UNEXPECTED LESSONS #3 – Decolonizing Romantik
Awakening, nostalgia and nationalism, Orientalism and the mystification of nature — How did Romantic Europe look at the world? And how does Romanticism shape Europe's self-image today? Read more
Awakening, nostalgia and nationalism, Orientalism and the mystification of nature — How did Romantic Europe look at the world? And how does Romanticism shape Europe's self-image today? Read more
25-27 Mai 2023, Musée Théodore Monod, Dakar. With / Avec Mame-Penda Bâ, Njoki Ngumi, Nikita Dhawan, Fatou Kandé Senghor, Alibeta, Rokhaya Fall, Laïty Fary Ndiaye, Renée Akitelek Mboya, amongst others / parmi d'autres. Le programme sera agrémenté d' interventions musicale. / The event is echoed by… Read more
In Session #3, artist Ayesha Keshani contributes a lecture performance on the Museum as Plantation, philosopher Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir gives an input on different ways of thinking, and both are joined by Mahret Ifeoma Kupka for a talk. TALKING OBJECTS LAB @Goethe Morph* Iceland: The three-day… Read more
Session #2 focuses on the intersection of landscape and memory and nature as an archive. Chai Tayiana Maina's input is about the origins of place names in Kenya, the poet hn. lyonga reads his poem "Memories of Trees", Neo Musangi talks about dealing with the Nairobi National Park in her lecture… Read more
Video Documentation of Session #1: Harriet Chebet Ng’ok with an input on the Indigenous Forest, and in conversation with Njoki Ngumi, followed by a Digital Lesson from Nairoby by Patrick Maundu. TALKING OBJECTS LAB @Goethe Morph* Iceland. The three-day performative conference UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2… Read more
Ayomide Fasedu's spoken word performance was part of UNEXPECTED LESSONS #4, an event that took place on Friday, February 10, 2023, from 4pm to 9pm. In light of the recent returns of the Benin Bronzes from Germany to Nigeria, UNEXPECTED LESSONS #4 focused on the theme Resitution. Read more
Panel Talks, Discussions and Artistic Interventions Friday, February 10, 2023, 4pm – 9pm in cooperation with Heinrich-Boell-Foundation Nigeria Read more
Awakening, nostalgia and nationalism, Orientalism and the mystification of nature — How did Romantic Europe look at the world? And how does Romanticism shape Europe's self-image today? Read more
Patrick Maundu spoke on the occasion of the workshop ANTI-COLONIAL APPROACHES TO NATURE in Nairobi: a one-day workshop on 15 July 2022 on "Decolonizing Nature" with 15 experts from various fields, discussing about agriculture, food and related health systems, seed archives, climate change and… Read more
Interview with Ann Moraa of LAM Sisterhood on the occasion of the workshop ANTI-COLONIAL APPROACHES TO NATURE in Nairobi: one-day workshop on 15 July 2022 on "Decolonizing Nature" with 15 experts from various fields, discussing about agriculture, food and related health systems, seed archives,… Read more