23/5: SNAP x TBA Talk with dr. Lewis Gordon On Black Imagination/Black World-making
UPDATE: The event with Gordon Lewis which would take place on May 23rd at The Black Archives is postponed due to the passing of an important elder from our community Delano Veira (1955 - 2022). At 3PM we will give a private tour to Gordon at The Black Archives, you are welcome to join this tour, confirm by replying on this e-mail. Sorry for the possible inconvenience. Gordon will also speak at the University of Amsterdam on 24 May and on 25 May he will engage in conversation with Ethiopian jazzsinger Mulatu Astatke during the Africafelic festival in Paradiso.. The Black Archives will also be closed on Saturday May 28th! Read more about Delano Veira.
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SNAP and The Black Archives Present:
SNAP TALKS:
On Black Imagination/Black World-making
With special guest Lewis R. Gordon, Amal Alhaag, Mitchell Esajas, Grace Ndjako and Ebissé Wakjira
SNAP Talks is a series of gatherings that centralize the conversation around imagination and the way it shapes artistic, thought and activist practices in the everyday, communal, institutional and political domains of life. During this upcoming gathering, Professor Lewis Gordon joins us for an evening where we think, speak and listen alongside his latest book, Fear of Black Consciousness, and the historical development of racialized Blackness and the larger issues this type of consciousness leads to. Gordon also discusses the responses Black and non-Black communities display in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom.
In this conversation, we also consider the possibilities of Black world building across differences, music and languages—what strategies Black consciousness and activism need to sustain and make a different world possible in and beyond the 21st century.
When? Monday 23 May 2022
Where? The Black Archives, Zeeburgerdijk 19B
Time? 7PM - 9.30PM
Entry? €5,- (€2,50 for students)
SNAP is a partnership between Metro54, DEGASTEN, and Dipsaus, is a roaming project space for art, dialogue, experiment, performance, reflection, and intergenerational encounters.
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SNAP and The Black Archives Present:
SNAP TALKS:
On Black Imagination/Black World-making
With special guest Lewis R. Gordon, Amal Alhaag, Mitchell Esajas, Grace Ndjako and Ebissé Wakjira
SNAP Talks is a series of gatherings that centralize the conversation around imagination and the way it shapes artistic, thought and activist practices in the everyday, communal, institutional and political domains of life. During this upcoming gathering, Professor Lewis Gordon joins us for an evening where we think, speak and listen alongside his latest book, Fear of Black Consciousness, and the historical development of racialized Blackness and the larger issues this type of consciousness leads to. Gordon also discusses the responses Black and non-Black communities display in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom.
In this conversation, we also consider the possibilities of Black world building across differences, music and languages—what strategies Black consciousness and activism need to sustain and make a different world possible in and beyond the 21st century.
When? Monday 23 May 2022
Where? The Black Archives, Zeeburgerdijk 19B
Time? 7PM - 9.30PM
Entry? €5,- (€2,50 for students)
SNAP is a partnership between Metro54, DEGASTEN, and Dipsaus, is a roaming project space for art, dialogue, experiment, performance, reflection, and intergenerational encounters.
About Lewis Gordon
Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish public intellectual, academic, and musician (jazz, blues, rock, reggae, hip hop, etc.). He teaches at UCONN in the United States, where he is Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department, with affiliations in several academic units, including Asian and Caribbean Studies and Jewish Studies. He lectures and is involved in political and artistic projects across the globe and holds appointments in South Africa, Jamaica, India, and France. He is also Distinguished Scholar at The Most Honourable PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Honorary President of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, and co-founder of the Caribbean Philosophical Association and the Philosophy and Global Affairs Group. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization (Routledge, 2021) and Fear of Black Consciousness (London: Penguin Books, 2022; Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the USA), which was listed on Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2022. He is this year’s recipient of the Eminent Scholar Award from the Global Development Studies division of the International Studies Association.
Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish public intellectual, academic, and musician (jazz, blues, rock, reggae, hip hop, etc.). He teaches at UCONN in the United States, where he is Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department, with affiliations in several academic units, including Asian and Caribbean Studies and Jewish Studies. He lectures and is involved in political and artistic projects across the globe and holds appointments in South Africa, Jamaica, India, and France. He is also Distinguished Scholar at The Most Honourable PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Honorary President of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, and co-founder of the Caribbean Philosophical Association and the Philosophy and Global Affairs Group. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization (Routledge, 2021) and Fear of Black Consciousness (London: Penguin Books, 2022; Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the USA), which was listed on Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2022. He is this year’s recipient of the Eminent Scholar Award from the Global Development Studies division of the International Studies Association.