Black Existentialism and Decolonizing Knowledge
Drawing upon ideas from Fear of Black Consciousness (Penguin, 2022) / Angst vor Schwarzem Bewusstsein (Ullstein Verlag, 2022), Professor Lewis R. Gordon will offer a portrait of Black existentialism, summarizing some of its key problematics with emphasis on problems wrought from Euromodern colonization of knowledge. The talk
will conclude with a discussion of what decolonizing knowledge entails.
Podium:
Prof. Rozena Maart (U KwaZulu Natal, RTG ContradictionStudies)
Sabine Broeck (INPUTS)
Lindokuhle Shabane (RTG Contradiction Studies)
Moderation:
Kerstin Knopf (INPUTS)
For online participation please register at shk.grk2686@uni-bremen.de