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Blindness: Cultural and Corporeal Constructs in a Fragile Society

Explore the societal implications of blindness, tied with cultural constructs intertwined with corporal experiences. Analyze the challenges faced by individuals in a democracy with limited social movements. Delve into the anguish felt due to physical limitations and the struggle to find hope in a world where it seems lost.

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Blindness: Cultural and Corporeal Constructs in a Fragile Society

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  1. Blindness: Cultural and corporal constructions of a condition Photo: wbu

  2. Portuguese “lack of social movement”: • A recent culture of rights and a fragile participatory democracy • A State that remains with some traits of authoritarian centralism • A weak welfare-state that obliges the organizations to compensate its deficits in the delivery of social services

  3. ─ Go on with your life! ─ What life? I’ve got no life. I’m here in the darkness!

  4. “Blindness is also this: to live in a world where hope is gone”

  5. Anguish of corporal transgression: vulnerability in the existence given by a body that fails us, that transgresses references in the manner of being in the world.

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