Anti-Colonial Praxis Webinars
Episode One
Blackness as Praxis - Reflecting on Care and Critique in Art and Activism
February 7, 2024
Speakers: Elô Nunes and Iagor Peres
In this webinar, Elô Nunes and Iagor Peres reflect on how their respective practices, as activists and artists, instantiate the capacity of blackness to animate and sustain radical projects. Key to this conversation, which will also give us a glimpse of the current situation of black Brazilians, is the acknowledgement of how the aesthetic (in the expanded sense as the sensible and the affective) constitutes a crucial battleground under this current fascist threat.
Discussants:
Honey Crawford, Assistant Professor, English, NYU
Cameron Rowland, Artist, based in New York City
Episode Two
Deconstructing a Feminist Media Practice
March 8, 2024
Speakers: Kavita Bundelkhandi and Disha Mullick
Khabar Lahariya (KL) stands as a beacon of feminist media, providing journalism training to marginalized women in rural areas. KL's doors are open to Dalit, Adivasi, and Muslim women who seek empowerment through storytelling. While their impact transcends borders, their ethos remains grounded in the personal connections they foster, the support they provide, and the solidarity they embody. For KL, feminist media isn't merely a concept; it's their lived practice, the essence of their work, and the heart of their narratives.
In this presentation, Kavita and Disha shift focus from their local feminist journalism efforts of the past two decades to explore the laborious journey of building and sustaining a media organization that amplifies voices and knowledge from historically marginalized communities. They delve into the complexities of caste dynamics within their team and the persistent challenges of caste bias in both their internal operations and the broader media landscape. Through excerpts from an ongoing collective biography, they offer insights into their organizational ethos and discuss the transformative power of training programs in creating safety nets for women who defy caste and gender barriers in pursuit of their journalistic work.
Discussants:
Pacharee Sudhinaraset, Assistant Professor, English, NYU
Ritty Lukose, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Gender/Sexuality/Feminist Studies, and South Asian Studies at the Gallatin School, NYU
Episode Three
Resisting Racial and Caste Violence – A Conversation
April 10, 2024
Speakers: Silvia Baptista and Parthasarathi Muthukkaruppan
In this webinar, Silvia Baptista and Partharasathi Mutjukkararuppan will present on racial and caste subjugation in Brazil and India, respectively. Foregrounding politics, this conversation will focus on the relations with the state as well as the agenda, orientations, and strategies by contemporary anti-racist feminist and anti-casteist organizing. While Silvia Baptista will focus on the struggles and practices engaged by women organizers of the Web of Solidarity of the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Partharasathi Muthukkaruppan will discuss new formations for anti-casteist politics today, in India.
Discussants:
Misty de Berry, Assistant Professor, Performance Studies, NYU
Lenora Hanson, Assistant Professor, English, NYU
