Collective Care Towards Homeostasis in the Collective Body

Authors

• D. Martins Department of Creative Arts, Technological University Dublin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.142255

Keywords:

care, collaboration, collective, rest

Abstract

This article explores how rest as resistance pushes back against self-exploitation to introduce the concept of hegemony as organic matter. The author proposes we look at present and historical hegemonies as one unified growing organism, a collective body we ourselves are a part of, and is in a state of imbalance. Homeostasis is introduced as a concept that connects care, rest and collaboration as critical elements to bring about equilibrium. The author presents their degree project: a collaboration born as a survival strategy for two exhausted and almost burnt-out students. The article concludes with a call to care.