coercive state institutions. — connects to: Shared state violence can create fellow feeling across ethnic lines. — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 46; Painful shared rituals can unite people across ethnic lines; Finding ways to see the human in racialized others underpins cross-racial solidarity. — Amit Singh, “Carnal conviviality” and the end of…, 16 (+1 more)
  • corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 14

Broader Connections