BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17736-9a864061c7627215f923adafc7f1acfe@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260307T143642Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T110000 SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem ologies—Elísio Macamo DESCRIPTION:\nBio:\n\nElísio Macamo is professor of sociology and Africa n studies at the University of Basel in Switzerland. He is currently wor king on how to think about African Studies as a methodology of the socia l sciences.\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe Reversing the Gaze project explores what happens when concepts developed in African (or other non-European) cont exts are used to understand European societies. Instead of comparing “re gions\,” I compare the moral work of concepts themselves. i.e.\, how the y travel\, prescribe\, and judge. I will propose two related ideas\, nam ely a moral ecology of concepts\, which treats concepts as living in env ironments of facts and values\, and communities of virtue\, which descri be how people everywhere respond to uncertainty by reaffirming essential categories of belonging. By tracing how “retribalization” reappears in Swiss political life under new guises\, I argue that reversing the gaze is not an act of epistemic revenge\, but a contribution to a more plural \, responsible\, and reflexive science.\n\nFor more details: https://eve nts.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum-elisio-macamo/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Bio:
Elísi o Macamo is professor of sociology and African studies at the University of Basel in Switzerland. He is currently working on how to think about African Studies as a methodology of the social sciences.

Abstract:
The Reversing the Gaze project explores what happens when concepts developed in African (or other non-European) contexts are used to under stand European societies. Instead of comparing “regions,” I compare the moral work of concepts themselves. i.e., how they travel, prescribe, and judge. I will propose two related ideas, namely a moral ecology of conc epts, which treats concepts as living in environments of facts and value s, and communities of virtue, which describe how people everywhere respo nd to uncertainty by reaffirming essential categories of belonging. By t racing how “retribalization” reappears in Swiss political life under new guises, I argue that reversing the gaze is not an act of epistemic reve nge, but a contribution to a more plural, responsible, and reflexive sci ence.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/ afr-global-virtual-forum-elisio-macamo/

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