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Symposium Diversifying Philosophy: African Feminism and Decolonisation
4 April 2017 @ 09:00 - 13:45
Symposium: “Diversifying Philosophy: African Feminism and Decolonisation”
Date: April 4, 2017
Organisation: CLUE+ (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Room in Main building Vrije Universiteit (De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam): 14A-33
African feminist voices have been largely absent from philosophical discourse and from Western feminist debates. This symposium aims at discussing the contribution of African feminism to the process of decolonisation, as well as the relation between African and Western feminism, and the relation of feminist theory to philosophy.
For more information, contact Annemie Halsema (j.m.halsema@vu.nl)
Program
9.00 Welcome with coffee/tea
9.30 Prof. Amanda Gouws (Political Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa) – “Intersectional African Feminism: Young Women in the ‘Decolonization Project’ in South Africa”
Response: Prof. Daniella Merolla (Littérature et art berbères INALCO – Université Sorbonne Paris-Cité)
10.45 Coffee/tea
11.00 Prof. Michelle Boulous Walker (Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) – “Reconsidering Philosophy & the Maternal Body: The challenge of African feminism”
Response: Prof. Louise du Toit (Philosophy, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
12.15 Lunch
13.45 Promotion Azille Coetzee. Thesis: “African feminism as decolonising force. A philosophical exploration of the work of Oyèrónké Oyĕwùmí”
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