Decolonising moves: gestures of reciprocity as feminist intercultural performance.

In this article, I think through decolonisation from the place of praxis and cultural artistic exchange in Global South-South encounters. I base my thinking on the concepts of 'neighbouring' by the Argentine theorist, [Savigliano, M. 2009. "Worlding Dance and Dancing Out there in the World." In Rethinking World Dance Histories, edited by Susan Foster, 163–191. New York: Palgrave.] and 'the gift' by the French sociologist, [Mauss, M. 2011. The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies. London: Martino Fine Books.]. The paradox of being a 'good neighbour' or 'friend', lies in its offers of help and its implicit demands for a reciprocal counter-gesture. I work with the Melbourne based carnatic singer Uthra Vijay in a dialogic (auto) ethnography that explores our ongoing performance and collaboration since 2016, including our friendship and how we 'neighbour' with various intercultural partners including our ongoing work with Indigenous partners in Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]