Voices of Disorder, Voices of the Academy

»Voices of Dis­or­der, Voices of the Aca­de­my. A talk with Yuder­kys Espinosa«

As part of the dia­lo­gue within Euro­pean Aca­de­mies about the deco­lo­niza­ti­on of know­ledge and stu­dies, the theo­rist Yuder­kys Espi­no­sa Miño­so is invi­ted to talk about her care­er within and out­side the aca­de­my. In this pre­sen­ta­ti­on, Espi­no­sa will share reflec­tions about her expe­ri­ence that as a black Carib­be­an migrant sub­ject she had over­co­me in aca­de­mic spaces.

This talk will be useful for cri­ti­cal stu­dents and aca­de­mics in the field of social sci­en­ces, and espe­ci­al­ly for tho­se who work, or would like to work, with a deco­lo­ni­al, anti-colo­ni­al, and anti-racist femi­nist per­spec­ti­ve. We would like to reflect…What does it mean to be a deco­lo­ni­al thin­ker and a deco­lo­ni­al artist in a wes­tern colo­ni­al space like the aca­de­my? Which are and how we can use the resour­ces that we have to deve­lop our prac­ti­ces in white pre­do­mi­nant­ly space? What type of nego­tia­ti­ons is neces­sa­ry and/or meaningful in order to redi­rect our lear­ning in a deco­lo­ni­al way?

The lec­tu­re is stron­gly recom­men­ded to Black, Indi­ge­nous and Peo­p­le of Color, latinxs, mez­ti­zes living in Euro­pe. But we also wel­co­me every stu­dent wil­ling to work on self-cri­ti­cism in rela­ti­on to their indi­vi­du­al posi­ti­on within the aca­de­my, the social con­text, and glo­bal geography.

Maria­ma Dial­lo will intro­du­ce the evening with her reflec­tions and thoughts on her expe­ri­ence as an Afri­can woman in the Aca­de­my of Fine Arts.

We will end the evening with a per­for­mance of Moenani Sisters.

The event will be mode­ra­ted by Lia Kastiyo-Espinósa.

Trans­la­ti­on: Spa­nish and Ger­man to English

Event orga­ni­zed by Frauen*Referat, from the Stu­dent Uni­on ÖH Uni­ver­si­tät Wien, in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with PCAP Studio.