Readings from Continent Aflame: Philipa Rothfield reads 'The Taste of Reality’

Readings from Continent Aflame: Philipa Rothfield reads 'The Taste of Reality’

Philipa Rothfield is Honorary Professor of Dance and Philosophy of the Body at the University of Southern Denmark, and Honorary Faculty at La Trobe University. She is Creative Adviser at Dancehouse, Melbourne, and co-author of Practising with Deleuze, (Edinburgh University Press). Her book, Dance and the Corporeal Uncanny (Routledge) was published in 2020.

‘The Taste of Reality’ by Philipa Rothfield

On 14 January 2020, the Australian bushfires were such that Melbourne experienced the worst air quality in the world. Breathing this air, the author is put in touch with the fires differently relative to the way she can experience them through media images and stories. How can this literal taste of reality become powerful caution against desire, once the fires are out, for a return to business as usual?

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