Iberian Connections 7.2: “Radical Uncertainties: Afro-Latin American Studies in the Era of BLM”
This session will take place on November 5th at 5pm via Zoom; please register in advance to receive the Zoom link here: https://forms.gle/LA5cza8xkzCT1Xmd9.
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This session addresses theoretical, ethical, and political issues related to the study of the African diaspora in the Iberian empires, both Spanish and Portuguese. It comes on the heels of a tumultuous presidential election in a year wrought with uncertainty—an effect and affect with disparate implications across social groups. For instance, the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Elijah McClain and many others at the hands of police—and in the midst of a global pandemic—has underscored the precarity of Black life due to the ongoing legacies of racism and white supremacy.
Nathalie Miraval (Yale) will conduct a conversation with Larissa Brewer-García (Chicago), Lexie Cook (Columbia), Cécile Fromont (Yale), Benita Sampedro (Hofstra), and Miguel Valerio (Washington Saint-Louis). They will reflect on the ethical and political dimensions of their research and its contemporary relevance in the era of the Black Lives Matters movement.