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Feminist Futures Lecture Series: Afro diasporic feminist dialogues and Black women’s project of re-existence in Ecuador
November 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
| Location: | Room 2017 - Dunton Tower |
| Key Contact: | Lana Keon |
| Contact Email: | lanakeon@cunet.carleton.ca |
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The Feminist Institute of Social Transformation is thrilled to present Afro Diasporic Feminist Dialogues and Black Women’s Project of Re-existence in Ecuador, an insightful presentation by Dr. Beatriz Juárez-Rodríguez as part of our Feminist Futures Speaker Series. This event will delve into powerful themes of resistance, identity, and cultural resilience, spotlighting the work of Black women in Ecuador as they engage in transformative practices of re-existence.
Join us on November 13, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., in Dunton Tower’s room 2017, to be part of this engaging dialogue.
Accessibility details can be found at the end of this page. If you have any questions or inquiries please contact Lana Keon.
About the Presentation:
How are Afro women in Ecuador redefining their past, theorizing their present and imagining their future? To what extent are Afro Ecuadorian women’s practices challenging and contesting liberal principles of equality and citizenship, to offer alternative ways of occupying the world and imagining the future? To reflect on these questions, Dr Beatriz Juárez Rodríguez explores, through ethnography, the antiracist and antisexist discourses and practices of members of the National Coordinator of Black Women of Ecuador-CONAMUNE. Following an Afro Latin Feminist perspective, Dr. Juárez Rodríguez will show how Black women are advancing a project of re-existence as political subjects and knowledge producers, as they fight to eradicate the colonial legacies of racial domination, land dispossession, exclusion and marginalisation of Afro-descendants in Ecuador.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Juárez Rodríguez holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Western University, Canada. She is assistant professor at the Sociology and Anthropology department at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Her research focuses on the politics of Black women organizing around healing the black body, territory, ancestrality, and marronage amidst ongoing racial domination, land dispossession and exclusion in Ecuador. Her teaching and research interests include race and racism, social movement and anthropology of the state, Black and Afro-Latin feminisms, memory and territory, African diaspora, and social justice. Her publications and community-based research projects focus on Ecuador, El Salvador, and Venezuela.
About the Feminist Futures Lecture Series:
The Feminist Futures Lecture Series offers presentations of current feminist research being carried out by faculty associated with the Institute. Drawing from the rich interdisciplinary, intersectional research environment that marks past work and frames future endeavors, the Feminist Futures Lecture Series continues the development of critical intellectual and political spaces and knowledge-building around gendered issues. In this friendly but critically engaged space, you are invited to connect with a community of scholar-activists associated with the Feminist Institute of Feminist Transformation at Carleton University.
Dunton Tower Accessibility Details:
Map: www.carleton.ca/campus/map/#DT
Designated Parking: Four designated parking spaces in front of MacOdrum Library, near tunnel entrance.
Exterior Entrance: Three accessible exterior entrances: via ramp from quad onto second level; tunnel entrance via bus terminal off Library Road; and ground level from west side of Tower, near tunnel entrance to MacOdrum Library.
Tunnel Access: Tunnel entrance fully accessible with newly installed automatic doors and gradual ramp.
Elevators: Four accessible elevators with tactile control panels.