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Feminist Constellations: Intercultural Paradigms in the Americas

April 12-13, 2013
Conference
King Juan Carlos Center
53 Washington Square South, NYU
Co-Sponsors: NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Columbia Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Stony Brook University, and NYU Program on Gender and Sexuality

Feminist Constellations Conference

The main objective of this participatory conference is to provide a platform for feminist scholars and activists to engage in a meaningful dialogue about their struggles from their positions at the forefront of contemporary debates on democracy, economic, cultural and racial justice. By inviting scholars and activists who bridge Latin American, Africana, Native American, Latino, Cultural and Women’s and Gender Studies, the conference highlights diversity, encouraging the possibilities of learning from one another.

Seating is limited, please RSVP here.

Part I, April 12, 9:30 AM – 7 PM

  • Indigenous Feminisms Hemispherically
  • Black Feminisms Diasporically
  • Decolonial and Anti-Racist Feminisms

Part II, April 13, 10 AM – 7:30 PM

  • Social Movements: Art, Social Media and Networks
  • Generational Connections
  • Economic Justice, Immigration, Labor and the Environment

Featuring:
Ochy Curiel (Dominican Republic), Dana Ain Davis (U.S.), Millaray Painemal (Chile), Julieta Paredes (Bolivia), Manuela Picq (Ecuador), Margareth Rago (Brazil), Matilde Ribeiro (Brazil), Guiomar Rovira (Mexico), Liliana Suarez-Navaz (Spain), Irma Alicia Velasquez Nimatuj (Guatemala), Gina Athena Ulysse (Haiti).

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