Torture, Play and the Black Experience
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2022 |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | por |
Título da fonte: | E-Compós |
Texto Completo: | https://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/2618 |
Resumo: | This essay considers how the experience of Black folk descended from slaves in North America helps us to rethink a definition of play that has been largely informed by scholars and philosophers working within a White European tradition. This tradition of play, theorized most famously by Dutch Art Historian Johan Huizinga, French Sociologist Roger Caillois, Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget, and New Zealander Brian Sutton-Smith reads play in a mostly positive sense and asserts that certain practices, namely torture, are taboo and thus cannot be play. I argue that this approach to play is short-sighted and linked to a troubling global discourse that renders the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) invisible. In other words, by defining play only through its pleasurable connotations, the term holds an epistemic bias towards people with access to the conditions of leisure. Indeed, torture helps to paint a more complete picture where the most heinous potentials of play are addressed alongside the most pleasant, yet in so doing the trauma of slavery is remembered. In rethinking this phenomenology, I aim to detail the more insidious ways that play functions as a tool of subjugation. One that hurts as much as it heals and one that has been complicit in the systemic erasure of BIPOC people from the domain of leisure. |
id |
ANPPC-1_0f1d221127baf16b83f1228bfc7668b9 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:ojs.www.e-compos.org.br:article/2618 |
network_acronym_str |
ANPPC-1 |
network_name_str |
E-Compós |
repository_id_str |
|
spelling |
Torture, Play and the Black ExperienceTortura, el Juego y la Experiencia NegraTortura, Jogo e a Experiência Negraplay studiestorturaraçaplay studiestorturarazaplay studiestortureraceThis essay considers how the experience of Black folk descended from slaves in North America helps us to rethink a definition of play that has been largely informed by scholars and philosophers working within a White European tradition. This tradition of play, theorized most famously by Dutch Art Historian Johan Huizinga, French Sociologist Roger Caillois, Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget, and New Zealander Brian Sutton-Smith reads play in a mostly positive sense and asserts that certain practices, namely torture, are taboo and thus cannot be play. I argue that this approach to play is short-sighted and linked to a troubling global discourse that renders the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) invisible. In other words, by defining play only through its pleasurable connotations, the term holds an epistemic bias towards people with access to the conditions of leisure. Indeed, torture helps to paint a more complete picture where the most heinous potentials of play are addressed alongside the most pleasant, yet in so doing the trauma of slavery is remembered. In rethinking this phenomenology, I aim to detail the more insidious ways that play functions as a tool of subjugation. One that hurts as much as it heals and one that has been complicit in the systemic erasure of BIPOC people from the domain of leisure.Éste ensayo considera cómo la experiencia de los negros descendientes de esclavos en América del Norte nos ayuda a repensar una definición de juego que ha sido informada en gran medida por académicos y filósofos que trabajan dentro de una tradición europea blanca. Esta tradición del juego, teorizada de manera más famosa por el historiador del arte holandés Johan Huizinga, el sociólogo francés Roger Caillois, el psicólogo suizo Jean Piaget y el neozelandés Brian Sutton-Smith interpreta el juego en un sentido mayormente positivo y afirma que ciertas prácticas, a saber, la tortura, son tabú, y por lo tanto no se puede ser juego. Argumento que este enfoque del juego es miope y está vinculado a un discurso global preocupante que vuelve invisibles las experiencias de las personas negras, indígenas y de color. En otras palabras, al definir el juego solo a través de sus connotaciones placenteras, el término tiene un sesgo epistémico hacia las personas con acceso a las condiciones del ocio. De hecho, la tortura ayuda a pintar un cuadro más completo donde los potenciales más atroces del juego se abordan junto con los más agradables, pero al hacerlo se recuerda el trauma de la esclavitud. Al repensar esta fenomenología, pretendo detallar las formas más insidiosas en que el juego funciona como una herramienta de subyugación. Uno que duele tanto como cura y que ha sido cómplice en el borrado sistémico de las personas BIPOC del dominio del ocio.Este ensaio considera como a experiência do povo negro descendente de escravos na América do Norte nos ajuda a repensar uma definição de jogo que tem sido amplamente determinada por pensadores e filósofos trabalhando dentro de uma tradição branca europeia. Essa tradição do jogo, teorizada mais famosamente pelo historiador holandês Johan Huizinga, pelo sociólogo francês Roger Caillois, pelo psicólogo suíço Jean Piaget e o neozelandês Brian Sutton-Smith, lê o jogo em um sentido majoritariamente positivo e garante que certas práticas, nomeadamente a tortura, são tabu, e, portanto, não podem ser jogo. Eu argumento que essa abordagem sobre o jogo é míope e