33030

On Abolitions: Unmastering, Performing, Hacking

Juliana Moreira Streva

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Die drei Seminare 33030, 33031 und 33032 (Modul Konstituierung Lateinamerikas) sind platzbeschränkt. Es sollte zu Beginn des Buchungszeitraums (Anfang April 2024) im Campus Management eine Präferenz angegeben werden. ---- Modulprüfung im MA Interdisziplinäre Lateinamerikastudien: Klausur (90 Minuten) im Grundkurs (Wintersemester) oder im Seminar (Sommersemester). Schließen

Kommentar

In this seminar, we will reflect on the concepts and practices of abolition within the context of the Plantationocene. We will situate it both as historical-legal discourses as well as contemporary struggles. Notably, in 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Western world to legally abolish slavery. In the centenary of the abolition, coinciding with the promulgation of the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988, the president of the constitutional assembly justified slavery as an inevitable condition of the past. The afterlife of slavery presents us with the crucial questions: How could such a statement receive the complicity of applause, instead of causing a profound political, juridical, ethical, and social crisis? What does it mean to (re-)imagine and invoke the struggle for abolition today within the context of Brazil, Latin America, and beyond? This seminar provides an opportunity to critically examine the national and (post)colonial archives and the dominant historiography. In doing so, the seminar engages with radical intellectual traditions from Améfrica Ladina, such as critical black studies, indigenous epistemologies, and queer disobediences, incorporating written, oral, and performative mediums. Schließen

13 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mi, 16:00 - 18:00 13 Termine

Mi, 17.04.2024 16:00 - 18:00

Dozenten:
Dr. Juliana Moreira Streva