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:15942-2bf9d56e400eb2b877f7c6de8b42e315@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260514T212802Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T110000 SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem ologies (Adna de Paula) DESCRIPTION:\nPresented by Adna de Paula\, Professor of African and Afro -Diasporic Philosophy\, The Federal University of the Valleys of Jequiti nhonha and Mucuri\n\nAdna de Paula\, coordinator of the Center for Resea rch\, Teaching\, and Outreach on the African Diaspora (NUPED) and member of the Brazilian Association of Black Researchers\, will share her work on rethinking Brazilian education through an Afrocentric lens.\n\nHer t alk explores the concept of de-westernization as a path toward cultural and educational emancipation in Brazil. Drawing on African and Indigenou s cosmologies\, historical analysis\, and the impact of systemic racism\ , de Paula will examine how formal education has reinforced Western domi nance and how shifting frameworks could support Brazil’s social\, geopol itical\, and economic future.\n\nThis presentation invites participants to consider how de-westernization can serve as a strategy not only for e quity and justice in education but also for addressing global humanitari an challenges such as climate change.\n\nFor more details: https://event s.la.psu.edu/event/african-studies-gvf-adna-de-paula/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Presented b y Adna de Paula, Professor of African and Afro-Diasporic Philosophy, The Federal University of the Valleys of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri

< p>Adna de Paula, coordinator of the Center for Research, Teaching, and O utreach on the African Diaspora (NUPED) and member of the Brazilian Asso ciation of Black Researchers, will share her work on rethinking Brazilia n education through an Afrocentric lens.

Her talk explores the con cept of de-westernization as a path toward cultural and educational eman cipation in Brazil. Drawing on African and Indigenous cosmologies, histo rical analysis, and the impact of systemic racism, de Paula will examine how formal education has reinforced Western dominance and how shifting frameworks could support Brazil’s social, geopolitical, and economic fut ure.

This presentation invites participants to consider how de-wes ternization can serve as a strategy not only for equity and justice in e ducation but also for addressing global humanitarian challenges such as climate change.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e vent/african-studies-gvf-adna-de-paula/

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