Thinking about Africa in the 21st century. Stereotypes, representations and resistance
This course is part of the 36th edition of the Summer Univerity of Gandia.
Overview:
What is the main imaginary about Africa and Africans in Spain nowadays? What stereotypes are activated with this representation? To what extent can this image be the heir to representation of the colonial period? How are those stereotypes affecting the lived of Africans and descendants of Africans in Spain? What strategies are being used to raise the awareness about this clichés? The objective of the course is to answer these questions from a multidisciplinary and anti-colonial perspective. Coordinators: Hasan G. López Sanz (associate professor of the Department of Theory of Education of the University of Valencia) and Benita Sampedro Vizcaya (professor of Colonial Studies at Hofstra University in New York
PROGRAMME:
Monday 15th July
MORNING
9:30 A.M. to 10 a.m.
“Presentation of the course”
Benita Sampedro Vizcaya (professor of Colonial Studies of Hofstra University in New York) and Hasan G. López Sanz (associate professor of the Department of Theory of Education of the Universitat de València)
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
“Being black has been said in many different ways”
Nicolás Sánchez Durá (professor of the Department of Philosophy of the Universitat de València) and Hasan G. López Sanz (associate professor of the Department of Theory of Education of the Universitat de València).
11 a.m. to 12:45 a.m.
Manteros and Muslims. Black Islam and unlicensed work in Barcelona”
Manuel Delgado Ruíz (professor of the Department of Social Anthropology of the Universitat de Barcelona)
12:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
“Africa and Diaspora: from representations to self-representations”
Tania Adam (Maputo, 1979), journalists and cultural producer. Founder and editor of Africa Magazine.
Tuesday 16th July
MORNING
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
“The challenges of explaining Africa (every day)”
Lola Huete Machado (Journalist of El País, manager of the section “Planeta Futuro” and Founder of the blog “África no es un país”).
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
“Afro-feminist resistance and sexual dissidence in Spain”
Esther Mayoko Ortega (professor of the university Tufts Skidmore in Madrid).
De 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
“Breaking barriers and transgressing stereotypes: those who dared”
Benita Sampedro Vizcaya (professor of Colonial Studies of Hofstra University in New York)
ScheduleFrom 15 july 2019 to 16 july 2019. Monday and tuesday at 09:30 to 14:30.
Place
Centre de Gandia de la UV
Centre de Gandia. Universitat de València.
Contact goncisi@fundacions.uv.es
