The Holberg Masterclass: "Thoughts on the Planetary"

Name: The Holberg Masterclass: "Thoughts on the Planetary"
Start: 2024-06-05T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-06-05T10:00:00+00:00
Location: Universitetsaulaen i Bergen

Schedule

Wed Jun 05 2024 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am

UTC+00:00

Location

Universitetsaulaen i Bergen | Bergen, HO

The greatest challenge facing critical theory now is the reframing of the disciplines in light of the long-term sustainability of life on Earth.
To tease out alternative possibilities for thinking life and human futures in this age, there is no better laboratory than Africa. Our planet's destiny might be played out here. Yet, to write the world from Africa, or to write Africa into the world is an exhilarating and, most of the time, perplexing task. Why?
Five PhD candidates in the Nordic countries are invited to participate in a masterclass with Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe. Each participant will be asked to prepare a 5-minute presentation related to the theme chosen by the Laureate. After the presentations there will be a panel discussion.
Participants:
- Achille Mbembe, recipient of the 2024 Holberg Prize; research professor at Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand.
- Maipelo Gabang, PhD candidate, Stockholm University of the Arts.
- Signe Søndergaard Moore, PhD candidate, University of Copenhagen.
- Marta Mboka Tveit, PhD Candidate, University of Oslo.
- Apostolos Tsiouvalas, PhD candidate, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
- Eeva Mäkinen, PhD Candidate, University of Lapland.
Illustration: Adam Ashby Gibbard / The Ecopolitics Podcast, licensed under CC by 2.0.