se relaciona com um discurso global preocupante que torna invisíveis as experiências de povos negros, indígenas e pessoas de cor. Em outras palavras, ao definir o jogo apenas através de suas conotações prazerosas, o termo mantém um viés epistêmico em relação às pessoas com acesso às condições de lazer. De fato, a tortura nos ajuda a desenhar um quadro mais completo onde os potenciais mais hediondos do jogo podem ser abordados juntamente com os mais prazerosos, mesmo que, ao fazer isso, o trauma da escravidão seja relembrado. Ao repensar esta fenomenologia, eu foco em detalhar os modos mais insidiosos em que o jogo funciona como uma ferramenta de subjugação. Uma que machuca tanto quanto cura e uma que tem sido complacente com o apagamento sistemático de pessoas negras, indígenas e de cor do domínio do lazer.ABEC2022-07-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/261810.30962/ec.2618E-Compós; Vol. 25 (2022): E-Compós 2022E-Compós; Vol. 25 (2022): E-Compós 2022E-Compós; v. 25 (2022): E-Compós 20221808-2599reponame:E-Compósinstname:Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicaçãoinstacron:ANPPCporhttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/2618/2086Copyright (c) 2022 Aaron Trammellhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTrammell, Aaron2023-05-27T17:17:36Zoai:ojs.www.e-compos.org.br:article/2618Revistahttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/PUBhttps://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/oairevistaecompos@gmail.com1808-25991808-2599opendoar:2023-05-27T17:17:36E-Compós - Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience Tortura, el Juego y la Experiencia Negra Tortura, Jogo e a Experiência Negra |
title |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience |
spellingShingle |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience Trammell, Aaron play studies tortura raça play studies tortura raza play studies torture race |
title_short |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience |
title_full |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience |
title_fullStr |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience |
title_full_unstemmed |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience |
title_sort |
Torture, Play and the Black Experience |
author |
Trammell, Aaron |
author_facet |
Trammell, Aaron |
author_role |
author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Trammell, Aaron |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
play studies tortura raça play studies tortura raza play studies torture race |
topic |
play studies tortura raça play studies tortura raza play studies torture race |
description |
This essay considers how the experience of Black folk descended from slaves in North America helps us to rethink a definition of play that has been largely informed by scholars and philosophers working within a White European tradition. This tradition of play, theorized most famously by Dutch Art Historian Johan Huizinga, French Sociologist Roger Caillois, Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget, and New Zealander Brian Sutton-Smith reads play in a mostly positive sense and asserts that certain practices, namely torture, are taboo and thus cannot be play. I argue that this approach to play is short-sighted and linked to a troubling global discourse that renders the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) invisible. In other words, by defining play only through its pleasurable connotations, the term holds an epistemic bias towards people with access to the conditions of leisure. Indeed, torture helps to paint a more complete picture where the most heinous potentials of play are addressed alongside the most pleasant, yet in so doing the trauma of slavery is remembered. In rethinking this phenomenology, I aim to detail the more insidious ways that play functions as a tool of subjugation. One that hurts as much as it heals and one that has been complicit in the systemic erasure of BIPOC people from the domain of leisure. |
publishDate |
2022 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2022-07-12 |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
https://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/2618 10.30962/ec.2618 |
url |
https://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/2618 |
identifier_str_mv |
10.30962/ec.2618 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
por |
language |
por |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
https://www.e-compos.org.br/e-compos/article/view/2618/2086 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
Copyright (c) 2022 Aaron Trammell https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
rights_invalid_str_mv |
Copyright (c) 2022 Aaron Trammell https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
ABEC |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
ABEC |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
E-Compós; Vol. 25 (2022): E-Compós 2022 E-Compós; Vol. 25 (2022): E-Compós 2022 E-Compós; v. 25 (2022): E-Compós 2022 1808-2599 reponame:E-Compós instname:Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação instacron:ANPPC |
instname_str |
Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação |
instacron_str |
ANPPC |
institution |
ANPPC |
reponame_str |
E-Compós |
collection |
E-Compós |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
E-Compós - Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
revistaecompos@gmail.com |
_version_ |
1798045730524364800 |