The Manufacturing of Rights: Beirut

About

120 pages, English/ Arabic. 4 page Note section. The edition was printed in May 2015. Paperback. Includes mapping of Contra Naturam Geographies, visual navigation of keywords extracted from penal codes, and visual listing of countries influenced by British, French and Portuguese colonial penal codes.

The publication is free of charge. To order a copy contact info [​at​] houseofcouncil.org

Content and Notes

The printed publication of The Manufacturing of Rights presents ten different legal cases at the heart of the Colloquim held in Beirut at Ashkal Alwan on the 14, 15, and 16 May. The publication accompanied the workshop; 12 talks; readings and screenings on the changing nature of Nature in Contra-Naturam laws. With introductions by Sandra Terdjman, Gregory Castera, and Lawrence Abu Hamdan, and Notes on a Future Platform by David Kim and Sandra Terdjman. The edition includes full-color reproductions of Joscelyn Gardner's Creole Portraits III, series of hand-colored lithographs on frosted mylar.

The Manufacturing of Rights inquiry, colloquium and platform are hybrid objects, cultural and legal tools, intended to equip and inspire judges, lawmakers and researchers. To this effect, the project shall continue to circulate in different contexts and countries, along with cultural producers, researchers or activists who wish to speak on behalf of nature.

Editors

  • Sandra Terdjman
  • Grégory Castéra

Editorial Assistant

  • Emma McCormick-Goodhart

Contributors

  • Lawrence Abu Hamdan
  • Vanessa Agard-Jones
  • Marwa Arsanios
  • Nayla Geagea
  • Eric Gitari
  • David Kim
  • Adrian Lahoud
  • Youmna Makhlouf
  • Maya Mikdashi
  • Carlos Motta
  • Karim Nammour
  • Arvin Narrain
  • Émile Notéris
  • Ashkhan Sepahvand
  • Linn Tonstad
  • Zeb Tortorici

Images

  • Joscelyn Gardner's Creole Portraits, III Bringing Down The Flowers

Design

  • Remco Van Bladel
  • Andrea Spikker
  • Rewa Baassiri

Translation

  • Ziad Chakaroun
  • Mohammed Abdallah

Editing

  • Vivian Sky Rehberg
  • Roger Outa

Published in the frame of "the Manufacturing of Rights", A workshop, 12 talks, readings and screenings on the changing nature of Nature in contra naturam law (Ashkan Alwan, May 14 to 16, 2015).

This publication has been supported by

  • Ashkan alwan
  • Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East

printed by

  • Chemaly&Chemaly in Lebanon, May 2015