Within the history of the Cape, the southern most tip of Africa, the period of Enslavement began in 1652 from the East and West of Africa, then from Bengal, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mauritius. The project “Faces of Enslavement” is part of a larger project called HISTORIES OF ENSLAVEMENT, and focus on how the enslaved population were named after the month of their enslavement.
“Science has long been animated by the ideal of a contradiction-free world in which logical orders could merge with society, politics, culture and language. In the GRC Contradiction Studies we are working on ways of describing the multiplicity and complexity, the danger and beauty of our worlds that clearly go beyond concepts of freedom from contradiction.”
Michi Knecht
“Contradictions need to be articulated in order to exist.”
Martin Nonhoff
“Contradiction becomes real where someone names contradiction.”
Ingo H. Warnke
“At first I thought contradiction was always a relational thing; but the more I ponder it, the more I think contradiction creates relation.”
Ingo H. Warnke
“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka