Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Inexpertise -- Amy's Questions
Kaia Sand grants the reader permission for inexpertise: "Inexpert, I notice with the attention and drifting inattention of poetry / Inexpert, I investigate / Inexpert, I walk, and walk." How does inexpertise frame the narrative of Remember to Wave, and what kinds of knowledge does it allow? What histories or sites would you like to investigate further and how might inexpertise help you to do so? What potential problems arise from inexpertise?
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Kaia Sand is a model for the inquisitive mind. She uses poetry, art, to document overlapping histories in space- but she does not possess a History or Anthropology degree to do so. The forms for "valid" or "factual" interrogation are prescribed in our society to a certain degree, to write history or re-imagine space, one must have the authority or expertise in order to do so. Kaia Sand inexpertly enters the space that she writes of and allows others to do the same- and in this way, demolishes the idea of space as having authoratative history. Her work emphasizes that history can be interrogated, re-written, and re-imagined in the spaces that contain little physical or written "authoritative" evidence of this history.
ReplyDeleteThere is generally the issue of intrusion when entering a space that one does not generally inhabit or space that one does not "belong" within as a community member. For example, I would love to engage in the act of documenting my neighborhood, Eastwood, but I am no expert- the question arises: what claim do I have to this history to re-imagine it? I would be interested in seeing the way artistic endeavors might change when I begin to consider myself "inexpert" or "inquisitive," as opposed to assuming the alternatives of "intruder" or "outsider."
It seems to me that beginning from the question "what claim do I have to this history (of my neighborhood) to re-imagine it?" is a great start!
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