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WiSe 21/22: Radical Thinkers from “Améfrica Ladina”: Anti-Colonial Theories and Practices

Juliana Moreira Streva

Hinweise für Studierende

Fluency in Portuguese (or any knowledge of the language) is not an excluding requirement. --- Modulprüfung im MA Lateinamerikastudien (Modul B1): Hausarbeit (ca. 15 Seiten) oder mündliche Prüfung (ca. 20 min.). ---- Modulprüfung im MA Lateinamerikastudien (Modul D1): Hausarbeit (ca. 15 Seiten). Schließen

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

The first session of the seminar (October 20, 2021) will take place online. Afterwards, it will be decided whether the seminar will be held in presence (seminar room tba) or online.

Kommentar

As conceptualized by the Brazilian thinker Lélia Gonzalez, “Améfrica Ladina” refers to an Afro-Latin-America, that is, to comprehend Latin America within its deep Black Atlantic legacy. Within this geopolitical framework, the course will, first, closely read the categories of colonialism, whiteness, racial capitalism and eurocentrism, perceived as key concepts for critically reflecting not only about Latin America but also the globalized modern world system. By connecting anti-colonial contributions to the contemporary anti-racist and feminist struggles, we will then examine questions of violence, identity, (r)existence and radical transformation. The course assembles various styles and accounts of knowledge production including poetry, historiography, film and scholarly pieces produced by Lélia Gonzalez, Maria Beatriz Nascimento, Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, Abdias do Nascimento and others. Schließen

Literaturhinweise

Gonzalez, Lélia. 1988. “A Categoria Político-Cultural de Amefricanidade.” Tempo Brasileiro 92/93, jan.jun.: 69–82. - Nascimento, Maria Beatriz. 2018. Beatriz Nascimento. Quilombola e Intelectual: Possibilidade Nos Dias Da Destruição. União dos Coletivos Pan-Africanistas (ed.). Diáspora Africana: Editora Filhos da África. - Césaire, Aimé. 1950. Discours Sur Le Colonialisme. Paris: Reclame. - Fanon, Frantz. 1961. The Wretched of the Earth. Translated by Richard Philcox. New York: Grove Press. - Ferreira da Silva, Denise. 2014. “Toward a Black Feminist Poethics: The Quest(ion) of Blackness Toward the End of the World.” The Black Scholar 44 (2): 81–97. Schließen