Conjuring catastrophe: dysphoric writing, word spells and dissident rituals

Abstract

This article is an extended conjure which invokes, convenes and provokes the academic inter-disciplinarity and the writing un-disciplinarity, through a rebellious and dysphoric narrative, as resistance to the rigidity of normative frames. Starting from a practice of body dislocation, by the anamnetic arrangement, spells are woven to exorcise the catastrophe. The (de)composition of the text is infected by audio, poetic and performative resources which shape a sort of dissident and (a)theological rituality. Ending with an invitation to silence, it is hoped to mobilize sentiments of hope in these unprecedented times.