African Diasporic Countervisualities

Panelists discuss the overproduction of certain images of Caribbean men, women, and children that have allowed for dominant, often nationalist, narratives from the region.

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Caribbean, gender, photography, representation, visual culture

Event Oval, The Diana Center, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
February 11, 2019, 6:30-8 PM

African Diasporic Countervisualities

La Vaughn Belle, Vanessa Valdes, and Dixa Ramirez, moderated by Tina Campt

This panel challenges the overproduction of certain images of Caribbean men, women, and children that have allowed for dominant, often nationalist, narratives from the region, highlighting inconvenient histories previously ignored, erased, silenced, ghosted.

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African diaspora, Caribbean, practicing refusal, visual culture