BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news472@kunstgeschichte.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240314T135515 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240603T000000 SUMMARY:Black Figuration DESCRIPTION:Only for participants who signed up according to instructions i n Vorlesungsverzeichnis\\r\\nThe eikones/African Studies Summer School 202 4 takes its cue from When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Pain ting\, an exhibition curated by Koyo Kouoh and Tandazani Dhlakama. First s hown at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art in Cape Town in Novem ber 2022 and opening at the Kunstmuseum Basel in May 2024\, the exhibition explores Black self-representation and celebrates global Black subjectivi ties and Black consciousness from pan-African and pan-diasporic perspectiv es. How does an exhibition like this arrive in Basel\, and what does its p resence herald? How can a critical engagement with “Blackness” as sign alled by the exhibition be situated in the landscape of activist projects in Switzerland\, and aesthetic projects internationally? How might a criti cal reflection on fields\, practices and literatures enrich our approach t o understanding not only this exhibition\, but the ‘PastPresentFuture’ (Kgositsile) spaces in which these and other questions are engaged? In ma ny ways\, the exhibition unsettles the framework of both area studies and art history\, revealing important ruptures\, intersections and ‘visual c urrencies’ (Makhubu). In doing so\, When We See Us: A Century of Black F iguration in Painting calls attention to how we traverse our respective fi elds: institutionally at the two host institutions in Basel\, namely\, the Centre for African Studies and eikones Centre for the Theory and History of the Image\; as well as how we navigate and negotiate related epistemolo gies\, geographies\, and histories as thinkers and artists.\\r\\n The summ er school will include invited scholars and practitioners working on topic s such as: • Global issues from anticolonial black feminist  perspectiv es • Social engagement in African visual art • Critical race studies a nd black radical traditions • The politics of space (and time) Particip ants will be expected to visit the exhibition beforehand as well as to fam iliarise themselves with a selection of readings and visual material in pr eparation for the programme which takes place in Basel between Monday 3 Ju ne and Friday 7 June 2024.\\r\\n Participation according to the instructio ns here [https://vorlesungsverzeichnis.unibas.ch/de/home?id=282073]\\r\\nS peakers:  Joshua Amissah (Author\, photo editor\, editor and curator) Vic toria J. Collis-Buthelezi (Associate Professor in English and Director of the Centre for the Study of Race\, Gender and Class at the University of J ohannesburg) Jovita Dos Santos Pinto (Historian and researcher\, Interdisc iplinary Center for gender Studies/IZFG\, University of Bern) Onome Ekeh ( Artist\, writer\, designer and lecturer at University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)) Paul Goodwin (Professor of Contemporary A rt & Urbanism and Director of TrAIN Research Centre (Transnational Art\, I dentity & Nation) at University of the Arts London) Daniel Kurjakovic (Pro grammes Director\, Kunstmuseum Basel) Jamal Nxedlana (Artist\, cultural or ganizer) Rory Kahiya Tsapayi (Researcher\, writer\, and curator) Ralph Ubl (Professor of Modern Art History and Director of eikones\, University of Basel)  \\r\\nProgram: Monday 3 June: Guided tour of the When We See Us e xhibition\, introduction and framing Tuesday 4 June: Unpacking Black Figur ation Wednesday 5 June: Black intellectual and cultural histories and netw orks Thursday 6 June: (Black) migration and transnationalism in (Black) cu lture/ Worlding public cultures/ subcultures Friday 7 June: Projects and P ractice X-ALT-DESC:

Only for participants who signed up according to inst ructions in Vorlesungsverzeichnis

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The eikones/African Stu dies Summer School 2024 takes its cue from When We See Us: A Century of Bl ack Figuration in Painting\, an exhibition curated by Koyo Kouoh and Tanda zani Dhlakama. First shown at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art in Cape Town in November 2022 and opening at the Kunstmuseum Basel in May 2024\, the exhibition explores Black self-representation and celebrates g lobal Black subjectivities and Black consciousness from pan-African and pa n-diasporic perspectives.
How does an exhibition like this arrive in Basel\, and what does its presence herald? How can a critical engagement with “Blackness” as signalled by the exhibition be situated in the lan dscape of activist projects in Switzerland\, and aesthetic projects intern ationally? How might a critical reflection on fields\, practices and liter atures enrich our approach to understanding not only this exhibition\, but the ‘PastPresentFuture’ (Kgositsile) spaces in which these and other questions are engaged?
In many ways\, the exhibition unsettles the f ramework of both area studies and art history\, revealing important ruptur es\, intersections and ‘visual currencies’ (Makhubu). In doing so\, Wh en We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting calls attention to how we traverse our respective fields: institutionally at the two host in stitutions in Basel\, namely\, the Centre for African Studies and eikones Centre for the Theory and History of the Image\; as well as how we navigat e and negotiate related epistemologies\, geographies\, and histories as th inkers and artists.

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The summer school will include invited scholars and practitioners working on topics such as:
• Global iss ues from anticolonial black feminist \; perspectives
• Social engagement in African visual art
• Critical race studies and black radical traditions
• The politics of space (and time)

Participants will be expected to visit the exhibition beforehand as well as to familiarise themselves with a selection of readings and visual mate rial in preparation for the programme which takes place in Basel between M onday 3 June and Friday 7 June 2024.

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Participation accordin g to the instructions here

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Speakers: \;
Joshua Amissah (Author\, photo editor\, editor and curator )
Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi (Associate Professor in English and D irector of the Centre for the Study of Race\, Gender and Class at the Univ ersity of Johannesburg)
Jovita Dos Santos Pinto (Historian and resea rcher\, Interdisciplinary Center for gender Studies/IZFG\, University of B ern)
Onome Ekeh (Artist\, writer\, designer and lecturer at Universi ty of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW))
Paul Goodwin (Professor of Contemporary Art &\; Urbanism and Director of TrAIN Rese arch Centre (Transnational Art\, Identity &\; Nation) at University of the Arts London)
Daniel Kurjakovic (Programmes Director\, Kunstmuseu m Basel)
Jamal Nxedlana (Artist\, cultural organizer)
Rory Kah iya Tsapayi (Researcher\, writer\, and curator)
Ralph Ubl (Professor of Modern Art History and Director of eikones\, University of Basel)
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Program:
Monday 3 June: Guided to ur of the When We See Us exhibition\, introduction and framing
Tuesd ay 4 June: Unpacking Black Figuration
Wednesday 5 June: Black intell ectual and cultural histories and networks
Thursday 6 June: (Black) migration and transnationalism in (Black) culture/ Worlding public culture s/ subcultures
Friday 7 June: Projects and Practice

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