AfroSwedish Places of Belonging
Schedule
Wed Dec 04 2024 at 02:15 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Centre for Gender Research, Villavägen 6, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden | Uppsala, UP
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Welcome to the Gender Research Seminars, where invited researchers from different disciplines discuss their work. The seminars are hosted by the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University and are open for all interested in gender and gender research.4 December, 14:15-16:00
AFROSWEDISH PLACES OF BELONGING
Nana Osei-Kofi, Professor Emerita of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Oregon State University
Rooted in cultural studies and critical feminist thought, this text contends with AfroSwedishness, as a racialized ethnic and community-based identity, especially in relation to imaginations of self, and notions of belonging, agency, and kinship. Placing emphasis on the liberatory public potential of diverse forms of cultural expression, Osei-Kofi surveys biographical narratives, documentary films, digital Black feminist media, and queer organizing, offering key insights into the embodied, affective, and experiential processes with which, what she describes as the formation of an emergent, coalitional identity, is made possible.
Nana Osei-Kofi, who was born and raised in Gothenburg, is Professor Emerita of Women, Gender, & Sexuality at Oregon State University. Her areas of scholarly focus include critical and feminist pedagogies, the politics of American higher education, and Black European Studies.
(Photo: Diane Kendall)
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Where is it happening?
Centre for Gender Research, Villavägen 6, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden, Villavägen 6, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sverige,Uppsala, SwedenEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
