Decolonizing Critical Theory: Decolonial Aesthetics and Epistemic Violence
An initiative of Northwestern University's Critical Theory Cluster an the ICCTP (International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
November 30 to December 3, 2018. All events will be held in the John Evans Alumni Center, Northwester University, unless otherwise noted in the event's program.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, READINGS, AND TO SIGN UP, CONTACT DAVID JOHNSON AT DAVIDJOHNSON2013@U.NORTHWESTERN.EDU.
Sunday, December 2
10am-1pm Panel: Decolonial Law (Critical Theory and Multiple Legalities)
10-10.40am María del Rosario Acosta López (DePaul University) “From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique” Respondent: Rocío Zambrana (University of Oregon, Eugene) Graduate Respondent: Eskil Elling (Philosophy)
10.40-11.20am Samera Esmeir (UC Berkeley) Presentation on Juan Obarrio’s “Poetic Justice,” Chapter 5 in The Spirit of the Laws in Mozambique Respondent: Pamila Gupta (WISER, University of the Witwatersrand) Graduate Respondent: Gabriela Mayes (Rhetoric and Public Culture)
11.20am-12pm Juan Obarrio (John Hopkins University) Presentation on Samera Esmeir’s “Red Zones,” Chapter 5 in Juridical Humanity: A Colonial History Graduate Respondents: Lauren Baker (Political Science) and Nathalia Justo (Political Science)
12-1pm Discussion: Decoloniality, Legal Multiplicity, and the Violence of the Law with Juan Obarrio, Samera Esmeir, and María del Rosario Acosta López Chair: Alejandra Uslenghi (Spanish & Portuguese)
1-2.30pm Lunch
2.30-4pm Rocío Zambrana (University of Oregon, Eugene) “Pasarse Políticamente: Hopeful Acts of Protest in Puerto Rico” Chair and Respondent: Ramón Rivera- Servera (Performance Studies) Graduate Respondents: Arnaldo Rodríguez-Bagué (Performance Studies) and Zorimar Rivera Montes (Spanish & Portuguese)
4.30-6.30pm Sampada Aranke (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) “Revolutionary Object Lessons: Fred Hampton’s Murder and the Coming Revolutuion” Chair: Huey Copeland (Black Arts Initiative/Art History) Graduate Respondents: Le’ah Kaplan (African American Studies), Tyrone Palmer (African American Studies), and Mlondi Zondi (Performance Studies)
7pm Dinner