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January 2022
Displacing Farmers and their Non/Human Relations through Internationally Funded Copper Mining in Botswana
Justyn Huckleberry is a Ph.D. candidate in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and an editor for Edge Effects online magazine. Her current research focuses on how people experience and remember conservation and extractive-industry displacement. She was…
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“To Each Proverb Its Prosthesis: the (De)Composition of a Traditional African Verbal Art at the Present Time”
You can join this event on Zoom here, or access the dial-in information here. Time: 12pm CT, 5pm UTC Speaker: Aderemi Raji-Oyelade Presentation Description This presentation draws attention to the phenomenon of retorts, out of…
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“The Fabric of Diaspora: Memory, Portraiture, and Empowerment in the Quilts of Bisa Butler”
Bisa Butler, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 2019, quilted and appliquéd cotton, wool, and chiffon fabrics. Photography by Ian Rubinstein. Courtesy of the Claire Oliver Gallery. Copyright Bisa Butler. You can join this…
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“Africa, the Great War, and William Kentridge’s “The Head & the Load”: Theatrical Collage and the Color of Memory”
You can join this event on Zoom here, or access the dial-in information here. Time: 12pm CT, 5pm UTC Speaker: Catherine Cole Presentation Description From left to right, Xolani Dlamini, Gregory Maqoma, and Tulani Chauke…
Find out more »“What Comes After Representation?”
You can join this event on Zoom here, or access the dial-in information here. Time: 12pm CT, 5pm UTC Speaker: Sean Jacobs A screenshot of the website's Twitter account on 5 January 2022 Presentation Description…
Find out more »“Uncivic Legacies: Wartime Rebel Control and Civil Society in Africa”
Photo of a local NGO office in former-rebel controlled Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire You can join this event on Zoom here, or access the dial-in information here. Time: 12pm CT, 5pm UTC Speaker: Justine Maisha Davis…
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