This panel focuses on forms and applications of state power in three different geographies, Hong Kong, Philippines and Turkey, as well as practices of public dissent. From containment measures applied by the law-making agents during COVID-19 in Hong Kong, to a Christian Church in the Philippines which opened its doors to over 700 Lumad people labeled as ‘terrorists’ by the State, and to Turkey, where in the aftermath of the the Gezi Park protests, artists cope with daily life stress through collaboration, this panel will look into ways of how performance is used both as a form of control and agency of protest. The presentations will be followed by discussion.

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