Welcome to the Decolonizing Conference
Conference Theme: “Race, Anti-Racism and Indigeneity: Anti-Colonial Resurgence and Decolonial Resistance”
Participation
We invite participation from Faculty, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Artists, and Activists to engage the central theme from multiple perspectives that are anchored in specific geopolitical contexts, social identities as well as different ontological, epistemological, and ideological orientations.
Two Updates!
1. A dra...
Welcome to the Decolonizing Conference
Conference Theme: “Race, Anti-Racism and Indigeneity: Anti-Colonial Resurgence and Decolonial Resistance”
Participation
We invite participation from Faculty, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Artists, and Activists to engage the central theme from multiple perspectives that are anchored in specific geopolitical contexts, social identities as well as different ontological, epistemological, and ideological orientations.
Two Updates!
1. A draft of the conference program is up! You can find it on our page and website.
2. Registration is now closed. If you are a presenter and have not registered or if you have further inquiries email us at ciars.oise@utoronto.ca
Conference Website: http://www.decolonizingconference.com/
Conference Description
To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of CIARS/10th Anniversary of the “Decolonizing the Spirit”, the “Decolonizing Conference” intends to bring together a range of international and local scholars, activists, and artists in order to reframe the way anti-racism and critical race studies are tied to questions of Indigeneity and decolonization. As anti-racism and critical race thinkers, it is imperative that we challenge liberal articulations that negate the saliency of Land, bodies, and knowledges.
We ask: how do we differentially engage sites of knowledge production (material and ideological spaces such as academic institutions) to understanding settler colonialism? How do Land, bodies, and knowledges help open up conversations on Indigeneity and decolonization? How does viewing Indigeneity as an international category help expand discussions of decolonization, and how can our work help re-imagine and create new futures? By reframing questions on Indigeneity and decolonization and asking new ones, our intention is to foster a robust understanding of Indigeneity and decolonial praxis and to complicate ontological claims to the primacy of the Land as a starting point for all decolonial and anti-colonial engagements. With anti-racism and critical race studies at the forefront, we invite participants to engage the central theme from multiple perspectives that are anchored in specific geopolitical contexts, social identities as well as different ontological, epistemological, and ideological orientations.
Keynotes
Eve Tuck
Joyce E. King
Walter D. Mignolo
Featured Speakers
Haydon King
Jose Aylwin
Andrea Davis
Sandy Grande
Afua Cooper
Carl James
Njoki Wane
Peter McLaren
Lee Maracle
Eve Tuck
Contact: ciars.oise@utoronto.ca
*Accessibility*
This is a physically accessible space. If you have other accessibility needs, please contact ciars.oise@utoronto.ca
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Pre-Conference | Undergraduates and Recently Graduated Undergraduates!
Decolonizing Pre-Conference Symposium
Save the date | November 2nd, 2016
Time | 9:30am - 5:30pm
Location | William Doo Auditorium (45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON).
Deadline | Wednesday, August 31, 2016.
Website | http://www.decolonizingconference.com/pre-conference
This is a FREE symposium: Lunch will be provided.