IMPORTANT
Los Artes de Si: Quilombos, Palenques, Cumbes, and Marroons
A Horizon Through the Black Arts with Maya Quilolo
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 · 2 - 3:30 PM
In-Person
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Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216
The Dresher Center for the Humanities presents an event hosted by the Latin American Feminisms Faculty Working Group
Los Artes de Si: Quilombos, Palenques, Cumbes, and Marroons
Las Artes de si denotes
cognitive procedures, differentiation, and spiritual cultivation by
which Black people, in the context of the Americas, liberate themselves
from the shackles of colonial categories through the extent of
aesthetically communing with Black cultural manifestations and their
epistemic and philosophical horizons. Through Las Artes de si,
the production of aesthetic experiences, the Black communities of the
Americas cultivated resistance, building shared territories, quilombos,
cumbes, and palenques.
Speaker bio: Maya Quilolo (b. 1994) is a maroon artist and researcher. Winner at the Prince Claus Culture Responds to Climate Change Awards( 2023), her artistic practice addresses intersections between environmental justice, black corporality, visual art, anthropology, and indigenous heritage.
Co-sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities; Department of Gender, Women's + Sexuality Studies; Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication; Department of Geography and Environmental Systems; the Latin American Studies Minor; and the Latinx Hispanic Faculty Association.