Returns: Roundtable with Françoise Vergés
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Roundtable discussion with Françoise Vergés
Thursday, October 19
6:00pm
Logan Center Terrace Seminar Room
Drawing on her writings and extensive research on postcoloniality, racism, and the work of Pan-Africanist scholars such as Aimé Césaire, post-colonial theorist Françoise Vergés leads a discussion on the origins of Pan-Africanism and considers its contemporary articulations in the culture and politics of the African diaspora.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT).
Seating is limited! Registration highly recommended.
About
What does it mean to return—to a cultural history, to a movement, and to the site of Africa in developing an artistic language?
Taking place from October 13 through 19, 2017, Returns considers the aesthetic and sociopolitical ramifications of Pan-Africanist movements of the early to mid-20th century, which sought to garner connectedness and solidarity among Africans on the continent and those of African descent living internationally. Returns features conversations that unpack the different meanings and uses of the term Pan-Africanism across the diaspora, looking to the ideas spearheaded by prominent scholars such as Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, Aimé Césaire, Kwame Nkrumah, and Léopold Sénghor. With a particular focus on activities in Chicago, Returns also explores trends of Afrocentrism in artistic practices and social movements in the city from the 1960s into the 1970s, alongside reflections on the global Pan-African cultural festivals of the era including FESTAC ’77.
Returns is part of a multiyear research project, public program and online platform that explores the history of Pan-Africanism and its articulation in the art and culture of the contemporary African Diaspora, entitled The Ties that Bind: Waves of Pan-Africanism in Contemporary Art and Society. The Ties that Bind creates space for critical discourse and art production, and engages a multigenerational and international group of artists, scholars, and curators across three public forums or “congresses” taking place in Chicago.
To learn more, please visit tiesthatbind.uchicago.edu
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