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:4178-1a6131cb371578bcfa34f52a10b0154e@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260514T204625Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T090000 SUMMARY:African Studies Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies --Mahmood Mamdani DESCRIPTION:\nThe African Studies Virtual Forum 2020&ndash\;2021 led by Dr. Sinfree Makoni seeks to decenter hegemonic epistemologies and to dec olonize the Western canon to facilitate other ways/waves of knowing. Thr ough a series of online conversations\, participants in the Forum will c hallenge the notion of the &ldquo\;universal truth&rdquo\; and discuss h ow the only truth that is universal is the truth of complexity. To decol onize knowledge\, epistemic perspectives need to be pluralistic in ontol ogies\, cosmologies\, and insights\, and the emergence of Southern Epist emologies is one such response to the decolonial turn. \n\n \;\n\nJo ining us from around the world\, our speakers will discuss the multiple approaches taken in the humanities and social science scholarship to dec olonize knowledges by paying attention to complexities\, heterogeneities \, and multiple ontologies.\n\n \;\n\nWe are organizing monthly virt ual meetings to discuss a particular book or the work of selected schola rs. Speakers and participants in the African Studies Virtual Forum are f rom Australia\, Bangladesh\, Brazil\, Canada\, Egypt\, France\, Hong Kon g\, Nigeria\, Norway\, and South Africa\; are affiliated with different departments\; and are at various stages of their academic careers. We al so welcome new participants. If you are interested in joining the Forum\ , please contact Magdalena Mady-Saa (mmm609@psu.edu).\n\nFor more detail s: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/african_studies_virtual_forum_decolon iality_and_southern_epistemologies-mahmood_mamdani/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The African Stu dies Virtual Forum 2020–2021 led by Dr. Sinfree Makoni seeks to de center hegemonic epistemologies and to decolonize the Western canon to f acilitate other ways/waves of knowing. Through a series of online conver sations, participants in the Forum will challenge the notion of the &ldq uo;universal truth” and discuss how the only truth that is univers al is the truth of complexity. To decolonize knowledge, epistemic perspe ctives need to be pluralistic in ontologies, cosmologies, and insights, and the emergence of Southern Epistemologies is one such response to the decolonial turn.

 

Joining us from around the world, our speakers will discuss the multiple approaches taken in the humanitie s and social science scholarship to decolonize knowledges by paying atte ntion to complexities, heterogeneities, and multiple ontologies.

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We are organizing monthly virtual meetings to discuss a part icular book or the work of selected scholars. Speakers and participants in the African Studies Virtual Forum are from Australia, Bangladesh, Bra zil, Canada, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Norway, and South Africa ; are affiliated with different departments; and are at various stages o f their academic careers. We also welcome new participants. If you are i nterested in joining the Forum, please contact Magdalena Mady-Saa (mmm609@psu.edu).

For more details: https://event s.la.psu.edu/event/african_studies_virtual_forum_decoloniality_and_south ern_epistemologies-mahmood_mamdani/

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