ABSTRACT
In the spirit of this project to develop a dynamic community of praxis, the authors have decided to frame their contribution to this volume as a dialogue rather than a univocal essay, keeping the commitment to posing theory against practice, and bringing a new voice, that of an artistic researcher-practitioner, into the discussion. In what follows, Dr Anna Marazuela Kim (AMK) provides a wide-ranging introduction to explore the potential of mass cultural gatherings in the healing of societal traumas, specifically as they invoke placemaking in the absence of place – a dynamic which forms a new contribution to the literature on this topic. This is followed by Dr Jacek Ludwig Scarso’s (JLS) presentation of a case study, Artichoke’s Sanctuary (2022) (Figure 23.1). This is intended as an example to apply our considerations, as it both reflects and challenges notions of placemaking in trauma-informed practice.
