{"id":2483,"date":"2015-09-29T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T20:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/icslac\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2015-09-29T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T21:21:12","slug":"dr-kobena-mercer-black-diaspora-art-practices-since-the-1980s-critical-reflections-on-a-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/icslac\/2015\/dr-kobena-mercer-black-diaspora-art-practices-since-the-1980s-critical-reflections-on-a-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Kobena Mercer: Black Diaspora Art Practices Since the 1980s: Critical Reflections on a Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis Presents:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Diaspora Art Practices Since the 1980s: Critical Reflections on a Journey<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Dr. Kobena Mercer, History of Art and African American Studies, Yale University and\u00a0FASS Distinguished Visiting Professor<\/p>\n

Public Lecture\u2014 October 5, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:00 pm,\u00a0Lecture Hall,\u00a0National Gallery of Canada<\/p>\n

Mercer is a specialist on the visual arts of the Black Diaspora and World Art Histories. His work has been instrumental in shifting discourses in Art History from a nation-based model to transnational narratives, in particular his series on Annotating Art\u2019s Histories, published by MIT Press. This lecture will explore the changing contexts and discourses of and around Black Diasporic artistic practices since the 1980s.<\/p>\n

On-Campus Workshop\u2014 October 6, 2015\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the Intersection of World Studies and Diaspora Studies\u201d<\/p>\n

9:30-11:30 am,\u00a0Multimedia Lab, Discovery Centre,\u00a0Carleton University Library<\/p>\n

This on-campus workshop will explore the intersections between World Studies and Diaspora Studies in a collaborative environment with Kobena Mercer.<\/p>\n

Organized by the Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis<\/p>\n

Sponsored by: Carleton University Art Gallery, Bachelor of Global and International Studies, Institute of African Studies, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture, Migration and Diaspora Studies, School for Studies in Art and Culture, and the National Gallery of Canada<\/p>\n

To view this event poster, please see here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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