Bystander Awareness refers to our ability to observe and understand an event taking place, especially one that involves potential harm or conflict, without directly participating. In the context of the workshop mentioned, "reimagining bystander awareness" involves exploring how individuals within the Black British experience public conflict as a rite of passage and how community can play an active and supportive role in cultural building and conflict resolution.
Bystander Awareness for Culture Building
Explore with us the reimagining of 'bystander awareness' for Black British individuals seeking to create new rites and ways of being. Delve into ancestral tools and aspirations for the future, fostering networks of care, honouring grief and embracing embodied practices.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO: Black, Mixed Black and those in the African diaspora within Britain
WHEN: 14th March, 2pm - 4pm
WHERE: via Zoom [link to be emailed]
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Facilitator: Camille Barton
Camille is a self-described Social Imagineer who operates as a catalyst for social change, dedicated to creating networks of care and liveable futures. She works as an artist, facilitator, consultant and curator across the realms of embodied social justice, grief, pleasure and drug policy.
“I cross pollinate ideas and approaches from various fields, whilst weaving in trauma informed, care based practices. Alongside my visionary imagination, I am able to inspire and support people and organisations to build new infrastructure that can support liveable futures.”
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More about The Arkhe Project
The Arkhe
British-born Black people have shared roots with the rest of the Black Afrikan Disapora, which can often influence our foundational sense of selves. Caribbean, West African, and African American cultures heavily feature in our everyday lives. Although we may access diaspora and heritage, these cultures were not designed with our context in mind. As the ‘Black British’ demographic becomes more pronounced, there is an increasing need for a culture that is intentionally built by us, for us.
Meaning ‘first principle’, the Arkhe is a semi-tangible embassy and vessel for Black Brits. It will first ‘dock’ at MAIA’s Yard Art House, before making visitations across the country.
An Afro-Speculative project, the Arkhe is the first morphological Black British Institution, designed to equip British-born Afro/Black people with 1) historical and contextual education; 2) intentional, foundational Black British culture-building staples and rites; 3) and ways to gather, celebrate and organise despite limited access to space.