Theories of relational autonomy* suggest that autonomy is fundamentally dependent on social relations. Our development as individuals is predicated on our dependence and/or interaction with others. It’s impossible to develop a sense of self outside of social relations.
These drawings will result in an installation that acknowledges the development of a self that is constituted in and through social practices and exchange.
* For an in-depth discussion of this concept see: Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency and the Social Self, edited by Catriona Mackenzie and Natalie Stoljar. New York + Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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