#2: Collaboration

Youssef & Emmet discuss the impossibility of collaborating under capitalism, the impossibility of not collaborating in theatre, & question the avoidability of collaboration with corporations.Show Notes:A short history of neoliberalism, a speech by Susan George (Transnational Institute, TNI): ⁠https://www.tni.org/en/article/a-short-history-of-neoliberalism⁠Neoliberalism: The idea that swallowed the world by Stephen Metcalf (The Guardian): ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/aug/18/neoliberalism-the-idea-that-changed-the-world⁠David Harvey: The persistence of neoliberalism despite its loss of legitimacy (The Real News Network): ⁠https://youtu.be/KvPNOp97x-k?si=4PjXZ3Q-ZBQ9uzTl⁠Mechanical vs. Organic Solidarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGargZd9KkQ⁠Tyranny of Rights by Brewster Kneen: https://web.archive.org/web/20180812212152/http://ramshorn.ca/the-tyranny-of-rights⁠Tony Kushner's essay "With A Little Help From My Friends" is published in some editions of Angels in America, & in a collection of his work called Thinking About The Longstanding Problems of Virtue & Happiness. Locals in the Perth area can borrow it from the Kitchen Theatre Project library at the Perkolator Creative Collective, & locals elsewhere can probably find it in a public or academic library near you.Poor Theatre & Theatre of the Oppressed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sSLz5t7a5MAnne Washburn discusses the collaborative creation process of Mr. Burns: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uErMi99Ow120BqdqzmkdL?si=Eu3pVUXbS-2pcvnVw8t9SQ Site Specific & Devised Theatre in Lebanon: https://open.spotify.com/episode/31amR4xxzOJRAiTAThUWqf?si=FHDOkGKvQPe1G873Y1WIQQDevised Theatre & Collective Creation: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6g6C20KRjexoPg1qBzzNNH?si=UbgwHdVaSAeL9Oy6IajZNg Alberta artist building a fence that keeps pipelines away: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-alberta-artist-building-a-fence-that-keeps-pipelines-away-1.7517733