Visibilities: art and data on feminicide
This community event focused on how feminicide is made visible, particularly the intersection of artistic practices and data to raise awareness of gender-based violence and feminicide.
We met three organizations representing relatives of victims of feminicide: Atravesadxs por el Femicidio (Argentina), the December 19 Coordinator, and the Association of Relatives of Victims of Femicide, both from Chile. We also explored artistic practices and how they serve as a tool for highlighting gender-based violence. And finally, artists Marby Blanco and Alejandra García and the No Estamos Todas collective led two workshops to work with feminicide data through embroidery and illustration, respectively.
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Participants
More than numbers: Voices of families of victims of femicide:
- Claire Brannigan (facilitator)
- Atravesadxs por el Femicidio (Argentina)
- Coordinadora 19 de diciembre (Chile)
- Agrupación de Familiares de Víctimas de Femicidios (Chile)
Data and artistic practices in the fight against feminicide :
- Jimena Acosta (facilitator)
- Colectiva de artistas SJF (intervention in Zócalo, Mexico)
- No Estamos Todas
- Marby Blanco y Alejandra García (Cortar el hilo project)
- Alice Driver (writer, More or Less Dead)
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Reflections on the conversation
In More than Numbers: Voices of Families of Feminicide Victims, we learned about the struggle of Chilean organizations to commemorate a Day Against Feminicide every December 19th and the collaboration of organizations to raise awareness and visibility about this issue nationwide.
Additionally, the discussion focused on the struggle of families of feminicide victims and those who have disappeared in democracy to make their situation visible and demand reparation and justice. In this regard, the lack of institutional support and the fight against sexist stereotypes are constant challenges.
Finally, the activists highlighted the importance of using the media to raise the voices of victims of feminicide and pressure judges to consider the gender perspective. They also discussed the lack of accurate data on feminicides and the need for public policies based on reliable information.
In Data and Artistic Practices in the Fight Against Feminicide, we learned how the intersection of data and artistic practices makes visible the struggle against feminicide, creating a collective memory through actions in public spaces and digital art. One of the key reflections was the importance of care in communicating data. Demonstrating empathy and sensitivity in the representation of personal stories and feminicide is crucial in the creation of artistic works and political activism. This importance lies in the ethics of care and responsibility in the dissemination of sensitive information.