The Powers and Limits of Hospitality: Lublin, Poland

In this text on the practice of hospitality and hate, I adopt an autobiographical and intersectional perspective based on my experience. I was born in the city of Lublin, and for the last 20 years I have been involved in social and artistic activism to restore the intercultural traditions of this old Polish city. I have also noticed the intersectionality of hate practices that combine antisemitism, homophobia, and xenophobia. Let the testimony of Lublin and my artivism and research be an example of the fragility but also the persistence of and the need for hospitality in our times.