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:3924-c1aee255dca64c330a8f70b7bc9dedd9@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260603T042905Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221024T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221024T170000 SUMMARY:Fall Philosophy Colloquia: Zakiyyah Jackson DESCRIPTION:\nFall Philosophy Colloquia: Zakiyyah Jackson will give a ta lk on "\;Against Criticism: Notes on Decipherment and the Force of&n bsp\;Art"\;\n\nThis talk investigates the relationship between scien ce and aesthetics. The focal points are two articles by the highly-influ ential Jamaican-Cuban literary critic and philosopher of the Americas\, Sylvia Wynter: "\;Rethinking &lsquo\;Aesthetics&rsquo\;: Notes Towar ds a Deciphering Practice&rdquo\; and "\;Towards the Sociogenic Prin ciple: Fanon\, Identity\, the Puzzle of Conscious Experience\, and What It Is Like to be '\;Black.'\;"\; In what follows\, I will intr oduce Wynter&rsquo\;s decipherment as an anti-formalism and consider to what extent her &ldquo\;deciphering practice&rdquo\; offers a critical c hallenge to what this talk identifies as underexamined and troubling con tinuities between cultural criticism and the cult(ure) of the gene in th e biological sciences and biocentrism. \;\n\nZakiyyah Iman Jackson i s an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Center for Femin ist Research at the University of Southern California. Professor Jackson is the author of the multiple award-winning book: \;Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World. \;Jackson&rsquo\;s resear ch explores the literary and aesthetic aspects of Western philosophical and scientific discourse and investigates the engagement of African dias poric literature\, film\, and visual art with the historical concerns\, knowledge claims\, and rhetoric of Western science and philosophy. Profe ssor Jackson is at work on a book: &ldquo\;Obscure Light: Blackness and the Derangement of Sex/Gender.&rdquo\; \;Jackson&rsquo\;s articles c an be found at zakiyyahimanjackson.com.\n\nFor more details: https://eve nts.la.psu.edu/event/fall_philosophy_colloquia_zakiyyah_jackson/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Fall Philosophy Colloquia: Zakiyyah Jackson will give a talk on "Against Criticism : Notes on Decipherment and the Force of Art"

This talk investigates the relationship between science and aesthetics. The focal points are two articles by the highly-influential Jamaican-Cuban literar y critic and philosopher of the Americas, Sylvia Wynter: "Rethinkin g ‘Aesthetics’: Notes Towards a Deciphering Practice” and "Towards the Sociogenic Principle: Fanon, Identity, the Puzzle of Conscious Experience, and What It Is Like to be 'Black.'" ; In what follows, I will introduce Wynter’s decipherment as an an ti-formalism and consider to what extent her “deciphering practice ” offers a critical challenge to what this talk identifies as unde rexamined and troubling continuities between cultural criticism and the cult(ure) of the gene in the biological sciences and biocentrism. < /p>

Zakiyyah Iman Jackson is an Associate Professor of English and Dir ector of the Center for Feminist Research at the University of Southern California. Professor Jackson is the author of the multiple award-winnin g book: Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World . Jackson’s research explores the literary and aes thetic aspects of Western philosophical and scientific discourse and inv estigates the engagement of African diasporic literature, film, and visu al art with the historical concerns, knowledge claims, and rhetoric of W estern science and philosophy. Professor Jackson is at work on a book: & ldquo;Obscure Light: Blackness and the Derangement of Sex/Gender.”  Jackson’s articles can be found at zakiyyahimanjackson.com.< /p>

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/fa ll_philosophy_colloquia_zakiyyah_jackson/

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